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From: Alan White on 23 Jul 2010 04:04 My partner normally uses an Olympus 420 DSLR but she finds it too bulky and fiddly for hill walking. What she wants is a fairly rugged, good quality, compact digital camera with a proper viewfinder. I've done a quick search and nothing has emerged as being suitable. Advice, please. -- Alan White Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent. Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Lochs Long and Goil in Argyll, Scotland. Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.co.uk/weather
From: Mike Bristow on 23 Jul 2010 05:16 In article <cuii46925k1qt3cj080atg8m85ircqrk9b(a)4ax.com>, Alan White <alan.lesley(a)windycroft.co.uk> wrote: > What she wants is a fairly rugged, good quality, compact digital camera > with a proper viewfinder. I've done a quick search and nothing has > emerged as being suitable. You'll stuggle to find a "proper viewfinder" (I assume you mean a optical one) on a compact. One of the Olympus pen cameras might do - I think you can get viewfinder addons. -- Mike Bristow mike(a)urgle.com
From: Geoff Berrow on 23 Jul 2010 06:04 On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:04:04 +0100, Alan White<alan.lesley(a)windycroft.co.uk> wrote: >What she wants is a fairly rugged, good quality, compact digital camera >with a proper viewfinder. I've done a quick search and nothing has >emerged as being suitable. Some Canon Ixus models have a viewfinder but it is only really good for emergencies. In all other respect though its a great camera. My wife keeps ours in her handbag all the time. -- Geoff Berrow (Put thecat out to email) It's only Usenet, no one dies. My opinions, not the committee's, mine. Simple RFDs www.4theweb.co.uk/rfdmaker
From: "Trev" trev_uk on 23 Jul 2010 06:05 "Alan White" <alan.lesley(a)windycroft.co.uk> wrote in message news:cuii46925k1qt3cj080atg8m85ircqrk9b(a)4ax.com... > My partner normally uses an Olympus 420 DSLR but she finds it too bulky > and fiddly for hill walking. > > What she wants is a fairly rugged, good quality, compact digital camera > with a proper viewfinder. I've done a quick search and nothing has > emerged as being suitable. > > Advice, please. > > -- > Alan White > Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent. > Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Lochs Long and Goil in > Argyll, Scotland. > Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.co.uk/weather Cannon G12
From: Michael J Davis on 23 Jul 2010 06:56
Alan White <alan.lesley(a)windycroft.co.uk> was inspired to say >My partner normally uses an Olympus 420 DSLR but she finds it too bulky >and fiddly for hill walking. > >What she wants is a fairly rugged, good quality, compact digital camera >with a proper viewfinder. I've done a quick search and nothing has >emerged as being suitable. > >Advice, please. > Dunno what lens(es) she has, but I find a Panasonic G1 is a nice lightweight outfit with good picture quality. EVF is electronic of course, but works well. Same 4/3rds sensor size. Of course there are later versions, but the G1 is selling exceptionally cheaply now, and the 20mm Panasonic lens is fantastic! eg. http://www.mathersoflancashire.co.uk/html/g-series.html Mike |