On 5/16/05, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >No optical viewfinder on any of them. Obviously they're not being built > >for me. > > That's probably true in a quite literal sense. I've had the chance to > observe *lots* of typical P&S users (ie: tourists) lately and haven't > noticed *one* using the optical viewfinder.
I recently was helping a friend choose a digi P&S. In the end he went for the panasonic/lumix thingy specifically because it had the largest screen on the back. I pointed out the lack of viewfinder and he said "That's why I want the big screen"... I sent him links to the new Pentaxes the other day. I told him that his camera was old now and that he needed a new one, and that these new ones ticked all of the boxes (his other choices behind the one he got were all optio S's)...for some reason I didn't get reply... I barely turn on the screen on my admittedly aged P&S digi - the viewfinder isn't great, but using it's a habit I can't get out of. billy -- Billy Abbott Photography - http://www.cowfish.org.uk/paw/
