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When I am shooting in live-view, it is particularly frustrating how fast the display clicks of to conserve battery. Can I increase the time before it does this?

This question might be a little bit off topic, but I figured I would ask anyway.

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This is something that is usually covered in the manual. Maybe have a look there to find the answer. – Gregor Müllegger Sep 14 '10 at 11:15
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In 500D it's "auto power-off time" in the menus, by default 30 sec. It isn't specific to the live view, but it also controls the frustrating feature that you described. – Jukka Suomela Sep 14 '10 at 17:39
@Gregmuellegger I looked pretty seriously through the manual and could not find it. – BBischof Sep 14 '10 at 20:11
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@Jukka you should add that as an answer, to earn the reputation from having the right answer :) – Rowland Shaw♦ Sep 14 '10 at 20:18
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Oh, just accept Matt's answer below. :) – Jukka Suomela Oct 14 '10 at 21:09
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Jukka is correct, you can solve the problem by changing "auto power off" in the 450D settings menu (first yellow spanner icon).

The only thing I have to add is that even when auto power off is disabled, live view will still stop after 30 minutes to avoid overheating the sensor.

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My 450D seem to turn off Live View at varying intervals. I am not certain why, however it seems to depend on the various exposure settings, primarily ISO. I am guessing it is adaptively trying to prevent any damage to to overheating...so its probably capped at 30 minutes, but primarily based on some kind of temperature sensor. – jrista♦ Sep 15 '10 at 3:42

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