Can the Nikon D7200 live view preview exposure changes for still photos?
Asked 12/24/2017
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On a Nikon D7200, I’d like live view to reflect exposure changes before I take a still photo. For example, when photographing something like a lamp, I want changes to shutter speed, aperture, or ISO to make the live view image brighter or darker so I can judge the result while composing. Is there a setting that enables exposure simulation in live view for still photography?
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Nothing. The Nikon implementation of Live-View is not Exposure-Priority in photo mode. Inexplicably they actually have an Exposure-Priority Live-View for video but not for stills.
This is a major complaint of mine and even the newer cameras such as the D7500 does exactly the same thing. There is no way to change this while both Canon and Sony implement this while Pentax does not. Panasonic, Olympus and Fujifilm have are sometimes Exposure-Priority but none of these do it consistently.
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On the D7200, not fully. In still-photo live view, Nikon does not provide true exposure-priority/exposure-simulation preview, so changing shutter speed, aperture, or ISO generally won’t make live view accurately reflect the final exposure.
According to the community answers, Nikon offers exposure-priority behavior for video live view, but not for stills on the D7200. So there isn’t a menu setting to enable full exposure simulation for photo mode.
One workaround mentioned is to use Aperture mode and adjust Exposure Compensation to make the preview appear lighter or darker, but this is not the same as full manual exposure simulation. Raising ISO may also help if you’re trying to maintain a faster shutter speed, but again it won’t turn still-photo live view into a true exposure preview.
So the short answer is: there is no setting on the D7200 that makes still-photo live view fully show the effects of all exposure changes.
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