On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Adam Maas <a...@mawz.ca> wrote:
> Optical viewfinder yes, compact no. The D50 is an older Nikon DSLR. I
> suspect you're referring to the P50, which should be avoided. Nikon's
> P&S production of the last few years start at bad and get rapidly
> worse.
>
> Optical finders are dying off. Mostly because P&S finders are typically 
> horrid.

Everyone uses optical viewfinders.
P&S makers put crappy viewfinders in their cameras.
Everyone decides that using the stupid little screen is better than
looking through a keyhole.
P&S makers stop making cameras with optical viewfinders because no one
is using them.

Go figure.

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Scott Loveless
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