On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 05:56:26 CDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Leon wrote (among many other things) >> >> Besides I hate the way people hold digital point and shoots a foot and >> a half away from them to from and take pictures, I think it looks >> ridiculous! >> > >I agree with you it looks ridiculous; however, a digital p&s with an optical >viewfinder may need to be held that way and the LCD used in place of the >optical viewfinder in order to: Use the macro mode (my Optio 550 viewfinder >image isn't in focus if the camera's too close to the subject); Use the manual >focus mode (no focus indicator in the optical viewfinder of said Optio 550); >See the f-stop and shutter speed (this information is also not in the >viewfinder).
This is one of the problems I have had with digital cameras. The viewfinder isn't any good and the screen on the back isn't much better. I've never had luck with manual focus as I can't tell when the image is really in focus - you can't use 180,000 pixels to focus 3,000,000 pixels. I'm going to stick to SLR's. Leon http://www.bluering.org.au http://www.bluering.org.au/leon
