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June 25, 2009 - 4:43 am - by Richard Fernandez
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2009-06-25 09:43:30

I have to agree about the viewfinder. I bought a Polaroid 10MP camera for $90 a few months back, but I like it less than my 5MP Nikon.

Unlike the older Nikon the Polaroid does not have a viewfinder – a dumb little hole in the camera you use to aim it. It’s got all kinds of readouts and bar graphs but you either have to point and guess or try to frame the picture using the screen on the back. The screen is of startling qulaity – I wish I had a TV that looked that good – but trying to frame the picture that way is madding.

I am scared to even try to take aerial pictures with the Polaroid. If I didn’t either drop the camera or fall out of the airplane I’d no doubt end up with high resolution pictures of my shoes.

Maybe I can add a viewfinder somehow.