Re: Unfortunate for P&S

Ron Hunter wrote:
measekite wrote:
Many point and shoot cameras including Canon are being released with nice features and wider to longer zoom lenses but without viewfinders. Being sold with larger 3" LCDs, the mfg claim they are much improved and have good visibility in bright sunlight.

They may be improved but the visibility is still not up to snuff in bright light.

Why don't these mfg realize the big advantage for many of a viewfinder. It would be nice for them to improve the viewfinder and place all of the necessary information in the finder as well.

I know that the majority of snapshooters do not use a viewfinder preferring to hold a camera at arms length and forgo a sharper image even with image stabilization. But there are still many who need to have a viewfinder available in many situations.

Canon does have it on some models and not on others. It is unfortunate that on the model with a 28mm EQ wide it is missing.

How many readers in this ng would find the lack of a viewfinder in a P&S a negative?

Not just a negative, but a stopper. However, my neighbor bought a P&S camera just before leaving for Mexico, and it, like almost all the current crop of under $250 cameras, had no viewfinder, but there was no problem seeing the display in the shade. Not sure how the Texas sun behind the photographer would work out, but for most work, it would suffice. My wife's camera has a viewfinder, and the display is almost useless in bright light.
As a person who has been exposed to the Texas sun for 79 years, I can tell you that the LCD displays I've seen don't do very well in the condition you describe.
Allen
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