Originally posted by Mike Cash We're raising a generation of people for whom the idea of a viewfinder on a camera is totally foreign. They can no more comprehend the need for a viewfinder than you and I can see the fuss about live-view.
There are more of them than there are of us. Simple market force economics means Pentax has to have live-view too.
Yes, there are more of them than there are of us.
Before I bought my K100D, I had a Fuji S3000 which featured an LCD live view and a viewfinder which, in reality, was live view bought to the size of a VF. You could toggle between them and use one or the other.
When I got the camera, I tried using the LCD to line up my shots but could never get used to that. So, I use the Viewfinded.
When i bought my K100D, one of my associates at work made me an offer on my S3000, so I sold it to him. He nas never, in my knowledge, ever used the viewfinder. He says "It's too small and it's awkward to use." He replaced a camera with my camera that had no viewfinder, only an LCD.
Today, it's just about impossible to find a P&S with a viewfinder.
I personally don't care for live view.
Ed