On 8/30/2010 12:41 AM, John Sessoms wrote:
From: David J Brooks
Am thinking of getting a small P&S something i can keep in my pocket
for Erins wedding or the console of my truck. I'll drag my big gear
but would like something small and handy.
Thinking along the lines of the Canon Powershot A series.
Any recommendations. Want to try and keep it under $150-200
A1100 looks to be the only one with an optical viewfinder. Estimated
Retail Price on the Canon site is $149.99, so the price is in the
right range.
I just can't stand those hold it out at arms length and squint at the
itty-bitty TV on the back P&S cameras ... ought to demand TRUTH IN
ADVERTISING and make 'em call them what they really are P.O.S.!.
I still have the 2MP A60 I got in 2004. It's one of those that ended
up being repaired for free even though it was out of warranty because
of the bad Sony chip. It was still working last time I pulled it out
of the glove box a couple of weeks ago.
I doubt that the Canon's viewfinder will be all that accurate as a
framing tool. I'd expect lots of uncompensated parallax, at close
distances, and lots of slop at long distances.
The reason P&S cameras don't have viewfinders today.is that less money
was put into viewfinders so fewer photographers used them. Fewer
photographers used the crappy viewfinders as they became crappier each
iteration. Repeat that pattern until the viewfinder disappears.
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"His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral
bankruptcy."
-Woody Allen
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