whats the difference between optical and lcd viewfinder on digital cameras?”
Hi musicsic, I think you really meant to ask the difference between an optical and an electronic viewfinder. The viewfinder is the small window, normally to the top of the camera, that you look through when composing your photo. When referring to the camera’s LCD, you’re generally referring to the larger display at the back of the camera that displays settings and menu information and shows the photo after you’ve taken it. Some people also use this LCD instead of the viewfinder when composing and taking photos. However, for the purpose of this explanation, this LCD is irrelevant. The simplest explanation is that with optical viewfinders you are seeing the real, physical scene in front of your camera. However, with an electronic viewfinder when you look into the viewfinder you’re really looking at a tiny lcd screen in there. What you see is an generated image of the scene. Optical viewfinders may work in two ways – with larger models, including digital SLRs, a mirror or prism is used to
