How do you deal with the absence of the flip LCD screen?

jks33 wrote:

I fell in love with flip screens ever since the Canon A80. Now have it on Sony A65 and OMD. The one on the OMD is nicely tucked in and does what you need. The screens that have multi-axis adjustments do tend to be a lot less sleek. There are SO MANY advantages to a flip screen that, to me, it is not even arguable.

To the poster that said that photographers got along fine for decades without them. True. And cars did not have air conditioning for decades. Want one without it now?

BTW, got my XE-1 today and have been comparing it to the OMD. At lower ISO the OMD hangs tough. Crank it up, though, and it is not even a horse race. Unless you prefer a AF challenge. Oops...:). The AF seems worse than on my X100 (with the firmware updates). I sold my X100 to make the XE-1 easier so I can't do a direct compare.

I previously had a X Pro 1 but ended up sending it back. The IQ rocked (XE-1 same), but every time I looked at it I saw $2300 sitting there. Plus it was a little too large. The XE-1 nails it in terms of size. The 18-55 is not small, however. I am looking forward to the 23mm, but as a f1.4 it is quite a bit larger than the 23mm on the X100.

Wish I could have kept the X100...in my experience there is NOTHING in the hand that feels like that camera. I assume the "X200" will have the X Trans sensor? And maybe some other improvements? Should be kickass.