Re: Viewfinder or Screen, Pros and Cons.....
Working from the screen works well on digital compacts for me. It allows to take shots, which you wouldn't do with an optical view finder (and a heavier camera). Pictures taken at low or high viewpoints come to mind.
The electronic viewfinders that I've seen are usually less pleasant to work with, compared to optical ones. Even a cheap optical viewfinder can be very useful at times, when bright enough.
I (still) have the Leica Digilux 2 which has an excellent screen but a nasty EVF. In weak available light this is somewhat difficult, as both systems are rather dark then. However manual focusing works very well in most light conditions. The camera will just activate the digital zoom (configurable), once you move the focusing ring (focus by wire). This allows for extremely accurate focusing rivaled by live view only. However this focusing concept doesn't slow down the camera as live view does on most dSLRs.
Cheers, Sean.
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