Best Compact Camera To Use In Sunlight

GDT78

I'm looking to buy a new compact (pocket size) camera for general use. I have a few year old Samsung and have great problems in sunlight actually seeing what I am taking a picture/video of.
Expecting all pocket size compacts to not have a viewer but need to use the LCD or similar screen.
Any recommendations on the most suitable compact for general use, particularly holidays when hopefully it is sunny.

Gloomendoom

I suppose it does depend on how big your pockets are but have look at the Canon 'G' series compacts. I have a G12 and it is excellent.

They have an optical viewfinder as well as a screen. The screen is actually bright enough to be seen even in tropical sunlight though.

Davesnave

Gloomendoom wrote: »

I suppose it does depend on how big your pockets are but have look at the Canon 'G' series compacts. I have a G12 and it is excellent.

They have an optical viewfinder as well as a screen. The screen is actually bright enough to be seen even in tropical sunlight though.

Even some of the cheaper Canons have viewfinders....

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Canon-PowerShot-A1400-Digital-Camera/dp/B00AX0MPLE/ref=sr_1_20?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1370239339&sr=1-20&keywords=canon

Mr_Toad

I would never buy a camera without a viewfinder for the reasons you mention. There are several to choose from.

I would also recommend the Canon G series, I have a G9, I've had it years and it's a superb little camera.

roddydogs

Saver0811 wrote: »

Leave the lens on its Wide Angle setting, and trim the photo's when you get back home, is what I do.

Also aligning verticals.

That only helps the width, thou.
Personally I always use wide angle as the norm anyway, as both the comp monitor & TV are W/S.
Im always surprised more pople dont do this, I mean if you Telly had a "Crop to 4:3" option, you would sit there watching 4:3, would you?.
Some of the older IXUS have a viewfinder.

From_St_Neots

I have a Canon G1-X, has the optical viewfinder and a screen which can be angled so you can see what is on it when in bright sun.

Lum

roddydogs wrote: »

Im always surprised more pople dont do this, I mean if you Telly had a "Crop to 4:3" option, you would sit there watching 4:3, would you?.

You'd be amazed at how many people misconfigure their tellys.

Usually you end up with a Sky or Freeview box set to 4:3 output and the telly set to stretch that 4:3 out to widescreen. Bonus points if they manage to get letterboxing somewhere in there too!

Drives me nuts when I visit my parents.

ukcarper

Davesnave wrote: »

Even some of the cheaper Canons have viewfinders....

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Canon-PowerShot-A1400-Digital-Camera/dp/B00AX0MPLE/ref=sr_1_20?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1370239339&sr=1-20&keywords=canon

I wouldn't recommend that camera, I bought it but had to return it as viewfinder is next to useless, not only is the view finder very small what you see though it is not always what the sensor is seeing .

Mr_Toad

ukcarper wrote: »

I wouldn't recommend that camera, I bought it but had to return it as viewfinder is next to useless, not only is the view finder very small what you see though it is not always what the sensor is seeing .

It's not meant to show you exactly what the end result will be, it's there simply to help you frame the shot.

Davesnave

ukcarper wrote: »

I wouldn't recommend that camera, I bought it but had to return it as viewfinder is next to useless, not only is the view finder very small what you see though it is not always what the sensor is seeing .

Yes, and that was always the way with cheaper cameras before digital too.

It was just a suggestion from the cheaper end of the market, the other costing hundreds of £££. But thank you for making that shortcoming clearer.

ukcarper

Mr_Toad wrote: »

It's not meant to show you exactly what the end result will be, it's there simply to help you frame the shot.

It is not accurate if you read reviews you will find other people have found the same. If you frame something fairly close a person for example you find the that in the photo they are not where you framed them even to the point where they are not completely in the frame. This is by far the worst viewfinder I have used in many years of photography.