"Mark²" mjmorgan(lowest even number wrote in message
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Mr.Happy wrote:
"Didn't always focus on what i
thought it should but did a mostly good job."

and thats the problem with digital P&S.
If you dont focus thru the LCD, but thru the viewer, you
dont see the focus marks, and as a result your subject might
be out of focus.
That really ****es me off.
Why are there no focus marks in digital P&S view hole as there are in
film P&S?!

Perhaps because it would only be an approximation anyway...due to it not
being a through-the-lens viewfinder...which leads to varying focus points
depending on distance, zoom, etc.

With an SLR, there is no question as to focus points, because you're
looking through the lens and the focus mechanism stays consitently placed
in relation to its appearance in teh viewfinder. This isn't the case with
the optical viewfinder in most point&shoots.

That's right. This is the great advantage of slr's, whether film or digital.
WYSIWYG.....