On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 08:35:23 -0500, RPH
wrote:

"~~NoMad~~" wrote in
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"Pat" wrote in message
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~~NoMad~~ wrote:
For years I always took pictures using one eye looking through a
viewfinder.
Now I have a Panasonic TZ1 that has no viewfinder and I find that I
take better pictures using the display screen. I am able to evaluate
the scene on
the screen more objectively using both eyes. I look at it more like
I would
look at the final print.

I will never go back to using a one-eyed viewfinder!

NM

The trade-off you make is stability. Hold a camera next to you and
look through a viewfinder and you are pretty stable. Hold it out 2
feet to see the viewfinder and you have introduced lots of shake..

It's okay for some stuff, esp. small prints and snapshots. But you
wouldn't want to be holding a 300 mm lens like that.

My Panasonic TZ1 has the equivalent of a 420mm lens with image
stabilization and works very well held at an arms length.

No blurry pictures and Good Composition to boot!


Conversely, I find I take much _worse_ pictures when using the display
rather than the viewfinder. YMMV.


i think I predicted it would end for this reason cos of an article I read
about people complaining it was too hard work.
not for ratings but for laziness