The end?

bgreg wrote: Canon helped kill the point and shoot when they killed the viewfinder . It was one of the important things that differentiated phone photography from camera photography -and still is. I still prefer a small camera with a viewfinder of some type over what these days is essentially a tablet with a camera forcing one to take pictures with arms waving wildly in front of your face. The last thing I want in my camera is a phone. Yes there are a very small number of newer powershots with viewfinders that are (IMO) overpriced so I went the ilc route basically for the viewfinder and lens choice reasons. I will probably not buy a Power Shot in the future (if there is a Power Shot future) and it's not because of phones. I don't own a phone(tablet) and can't see it ever happening. Just my $.02 on the subject.

I use ClearViewer accessories on my small cameras that lack VFs.. My hands and my hat/cap brims help shade the screen; my hand, resting against my forehead helps steady the camera; and whilst keeping my glasses on, my right eye can focus on the screen and my left eye can notice any  out-of-frame problems that might interrupt the picture

As I keep my cameras in a small cross body bag, it's easy to grab or replace cameras as needed, with the ClearViewer fitted.

Perhaps phone makers will one day add a small EVF to remedy the problem, though why camera makers could not afford even a simple fold-down VF like those on many cheap cameras half a century ago, seems odd.