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I.e. I need a viewfinder. No ifs, buts or maybes - I NEED one.
I have tried to use my wife's one without, and it's hopeless - I can't
see the viewfinder with glasses on and I can't see anything else
without. A fairly common problem for people of my age with short
sight.

Unfortunately, there don't seem to be many small, light, (fairly)
cheap ones with viewfinders, and I haven't found any with my other
requirements (mainly as much optical zoom as possible). So I am trying
to find the best of an unsatisfactory lot.

Yeap, manufacturers more and more removed the viewfinder to save some
money to the great annoyance of many people. I wonder if they will ever
learn that customer demand should be a consideration.

Can anyone suggest how I can find out all or almost all cameras
under 250 grammes and a viewfinder? I can do the former, easily
enough, but not the latter.

Digital SLRs (still?) have viewfinders, but of course they are a
different class wrt. price and weight.

I'd check your favourite local camera shop and ask there.

jue