does it have a view finder
1133285
No it does not have a view finder but the LCD screen seems really reliable so far.
1133286
It does not. I purchased this for my 15 year old daughter and it has been an amazing camera. Takes great pictures, and she loves the zoom capability.
167176
It has a LCD screen that is used as a view finder but it doesn't have a dedicated view finder.
1099027
This great camera has both a view finder and a rear viewing screen that can be moved to different positions. Both are very useful depending on your situation
221187
It doesn't come with a viewfinder, no - but there are two available optical viewfinder from Ricoh for it, as well a few other aftermarket viewfinders that will work well to varying degrees.Model GV-1 is the most popular.
644389
It has BOTH a viewfinder or you can use the display in the back of the camera. I am like you, I don't like using the display. The viewfinder is excellent. There is a switch on the top of the camera that lets you choose which viewing system you prefer and it defaults it until you change it.
1084744
This camera does not have a viewfinder, but I don't miss having one. It's a great camera.
1758958
YES! If you look at a rear photo of camera you will notice a eyelevel viewfinder. It is not of the opitical type , but like a video camera (a very high pixel image).
2096379
It does not have an eye view finder but you can make the screen resolution darker or lighter which might help. I used it under water but I was standing and just stuck it under then took pictures. The first time I did this I had trouble with the sun reflecting. That night I played with it and darkened the screen. I had no problems seeing the second day!
1960442
There is a view finder just like any other digital camera. It doesn't come with a memory card, but it takes SD cards. It functions like any other point and shoot camera; it's just more durable an water proof. I used it traveling for 2 months and it worked great!
525433
No, but it has many positions for landscape viewing, its real selling point, I believe...at least for me. Love it!
1099030
It has a viewfinder. But it's a digital mini hi-res screen that shows you what the lens sees rather than actually projecting trough the lens via optics. It's a good solution actually.
560320
No, not on this model. But, my wife has an older model that does have a viewfinder,but she only uses it on bright, sunny days when it difficult to see the picture.
763843
Yes it does I owned the camera and used the view finder quite frequently, good camera too reasonably fast and takes good pictures with a fast burst mode
1897912
yes! Just to the left side of the view finder tucked in a very small groove! Works great!
1000713
Yes. Two viewing options to choose. There is a button on top that switches from viewfinder to the three inch monitor
931873
Sorry, I don't really use it for taking photos as view finder. I use it to view the photos on LCD under the sunlights only. It does keep the LCD screen in focus when I inspect the photos taken.
2166991
no view finder, AA batteries life is depend on how many pictures with flash and how much review of taken pictures and how much zoom you do with the camera