alpha a68 lcd display disable

[gap]

On the a68 the finder/monitor button works to turn off the lcd display. After I use the EVF, the lcd automatically turns back on. I would like to disable the lcd until I manually chose to turn it back on. Am I missing something obvious in the 200+ page manual?

[Username]

Just guessing, but if you have automatic review enabled 

maybe the igniting of the LCD for the auto-review over- 

rides your having switched off the LCD ... and so you've 

got to switch it off after every auto-review ?  

   

Another "just guessing" suggestion is to find the "power" 

section of your menus, and see if something there is in 

control of the use of the LCD. By "power" I mean where 

the standby timer and such stuff is controlled. 

[gap]

I turned off automatic review but it had no effect on the issue.

 

One would think that under the DISP button where you can select what you see in the monitor or viewfinder that there would be a OFF choice?

 

maybe there is a programming error or they just wont let you disable the power sucking display?

[Guest Jaf-Photo]

Sony cameras should have a menu setting that allows you to select vievfinder, screen or auto (FInder/Monitor). There's usually a custom button option for turning the monitor off, so you can make it a quick selection. I turn off the screen sometimes when the sun is so bright the screen is unusable. I haven't noticed a marked increase in battery life though, suggesting the EVF uses a similar amount of power. (The big saving is on DSLRs with OVF versus live view.) I don't have the A68 so I couldn't tell you if and where these settings are available.

[Username]

 

 

One would think that under the DISP button where you can

select what you see in the monitor or viewfinder that there

would be a OFF choice?

 

maybe there is a programming error or they just wont let you

disable the power sucking display?

  

IIRC both LCD and EVF consume about the same power, about 

20% less for EVF is no big deal. So turning off the LCD is not the 

savings you seem to expect of it. To turn off both displays would 

save quite a bit, and there is a simple control for that which, as a 

further convenience and further power saving, shuts down every 

power consuming component in the whole camera.   

    

Seems like everyone has a better idea how to design a camera,   

but nobody wants to start their own camera company.  

   

  

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[gap]

The solution is to switch   the Finder/Monitor from Auto to Manual on the menu (#4) and then the Finder/Monitor button will work as I want. 

I dont want the monitor always lighting up and displaying when the camera is just swinging around my neck