Using movie mode to preview stills exposure

So is the conclusion that the movie mode is the way to go for accurate viewing or do we stick to the display/shutter buttons?

I'm a bit lost amongts the debate to be honest.

I've found even using the DOF/Shutter buttons that there is still a difference between the picture you take andt he preview.
 
That's still what I'm doing. It's convenient since movie mode and M mode are only one click of the dial away from each other. It won't work of course on shutter speeds slower than 1/30th though.
 
trash button/display....ladies and gentlemen, is it really that difficult and inconvenient? and it's a real time preview. if you don't think it is, sell your gh1.
 
Nobody ever said it wasn't a real time preview. I just find the slow refresh annoying and I don't really need to see a preview of the motion blur characteristics so I prefer the movie mode preview. Why does this so anger you?
 
Different people have different preferences. For myself, I'll stick to using the top wheel and dialing one notch to Movie Mode to see a live preview of my Still exposure. It's easier for my fingers to do and seems quicker. This is especially true if I'm looking through the viewfinder. My finger is already right next to the dial. Using the Depth-of-Field Preview two-button method is tougher because you have to fumble around to find the buttons while keeping your eye on the image. For me, the wheel is easier. For you, maybe it's not. Either way works.
 
Okay I will tell you the main reason why you use the 2 button combination instead of switching to Movie mode for stills. One is ISO can be previewed higher than 1600. Now I am not sure why you would want to go that hight unless you were at a very dark room and didn't want to attract attention with your flash. But the main reason I use it for and really the only good reason I think it is for is to preview your long shutter exposures. If you frame up for a long shutter shot in the night sky or something you can't really see where you are framing your shot. If I have my shutter to 2" for instance I can actually preview this instead of actually having to take a shot. In the Long Shutter NR mode the time spending on waiting to see your shot can get lengthy. So say I set it to 15" and I just want to see if my framing is right I can preview it using this ever so hard 2 button preview. If I just took the shot and saw what I got I not only have to wait for the 15" for the shutter to close but there is an equal amount of processing time in the camera before you actually get to see the preview. So that is 30" just to find out you have missed your framing mark. A 60" exposure would make you wait 2 minutes before you could see your shot. Not with that preview though. And that preview is REAL nice if you are out in the cold night air in January trying to get a long exposure picture. The shutter only goes down to 1/30 in FHD or 1/2 in 720p mode. Hope that helps.
 
Yep. With long exposures, using the Preview makes perfect sense. In that scenario, it's also easier to do because you're most likely going to have the camera on a tripod. In a controlled situation like that, the preview button combination is easy to execute.
 
haha, i'm not angry, just uhm peeved. your prior posts have been very adamant at the notion live preview doesn't exist but only in movie, which is not true. you say you want to monitor your exposure real time like in movie and that's exactly what that function does for stills. you don't like how in preview for stills it's stuttery and can see motion blur, but that's because it's not refreshing 30fps a second to match that of a movie like it is in movie mode. i'm guessing the majority of the people on here are using the kit lens? i've never used the dof preview for anything as all my lens are manual and I can see the dof.
 
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