Re: Unfortunate for P&S

David J Taylor wrote:
measekite wrote:
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How many readers in this ng would find the lack of a viewfinder in a
P&S a negative?

As I now use a P&S primarily for its small size and light weight, lack of an optical viewfinder is a positive advantage. An optical viewfinder to cover the 10:1 (28 - 280mm) zoom of my current compact camera would be huge.

David


?? I have seen the viewfinders in many cameras, and most with that much zoom use EVF, rather than Optical viewfinders. Probably why they are called ZLR cameras.
I am not aware of an optical viewfinder on a non SLR camera that goes beyond 6X zoom.
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