The LCD review tool is absolutely one of the things I like about digital too. Even though my experience is limited to the Optio 430. However, from what I hear from the DSLR-users I know here at home, they rarely use the LCD feature. Arguments are that it's so easy to scratch, take too much time and spend too much battery to be worthwhile. Especially the Nikon D-series users comment on this.
In dependance of computers, I think Pål is pretty much right wrt DSLRs, but not to digital cameras as such. My guess is that in the consumer market there's a segment here for "gadget printers" that lets you plug in the memory card and print your pictures directly; without involving a computer at all. And for "half-hour" labs wher you can drop your memorycard and collect your images after lunch. Unfortunately, this doesn't make Påls argument less valid, given the level of technology those solutions represents... Jostein ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [...] > >So I think you are overlooking something. That LCD window. Very attractive to the photographer. So what's to say that someone couldn't buy a digital camera, P&S or DSLR, *without* having a computer? Just for the less destructable storage medium and for that really helpful LCD window? And have their prints made at a lab that is set-up to do so? > >I think that will happen. Maybe more than one would think right now. Probably a lot more. > >Doe aka Marnie Oh, well, don't know that much about it, so bowing out of discussion now. ------------------------------------------------------------- .
