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Olympus Stylus 1030SW
Olympus Stylus 1030SW
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Bill T (t-unit) 1 pts
May 26, 2008 8:21 PM
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Does the camera have a viewfinder to take pictures through as well as seeing them in the LCD display.

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Andrew Skinner (blackdoorphotos) 18535 pts
May 27, 2008 12:15 PM
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Bill,

This camera does have an optical viewfinder, so yes it does. Good luck and happy shooting.

Andrew
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Bill T (t-unit) 1 pts
May 27, 2008 5:05 PM
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Thanks, Andrew. A downfall of some digital cameras is not being able to see the LCD display when you are in bright sunlight. So if the A450 has both types of viewfinders that would help alleviate the bright sunlight problem.
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Andrew Skinner (blackdoorphotos) 18535 pts
May 28, 2008 12:22 PM
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Bill,

I completely agree with you on that. Some new cameras do have enhanced LCD's like the Olympus 1030SW. It works pretty well in bright light, but I still like the insurance of an optical viewfinder.

If you feel we have addressed your issue sufficiently, please mark it best answer. If not, we would be more than happy to answer any further questions you may have. Good luck and happy shooting.

Andrew
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Chad 0 pts
June 8, 2008 8:27 PM
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This camera does not have an optical viewfinder, which I find irritating. I agree with the insurance comment, I also being able to turn off the LCD to save a lot of power during use.
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Bill T (t-unit) 1 pts
June 8, 2008 9:52 PM
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Chad,
I'm confused. It sounds like Andrew's answer states that the A450 has both optical and LCD viewfinders. You seem to state that the A450 has only an LCD one.
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Andrew Skinner (blackdoorphotos) 18535 pts
June 12, 2008 8:58 AM
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Chad and Bill,

Just to clear things up, the original question was attached to the Canon A460, which does have an optical and LCD viewfinder. The Canon A450 also has both an optical and LCD viewfinder.

The reference to the Olympus 1030SW was to show that there is newer technology out regarding enhanced LCDs that perform better in bright light.

Andrew
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sue 0 pts
April 9, 2009 7:19 AM
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I cannnot turn on my view finder. I press disp and nothing happens, black screen
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