Heh, you should see how bad the parallax is when you're shooting up close.

Unlike Canon's point-and-shoot cameras, the Canon D30 is designed so that you use the viewfinder and not the screen. The LCD is only active once you've taken a picture. All the info that you need, like aperture and shutter speed, are displayed in the viewfinder like a normal SLR. Because of this, the viewfinder on the D30 is supposed to be great.