The viewfinders in many of these digicams are terrible, and the only way you have even a clue as to what you're gonna capture is to look at the display on the back - that is, if the glare from the sun or the brightness of the day doesn't make viewing the screen near impossible. You (Us, we?) film camera users that have good viewfinders don't know how well off we are until we look through the finders of some of the newer cameras, digi or otherwise. Plus, some of the digicams don't even have a viewfinder, so looking at the "TV screen" is the only way to determine what the pic may be like.
Shel Frank fussed, formulated, and fumed: > I don't know why, but I always find it amusing to see touristos > wandering about, camera at arm's length from their faces, staring at > the LCD screen. I guess they feel more comfortable that way? Or they > figure, "they spent all that money putting this little TV on the back, > I really should use it, shouldn't I?" Or (more likely, IMHO), it's a > way of announcing to the world that they have a digital camera.
