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Message: <blockquote data-quote="njlarsen" data-source="post: 1221292" data-attributes="member: 7427">I have taken the first 2-300 shots with the FZ18, and I love the viewfinder. For composing artistic shots it would probably not be good enough, but for finding a bird or at least the right area, it surely beats using a LCD. One other positive is that the spot AF really looks like a spot on the LCD/viewfinder, not like the large areas I have seen on several nikon, canon, and one Fuji P&S cameras. It does not lock on to the right level first time every time when a bird sits among branches, but it has so far been possible to move the camera slightly and have it lock at the right level. The image quality: I have not seen enough images on my PC to be sure. The first thing I did, however, was to set NR to the minimum possible; I have a good NR program on the PC if I need it. Niels</blockquote>