View Finder on A620

[kendp]

I would like to work with view finder but I find it isn't as accurate as I would like. It cuts off things near the right side of what I am shooting. For that reason I have started using the screen, I get a better composition, but it is hard to see in the sunlight.

Do A620 users have better luck with their viewfinder, or have you found a way to compensate for the built in inaccuracy?

[Olegis]

The viewfinder is a pain to use, but after some time you get used to it and learn to compensate the framing. I use the LCD monitor almost all the time, the viewfinder is used "for emergencies" only :-)

[Jon]

I generally use the VF; cropping tight in camera with it usually gives me a workable 8x10 print size with fairly tight crop

[boomer3297]

I have an a610 and find that I use the screen more often than the viewfinder. I find that the feedback I get when pressing the shutter button half way down helps obtain better shots.

[kendp]

Thanks for the responses. I'll practice some more with the view finder to see how to compensate, but especially on close shots I'll use the screen.

Since all responses indicate they use the screen most of the time, do you find that you are more likely to get a fuzzy shot because of camera movement. Using the view finder I can brace my arms against my body, but my elbows are out when using the screen. I have taken enough shots now to minimize the number of slightly off focus shots, but it seems to me there is more potential for this when using the screen to frame the shot.

[Jon]

Thanks for the responses. I'll practice some more with the view finder to see how to compensate, but especially on close shots I'll use the screen.

Since all responses indicate they use the screen most of the time, do you find that you are more likely to get a fuzzy shot because of camera movement. Using the view finder I can brace my arms against my body, but my elbows are out when using the screen. I have taken enough shots now to minimize the number of slightly off focus shots, but it seems to me there is more potential for this when using the screen to frame the shot.
Not all . . . As I said, I generally use the VF, partly because it is more stable than using the screen, partly because it saves battery life, partly because it's easier to see in low light, and partly because I don't need to use reading glasses with the VF while I do with the screen.

[theRIAA]

I always use the screen with my A620.

I never really worry about battery life, and haven't noticed a diffrence in blurriness