[rbarry]

Do any of the major manufacturers make a compact digital camera with an optical view finder?
It's for an elderly woman who wants to be able to see the image presented through a viewfinder rather than on a large LCD screen, which she finds hard to see in sunlight and uneasy with when trying to frame a shot.

I thought the Canon Ixus 980IS fitted the bill perfectly, probably over specced but that doesn't matter. Yesterday afternoon I looked in Comet, Currys, Tesco electrical, Staples (getting desperate), Maplin (even more desperate!) to no avail. It transpires the canon was released in mid 2008, so may no longer be a current model. I ran out of time to try Jessops and LCE, the more obvious places to try, so I still need to check them out.

She doesn't want a bridge camera as they are too big and bulky for her now. Does anybody have a personal recommendation or an idea of whether such compacts still exist?

Many thanks for your help,

Rick.