Re: Whatever happened to Pentax?

> Doug Jewell wrote:
> > As for myself, the last few times I've gone to buy a camera, I was
> > purchasing a compact that both my wife and I would be using.  She
> > likes an  optical view-finder while I use the LCD.  This
> > more-or-less ruled out  Pentax, since I couldn't find a Pentax with
> > an optical finder at any of the  local camera shops.
>
> If an optical viewfinder is one of your requirements, you will rule
> out pretty much everyone. Canon and Sony are the only ones left with
> optical viewfinders in their P&S cameras, and even those two are
> reducing the number of models with it.

As P&Ss get smaller, and LCD screens get bigger, there's simply not
enough room for a viewfinder on many of the cameras.  Add to that the
number of consumers who prefer viewfinders dwindling, and... well, it's
a pretty easy guess where that goes.