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"Renee" <rr@invalid.org> wrote in message
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> "Cathy" <not@there.com> wrote in message
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> > "Renee" <rr@invalid.org> wrote in message news:2vD5e.25740
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> >> I usually use the viewfinder because I can hold the camera steadier
> > when I
> >> brace my arms closer to my body. I set the diopter on my Canon when
I
> > first
> >> got it because my eyes aren't that sharp either. I found the
diopter
> >> adjustment to be a great feature to have.
> >
> > Yes, you are right, holding the camera in the way you describe
sounds
> > like a good idea.
> > Is a diopter for using with no glasses, kind of like using
binoculars? I
> > don't need glasses when looking through my binoculars and always
think
> > this would be great if my vision was like this all the time and I
> > wouldn't need glasses
> > What model Canon do you have? I am looking for point and shoot and
have
> > looked at many reviews, and many cameras in the stores.I didn't look
for
> > a while, but starting to look again.
> > Thanks Renee.
> >
> > Cathy
> >
>
> Cathy, I'm blind without contacts or glasses. Since I'm usually
wearing
> glasses, taking them off every time I shoot would be bothersome. So I
always
> shoot all my photos with them on. But I can also see through the
viewfinder
> without glasses or contacts by adjusting the diopter. Not sure if
it'll work
> that way for everyone.
I don't recall seeing a camera with a diopter on my travels. I think
they are probably more money and that is why. Most chain stores here
that carry cameras just carry the most popular and most sold makes.
There is one camera store I have looked in, and they sell cameras only,
I might find more there with diopters, but their prices are a little
higher than the chain stores, though they sometimes have camera sales. I
could do without a diopter if I had to. For my needs, its not the most
important thing but would be nice. As long as the viewfinder is clear to
me, that would be ok. Some are clear and some are very fuzzy to me.
> I have an S1 IS. ($299.95 at NewEgg, $309.95 at B&H -- two vendors I
hear
> people trust doing business with). But it doesn't sound like the S1 is
one
> you'd want to look at. It only has a 1.5" LCD and has an 10x
ultra-zoom, a
> feature you didn't say you'd have use for. Sounds like you'd be better
off
> with a wider-angle camera for those landscape photos than a tele-photo
one.
> (Though the S1 does take interchangeable lenses like wide-angles. But
> point-and-shoot photographers probably don't care to lug around extra
camera
> gear and weight.)
I am looking for only a point and shoot. The S1 is a Canon? there is
also an S1 Nikon.
We don't have Newegg or B& H in this country (Canada). We have Staples,
Best Buy, Future shop, Henrys and thats the main ones.
> All the cameras you look at *should* have a feature that lets you
zoom in on
> the image while you're reviewing it on the LCD -- you can tell if the
photo
> you just took is out of focus. So if you're mainly going to use the
> viewfinder, don't let a smaller LCD sway your decision.
Well, I would have to have at least a 1.8" LCD as a 1.5" is way too
small for me to see comfortably. Even though I would be using a
viewfinder most of the time, I need to have an LCD that I can also use
and that could not be a 1.5". Most newer cameras coming out have 2 and
2.5" LCD's, which is much more to my liking. so no use for me to settle
for a 1.5", so I have to say that a 1.5" would definitely sway my
decision. I looked online at a couple of new Sony cameras online which
will be coming out soon and one store here will carry them. Depends on
the price though.It has a 2.5" LCD. I also saw a Pentax Optio coming out
which will be 2". No prices for them given yet.
> Whatever models you decide to check out, try to look at some photos
taken by
> owners who are casual shooters or amateur photographers. They're the
ones
> who are usually taking the shaky shots, and under less than ideal
> circumstances. See how good their shots are coming out.
I check reviews and photos on Steves digicam and dscresource and
dpreview.
I would have to be more serious as to what I want to buy and when I go
to stores, they would let me see the camera with the LCD lit up. half
the time they seem to be out of batteries.
>
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