Fuzzy view through Canon viewfinder

What is the view on Canon P&S viewfinders? I find them to be unsharp
(for the S410, S500, A95, etc.). The quality of the viewfinders is
rarely mentioned in the reviews one finds on the web.

I've tried with and without glasses, and it is worse with glasses, for
me anyway.

By comparison, I find the HP cameras to look much clearer.

buy Nikon you get a viewfinder focus.........well my 5700 has it.


"Archie" wrote in message
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What is the view on Canon P&S viewfinders? I find them to be unsharp
(for the S410, S500, A95, etc.). The quality of the viewfinders is
rarely mentioned in the reviews one finds on the web.

I've tried with and without glasses, and it is worse with glasses, for
me anyway.

By comparison, I find the HP cameras to look much clearer.

"Archie" wrote in message
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What is the view on Canon P&S viewfinders? I find them to be unsharp
(for the S410, S500, A95, etc.). The quality of the viewfinders is
rarely mentioned in the reviews one finds on the web.

I've tried with and without glasses, and it is worse with glasses, for
me anyway.

By comparison, I find the HP cameras to look much clearer.



I never use the optical viewfinder on a P&S digicam, LCD all the way for me.

Mark

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"Archie" wrote in message
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What is the view on Canon P&S viewfinders? I find them to be unsharp
(for the S410, S500, A95, etc.). The quality of the viewfinders is
rarely mentioned in the reviews one finds on the web.

I've tried with and without glasses, and it is worse with glasses, for
me anyway.

By comparison, I find the HP cameras to look much clearer.



I never use the optical viewfinder on a P&S digicam, LCD all the way for
me.

Mark

How sad for you.

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I never use the optical viewfinder on a P&S digicam, LCD all the way for
me.

Mark

How sad for you.


Why is that? Please explain.

Mark

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I never use the optical viewfinder on a P&S digicam, LCD all the way for
me.

Mark

How sad for you.


Why is that? Please explain.

As discussed elsewhere it is harder to hold the camera still that way.
I also find that it is much more difficult to compose a good shot that
way. I do it when I want the camera somewhere my eye can't be (and the
swivel lens on the F707 gives me lots of those opportunities) but
otherwise close to the face, with no distractions, allows crisper
better photos.



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Matt Silberstein

All in all, if I could be any animal, I would want to be
a duck or a goose. They can fly, walk, and swim. Plus,
there there is a certain satisfaction knowing that at the
end of your life you will taste good with an orange sauce
or, in the case of a goose, a chestnut stuffing.

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I never use the optical viewfinder on a P&S digicam, LCD all the way
for
me.

Mark

How sad for you.


Why is that? Please explain.

As discussed elsewhere it is harder to hold the camera still that way.
I also find that it is much more difficult to compose a good shot that
way. I do it when I want the camera somewhere my eye can't be (and the
swivel lens on the F707 gives me lots of those opportunities) but
otherwise close to the face, with no distractions, allows crisper
better photos.


If we were talking about a digital SLR, I'd agree 100% - very difficult to
hold a SLR with even a smallish lens any length away from your face and get
a steady shot. Even if this feature eventually migrates to DSLRs, I'll
still use the optical viewfinder. But with a light digicam, it's not a
problem in most cases. I've never had any problem with my G1 or A70 doing
this.

Mark

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I never use the optical viewfinder on a P&S digicam, LCD all the way
for
me.

Mark

How sad for you.


Why is that? Please explain.

As discussed elsewhere it is harder to hold the camera still that way.
I also find that it is much more difficult to compose a good shot that
way. I do it when I want the camera somewhere my eye can't be (and the
swivel lens on the F707 gives me lots of those opportunities) but
otherwise close to the face, with no distractions, allows crisper
better photos.


If we were talking about a digital SLR, I'd agree 100% - very difficult to
hold a SLR with even a smallish lens any length away from your face and get
a steady shot. Even if this feature eventually migrates to DSLRs, I'll
still use the optical viewfinder. But with a light digicam, it's not a
problem in most cases. I've never had any problem with my G1 or A70 doing
this.

Mark

On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 06:58:42 -0400, in rec.photo.digital , "Mark B."
in
wrote:

"Pete D" wrote in message
...

"Mark B." wrote in message
...



I never use the optical viewfinder on a P&S digicam, LCD all the way for
me.

Mark

How sad for you.


Why is that? Please explain.

As discussed elsewhere it is harder to hold the camera still that way.
I also find that it is much more difficult to compose a good shot that
way. I do it when I want the camera somewhere my eye can't be (and the
swivel lens on the F707 gives me lots of those opportunities) but
otherwise close to the face, with no distractions, allows crisper
better photos.



--
Matt Silberstein

All in all, if I could be any animal, I would want to be
a duck or a goose. They can fly, walk, and swim. Plus,
there there is a certain satisfaction knowing that at the
end of your life you will taste good with an orange sauce
or, in the case of a goose, a chestnut stuffing.

On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 06:26:49 -0400, "Mark B."
wrote:

"Archie" wrote in message
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What is the view on Canon P&S viewfinders? I find them to be unsharp
(for the S410, S500, A95, etc.). The quality of the viewfinders is
rarely mentioned in the reviews one finds on the web.

I've tried with and without glasses, and it is worse with glasses, for
me anyway.

By comparison, I find the HP cameras to look much clearer.



I never use the optical viewfinder on a P&S digicam, LCD all the way for me.


Try that while locking the focus, with the button half way down.

A.