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Rick Mize · January 30th, 2011, 08:04 AM

I have grid display #1(the "tic tac toe") enabled, and enabled under Menu Functions. However, I can not get this display (grid#1) to turn on in the viewfinder, only on the lcd in Live View. I can only see grid #2 even when grid #1 is selected. What am I missing? Thanks.

Julian Frost · January 30th, 2011, 12:38 PM

Unless this is a feature of the 7D which is not available on the 5D mk II, you won't see the grid patterns in the viewfinder, as the viewfinder is showing you what the lens is seeing (via a mirror and a prism). The LCD is a digital representation of what is coming through the lens, with other information (shutter, aperture, ISO, etc, etc) added. If you select the grid display, that's just another overlay that will be shown on the LCD. It can't be displayed on the viewfinder since there's no mechanism to project the grid onto the viewfinder. You can, of course, replace the ground glass screen in the viewfinder, with a different one, which may have a grid physically ground into it, but there's no way to "turn it off", without removing it again.

Sonny Horsfall · January 30th, 2011, 03:16 PM

In the menu the second yellow section (with the spanner icon) at the bottom is VF grid display, this enables/disables the grid in the viewfinder on a 7D

Julian Frost · January 30th, 2011, 05:58 PM

Interesting!! I didn't know the 7D had that feature. The 5D mk II does not. I feel cheated! :-)

Rick Mize · January 30th, 2011, 07:14 PM

I have enabled it, but Grid #1 will not display in the viewfinder, only on the lcd in Live View. What am I missing? Thanks.

Sonny Horsfall · January 31st, 2011, 06:34 AM

Ah, I think I see what your saying now, grid #1 and grid #2 only apply to the LCD, there is only 1 grid type in the veiwfinder which I guess looks a bit like grid #2.

Julian, don't feel too cheated, the 7D has a fixed screen so no ability to interchange to more specialized screens!

Rick Mize · January 31st, 2011, 12:52 PM

Thanks...too bad...I am not too fond of using the lcd when using the camera, prefer the viewfinder.

January 30th, 2011, 08:04 AM	#1
Rick Mize Tourist Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: USA Posts: 3	Grid Display I have grid display #1(the "tic tac toe") enabled, and enabled under Menu Functions. However, I can not get this display (grid#1) to turn on in the viewfinder, only on the lcd in Live View. I can only see grid #2 even when grid #1 is selected. What am I missing? Thanks.

January 30th, 2011, 12:38 PM	#2
Julian Frost Major Player Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: California USA Posts: 576	Unless this is a feature of the 7D which is not available on the 5D mk II, you won't see the grid patterns in the viewfinder, as the viewfinder is showing you what the lens is seeing (via a mirror and a prism). The LCD is a digital representation of what is coming through the lens, with other information (shutter, aperture, ISO, etc, etc) added. If you select the grid display, that's just another overlay that will be shown on the LCD. It can't be displayed on the viewfinder since there's no mechanism to project the grid onto the viewfinder. You can, of course, replace the ground glass screen in the viewfinder, with a different one, which may have a grid physically ground into it, but there's no way to "turn it off", without removing it again.

January 30th, 2011, 03:16 PM	#3
Sonny Horsfall Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Leeds, UK Posts: 29	In the menu the second yellow section (with the spanner icon) at the bottom is VF grid display, this enables/disables the grid in the viewfinder on a 7D

January 30th, 2011, 05:58 PM	#4
Julian Frost Major Player Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: California USA Posts: 576	Interesting!! I didn't know the 7D had that feature. The 5D mk II does not. I feel cheated! :-)

January 30th, 2011, 07:14 PM	#5
Rick Mize Tourist Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: USA Posts: 3	I have enabled it, but Grid #1 will not display in the viewfinder, only on the lcd in Live View. What am I missing? Thanks.

January 31st, 2011, 06:34 AM	#6
Sonny Horsfall Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Leeds, UK Posts: 29	Ah, I think I see what your saying now, grid #1 and grid #2 only apply to the LCD, there is only 1 grid type in the veiwfinder which I guess looks a bit like grid #2. Julian, don't feel too cheated, the 7D has a fixed screen so no ability to interchange to more specialized screens!

January 31st, 2011, 12:52 PM	#7
Rick Mize Tourist Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: USA Posts: 3	Thanks...too bad...I am not too fond of using the lcd when using the camera, prefer the viewfinder.