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. -- Scott Loveless Cigarette-free since December 14th, 2008 http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.