Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I completely agree about using these arms length horrors. OTOH it is easy to see why they don't fit a viewfinder - cost. The screens on the back are there anyway the provision of any sort on viewfinder adds at 100% to the camera cost... People moving from their phone to a P&S digital have perhaps never seen a viewfinder, let alone used one. I saw a tourist in Oxford this summer hand his camera to a passer by and ask her to take his picture. She held it up at arms length and was annoyed to see nothing in the back screen. He had to explain about the viewfinder. We oldies are not an important part of their market. At all. Frank D On 26 Jan, 2010, at 19:53, Frank Filippone wrote: > I always wonder why manufacturers make cameras with only a rear LCD > "finder". For us over -40's with reading glasses ( or worse yet, > bifocals), > the amount of contortions required to actually focus on the LCD is unholy. > I am always amused in watching people focus their eyes at arms length > ...... > > There must be a market in there somewhere for a bifocal adapter for eyes > over 40........ > > Frank Filippone > red735i at earthlink.net > > > hold it out > in front of you cutie-cam? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information