How do I stop a Canon EOS 1100D/Rebel T3 from turning off Live View after a few seconds?
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On my Canon EOS 1100D (Rebel T3/Kiss X50), I sometimes want to compose using the rear LCD in Live View instead of the optical viewfinder. After a short time, the screen turns off and Live View stops. Is there a setting to prevent this automatic timeout?
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It is not that the display switches to viewfinder after some seconds, it is that the camera goes to sleep mode.
So you need to go to Menu, then look for the Auto Power off option, and choose the timeout value. You can switch it off entirely, which means that your camera would never go into sleep mode, you'd have to manually hit the OFF switch to switch the camera off.
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What you’re seeing is the camera entering sleep mode, not switching from Live View to the viewfinder.
On the EOS 1100D/Rebel T3, check the Auto Power Off setting in the menu and increase the timeout, or disable it entirely if you want Live View to stay on longer.
If you turn Auto Power Off off, the camera will not go to sleep automatically, so you’ll need to use the power switch yourself to turn it off and avoid draining the battery.
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