[Emmadw]

I've got a Canon Powershot A640 -which I very much like - one thing I particularly like is the viewfinder. I know (from some other posts in here) that makes me a bit of a dinosaur, but my reasons are:
1: I feel more stable holding it against my face.
2: I don't have to have the screen on - thereby saving power.
3: I can see through it in sunlight.

I've also got a Samsung PL60 - which, to be fair, has a screen that's fairly visible in bright(ish) sun (not tried it in really bright conditions), and is definitely more portable, and the batteries seem to last a reasonable time; but, for me the extra weight etc is worth it.

A friend has used both of them & agrees with me that she'd rather have the viewfinder (I did my best to persuade her that I'm archaic, and that no viewfinder is the way to go). There seems to be increasingly fewer (affordable) compacts with viewfinders. The G10/11/12 seem to exist, but few others. (other than an ultra cheap kids SpongeBob Squarepants underwater one ... but that didn't have a screen anyway!)

Do you think that the days of compacts with viewfinders are over, or do you think there will be enough demand to bring them back in the £100-200 range, rather than only those at the top end of compact?