At 07:40 AM 8/8/2011, Goodrich, Chris wrote:
>So what ever happened to pocketable cameras with a viewfinder? 
>Sorry, I don't care how bright your screen is, they just don't work 
>on a bright snowy day with older eyes.

M1 responded:
> Unfortunately there are now very few and kind of hard to find. It
> seems that from the manufacturers' viewpoint. an optical view finder 
> is now reserved for the more "serious" cameras. Those would be the
> ones that don't easily fit in a jacker pocket.

The Canon PowerShot G12 is still a pocket camera (barely) and has an 
optical viewfinder.   The G series has always been the highest quality 
pocket camera on the market.   They're not cheap but they're really 
good cameras.
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/CanonG12/


I went in a different direction.   I have an Olympus PEN micro 4:3 
format camera body, removable electronic viewfinder, and a set of 
lenses.   Broken down into the three components, it fits in a couple of 
coat pockets.   I usually have an (equivalent) 28mm-300mm zoom on 
it.   It does really well with skiing video clips and stills.

Geoff

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