Canon SX530 - LCD viewfinder very hard to use on a sunny day

[RSlater]

We bought a new Canon SX530, which, like almost all current point and shoot digital cameras, no longer has an optical viewfinder, just the LCD.  Yesterday was a sunny day and the glare and reflection made made the LCD viewfinder almost impossible to use.

Any ideas or tricks to improve performance?

[newsense52]

At menu, select tool tab, select LCD brightness and use arrow right/left to adjust the glare of LCD.

[Waddizzle]

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@RSlater wrote:

We bought a new Canon SX530, which, like almost all current point and shoot digital cameras, no longer has an optical viewfinder, just the LCD.  Yesterday was a sunny day and the glare and reflection made made the LCD viewfinder almost impossible to use.

Any ideas or tricks to improve performance?

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I am sure that the LCD on a DSLR would be just as difficult to see.  There are no point and shoot cameras in that price range that offer viewfinders, AFAIK.  Not one, made by anyone.  Sometimes I wear a ball/visor cap just  to provide portable shade.

[RSlater]

What was interesting to me was that there were maybe TWO offered with rangefinders out of the dozens of point and shoot cameras.  It seems strange that someone hasn't gotten a fix by now.

[John_]

I have a viewfinder on mine which a rarely if ever use. I think the cost of making an LCD that would be visible in all intensities of sun at any angle would or might cost as much as the camera. I can't remember where I saw them but I did see some inexpensive hoods that shield just the LCD from bright sunlight.  B&H Photo maybe, they attach with velcro strips.

But your right viewfinders are going "bye-bye" on many point and shoot and bridge cameras.

[John_ · Accepted solution]

Depending on your angle to the sun you could get a LCD hood that will shade it if turning up the brightness doesnt help. That's another reason I am hooked on articulating and swiviling LCD screens like on my SX50HS.