On Sat, 08 Mar 2003 12:15:30 -0500, xyz <xyznospam@hotmail.com> wrote:

>TheTRV27 is hard to find right now. I read where many of the new Sony

>cams use a LCD touchscreen for menu selection including exposure

>adjustment. I haven't seen or used this touch feature yet but what

>are your thoughts? I mean a 2.5" screen isn't all that big and how

>sturdy is that LCD surface to all that contact?

I thoroughly dislike the touch-screen control

idea! It is hard to see in daylight; it requires

FAR more touches for adjusting menu items than

the simple button-wheel scheme does; the "beep"

MUST be turned off (losing it for useful notice

of recording start/stop) or it drives you and

anyone nearby nuts with the "beep-beep-beep-beep-

beep-beep-beep" (better than the "melody", though!;-)

accompanying just about every camera adjustment

made... YUCK! On the plus side, the screen is

durable and tends to stay clean and unworn from

touching the screen (it is just a miserable

method for controlling a camera...). Look for

a TRV27...