Originally Posted by
John Arnold
I'm not happy about all the cameras with no conventional viewfinder. More and more of them only have the screen. Call me old fashioned, but that just ain't right.
That's a key issue with me too.
The sun and reflections easily wash out the screen, then you are standing there guessing and hoping what you are taking a photo of.
The view finder on my current Olympus is digital, I can select Quick View (the screen) or the view finder. The other advantage of the digital view finder is that when you review a photo on the screen in bright sun and the screen is partially or mostly washed out, click the Quick View and the image goes to the digital view finder.
I used an Olympus (newer camera) without a view finder for about 2-1/2 years, I hated not having the view finder as I have on my camera. Sure, it was 'less bulky', but 10X optical zoom and the digital view finder offsets it.
Yeah, yeah, the new ones are 10 mega pixel and my older one is only about 2 mega pixel, but unless you need that resolution for studio quality photos, its a waste (in my opinion). Kinda like having a 100 gazillion zillion byte hard drive, who needs it?