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New Pen F thoughts

Started Dec 29, 2019 | Discussions thread
LandscapeWhisperer Regular Member • Posts: 184
Re: New Pen F thoughts
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BluenoseNS wrote:

The flippy screen is horrible to use quickly or to go unnoticed. You can use it flat against the body— great. But if you want any other perspective, you have to fold it out and twist it etc. Plus the idea of turning the screen inwards against the body for ‘protection’ is horrible because it takes even longer to flip it out etc

Manufacturers are damned if they do or damned if they don't w/respect to the fully articulated screen. Personally, the finder is so good that I use it all the time, and only use the LCD to access the menu. I even access the SCP through the finder.

For my use, though, I would have preferred a simple tilt-out screen for street photography, so now I'm looking at used GX-7s and G85s for that purpose. But I wouldn't ditch the Pen F for anything from Panasonic. I have a GX-8 and it's clear to me that they didn't understand still photography when they designed that model.

Still looking for the perfect camera...

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