SL2: A great addition to any Canon kit

Selene wrote:

I completely prefer the Viewfinder like you. I hate taking pictures with live view, although I was encouraged to do so on a camera club trip to the Antelope Canyons and monument valley. I was using a 5D mk iv and I somewhat got used to the liveview shooting and even liked how easy it was to hit the right focus point and exposure with the touch screen on that camera. But...and this is a big but...I haven't used live view since! I went right back to my old view finder ways. Maybe it is habit, but I find it easier to get the right focus with my eye on the viewfinder.

I think so many people are used to taking pictures with cell phones, that the tendency is to think that people will be mostly using live view (which is true for a lot of people I see taking pictures), so that's probably what camera companies assume people want to do with entry level cameras. But you are right--I think Canon hasn't realized that there are a lot of people that find the Sl/2 appealing not because it is an entry level camera because it is a good smaller version of a dslr that has surprisingly good image quality.

I agree with you on all points, especially your assessment of cell phone photographers. But I'm probably among the few here with very low vision in one eye and it is much easier to focus  with the VF than on the LCD.   Also I am so used to using a VF since WAY before digital days, that I just can't give it up !  In Texas where I live,  a VF is  almost essential in really bright light we have much of the year during the mid-day and afternoon.  Yes... before 10 a.m.and after 4 p.m.are best shooting times, but someimes (quite often ?) we don't have that option !

Re: cell phone photographers.... I kind of wonder about all the thousands of cell phone pictures I see people taking ,  storing, and immediately sharing, f they will have any "real paper pictures" to save for future generations ??  Maybe I'm missing something big here, but all Ithe pictures I  see my near relatives showing off are on their phones.  For sure easy to send to others, but what about 40-50 years from now ?

Cheers !   carolyn