Panasonic G85 from an Olympus user

Michael Meissner wrote:

One more note about polarization, all of the back LCDs also have polarization effects. Unlike the viewfinders, the effect shows up in portrait orientation instead of landscape orientation. The Olympus LCDs are darker, but still usable when viewed with polarized sunglasses, but the G85 is completely opaque and is unusable. It is a trade off, most of the time when I'm using the camera's LCD, it is mounted on a tripod, or in one of my steampunk camera box setups. In those cases, it is almost entirely in landscape orientation.

Now, an option might have been to have an OLED panel. Olympus did this with the TG-2 (and maybe other TG-x's), but they don't seem to have done this for the higher end cameras.

Now one thing that a lot of people argue about is whether you want the back LCD to move in one directly (ala, E-M5 mark 1, E-M1 mark 1, Stylus-1) or to be fully articulated (ala, E-5, G-H4, G-85, etc.). Now, I've used both, and frankly each has alternatives and disadvantages. I tend to prefer the flippy LCD when I hand holding, and holding the camera up high to shoot over people's head or if it was to use it down low for macro shots. But on a tripod setup, or if I'm shooting in portrait orientation, I prefer the fully articulated setup. So it is a toss up.

Another time I like fully articulated back LCDs is the ability to turn the LCD around and fold it into the camera. This can protect the LCD if you aren't using it (for example when packing the camera for travel, you don't have to worry about the LCD being scratched in a full camera bag). It is also useful when you are shooting in a low light environment from the audience, where you won't annoy your fellow audience members with the electronic screen image.

You forget another obvious advantage of the swivel type screen: it can be set to face forward thus helping people get into the picture when using the self-timer for group shots, It is simply more versatile.