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What is the view on Canon P&S viewfinders? I find them to be unsharp
(for the S410, S500, A95, etc.). The quality of the viewfinders is
rarely mentioned in the reviews one finds on the web.

I've tried with and without glasses, and it is worse with glasses, for
me anyway.

By comparison, I find the HP cameras to look much clearer.

buy Nikon you get a viewfinder focus.........well my 5700 has it.


"Archie" <> wrote in message
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> What is the view on Canon P&S viewfinders? I find them to be unsharp
> (for the S410, S500, A95, etc.). The quality of the viewfinders is
> rarely mentioned in the reviews one finds on the web.
>
> I've tried with and without glasses, and it is worse with glasses, for
> me anyway.
>
> By comparison, I find the HP cameras to look much clearer.
>
>

"Archie" <> wrote in message
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> What is the view on Canon P&S viewfinders? I find them to be unsharp
> (for the S410, S500, A95, etc.). The quality of the viewfinders is
> rarely mentioned in the reviews one finds on the web.
>
> I've tried with and without glasses, and it is worse with glasses, for
> me anyway.
>
> By comparison, I find the HP cameras to look much clearer.
>
>

I never use the optical viewfinder on a P&S digicam, LCD all the way for me.

Mark

"Mark B." <> wrote in message
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> "Archie" <> wrote in message
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>> What is the view on Canon P&S viewfinders? I find them to be unsharp
>> (for the S410, S500, A95, etc.). The quality of the viewfinders is
>> rarely mentioned in the reviews one finds on the web.
>>
>> I've tried with and without glasses, and it is worse with glasses, for
>> me anyway.
>>
>> By comparison, I find the HP cameras to look much clearer.
>>
>>
>
> I never use the optical viewfinder on a P&S digicam, LCD all the way for
> me.
>
> Mark

How sad for you.

On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 06:26:49 -0400, "Mark B."
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>"Archie" <> wrote in message
>news.. .
>> What is the view on Canon P&S viewfinders? I find them to be unsharp
>> (for the S410, S500, A95, etc.). The quality of the viewfinders is
>> rarely mentioned in the reviews one finds on the web.
>>
>> I've tried with and without glasses, and it is worse with glasses, for
>> me anyway.
>>
>> By comparison, I find the HP cameras to look much clearer.
>>
>>
>
>I never use the optical viewfinder on a P&S digicam, LCD all the way for me.
>

Try that while locking the focus, with the button half way down.

A.

"Archie" <> wrote in message
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> What is the view on Canon P&S viewfinders? I find them to be unsharp
> (for the S410, S500, A95, etc.). The quality of the viewfinders is
> rarely mentioned in the reviews one finds on the web.
>
> I've tried with and without glasses, and it is worse with glasses, for
> me anyway.
>
> By comparison, I find the HP cameras to look much clearer.

Archie, I partly agree with you. I found HP M307 and M407 to have very
clear viewfinders while I've been looking for the last few months. But I
found Canon A75 quite clear and A85 and A95 were OK. But many makes have
quite blurred viewfinders (to me at least). Maybe its because I wear
glasses, or in my case, its probably middle age I have very sensitive
eyes. Most of the young guys selling cameras in stores don't even notice
and say to me "the viewfinder doesn't look blurry to me" and I said "of
course not, you are young and don't have glasses. Wait till you get
older and lets see if you say the same thing ". I don't want to depend
only on LCD's because I see better in the viewfinder. I would need at
least a 1.8" LCD but I should get 2" LCD. I would probably use the
viewfinder most of the time, but its nice to have the LCD too. I looked
at HP M407 a few months ago but there are not many reviews on it, so I
am still wavering. Its the cheapest camera I've seen for a 4 MP- $199.00
Can. $165.00 US. The M307 and 407 have 1.8" LCD's but with the M607 and
M 707 for some unknown reason that makes no sense to me, they went back
to the tiny 1.5" LCD. I would need binoculars If the M407 had a 2"
LCD, I would seriously consider it, as long as the quality of the
pictures was ok, which I am not sure about.

Cathy

"Pete D" <> wrote in message
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> "Mark B." <> wrote in message
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>> I never use the optical viewfinder on a P&S digicam, LCD all the way for
>> me.
>>
>> Mark
>
> How sad for you.
>

Why is that? Please explain.

Mark

"Archie" <> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 06:26:49 -0400, "Mark B."
> <> wrote:
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>>>
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>>I never use the optical viewfinder on a P&S digicam, LCD all the way for
>>me.
>>
>
> Try that while locking the focus, with the button half way down.
>
> A.

That's exactly how I operate my G1. What's the big deal? I'd much rather
look at the view the lens is seeing than try to look through the optical
viewfinder, which as the OP pointed out is terrible on most digicams not to
mention is not what will be captured on the sensor.

Mark

On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 06:58:42 -0400, in rec.photo.digital , "Mark B."
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>"Pete D" <> wrote in message
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>> "Mark B." <> wrote in message
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>>> I never use the optical viewfinder on a P&S digicam, LCD all the way for
>>> me.
>>>
>>> Mark
>>
>> How sad for you.
>>
>
>Why is that? Please explain.
>
As discussed elsewhere it is harder to hold the camera still that way.
I also find that it is much more difficult to compose a good shot that
way. I do it when I want the camera somewhere my eye can't be (and the
swivel lens on the F707 gives me lots of those opportunities) but
otherwise close to the face, with no distractions, allows crisper
better photos.



--
Matt Silberstein

All in all, if I could be any animal, I would want to be
a duck or a goose. They can fly, walk, and swim. Plus,
there there is a certain satisfaction knowing that at the
end of your life you will taste good with an orange sauce
or, in the case of a goose, a chestnut stuffing.

"Matt Silberstein" <> wrote in
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>>>> I never use the optical viewfinder on a P&S digicam, LCD all the way
>>>> for
>>>> me.
>>>>
>>>> Mark
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>>> How sad for you.
>>>
>>
>>Why is that? Please explain.
>>
> As discussed elsewhere it is harder to hold the camera still that way.
> I also find that it is much more difficult to compose a good shot that
> way. I do it when I want the camera somewhere my eye can't be (and the
> swivel lens on the F707 gives me lots of those opportunities) but
> otherwise close to the face, with no distractions, allows crisper
> better photos.
>

If we were talking about a digital SLR, I'd agree 100% - very difficult to
hold a SLR with even a smallish lens any length away from your face and get
a steady shot. Even if this feature eventually migrates to DSLRs, I'll
still use the optical viewfinder. But with a light digicam, it's not a
problem in most cases. I've never had any problem with my G1 or A70 doing
this.

Mark