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Glossary > Optical Viewfinder  
Just like the viewfinder on a compact camera. Unlike an LCD display, an optical viewfinder does not affect battery life and has fewer problems with glare in bad conditions.
However, it doesn't give such an accurate indication of what will appear in the frame, or of the colour balance the camera is actually seeing.
Ideally your camera should have both options, enabling you to choose the option which suits best on any given occassion.