On Fri, 31 Oct 2003, Steve Desjardins wrote: > A few days ago, I was looking as a friends Rollei MF camera with a waist > level finder. Since it's parent's weekend here at the college, I have > also noticed many folks taking shots using the LCD screen and not the > viewfinder (I'm yet to see a film camera this today). It strikes me > that it would be handy to have a digital camera with a waist level > finder and shade that consisted of a horizontal LCD screen. The screen > on the E-10 can fold out, but it's awkward to use the camera this way. > I'm thinking of a horizontal top-mounted LCD. It is just me or does > this sound like something useful?
It is very useful. My digital camera before the *ist D was a Sony DSC-F717 which has a rotating viewfinder (the whole back of the camera rotates). I used this all the time. A few times that I liked it: * tripod usage -- I can carry a shorter/lighter tripod for travelling * macros and ground level shots -- don't have to kneel in the mud. * discrete shooting -- people don't think that you are taking photographs when the camera is in your lap (the nearly silent shutter helps too). alex
