Panasonic GX10 (rumoured, FT4)

alcelc wrote:

morinor wrote:

Gnine wrote:

Tom Caldwell wrote:

I have tried the tilting evf - didn't like it and have not needed it. I just tilt the lcd when I need tilt.

Blasphemy. That tilting EVF is the GX series crowning glory. Over 2 years in with my G9, I still miss that flippy EVF. I'll happily admit to being indifferent when I first bought one, within a few hours I was utterly smitten. I love shooting lowish angle automotive shots, those events are usually held in mid day sun, making the tilt screen near useless. Especially when shooting ultrawide, & trying to see what you have/haven't included in the edges. Tilty EVF's absolutely rock.

Burn me on the stake. I haven't used so far the EVF on the GX80.

A tilting EVF can be handy for some. Personally I find that if you can attach your camera on your face, why you can't kneel if you have to? So it seems gimmick for me. I didn't consider also the possible issue that it can get caught when you have your camera in a small bag or your pocket.

A tilting screen though is really helpful when need to place your camera near on the ground or above your head. It was a salvation after using it on my D750. The tilting EVF cannot do that unless you like to crawl.

It is for low angle (waist level) shooting. Particularly useful for a tall shooter to shoot a shorter person like children, or an object stands lower than our eye level, without the need to bend our body too much but still maintain the stabilisation than using the arms length style of LCD shooting.

I don't understand why you'd hold the camera out at arms length when using a tilting screen. You can keep the camera close to your body and look down at it, shooting at waist level without bending over at all. Holding the camera like that I find that I'm actually more stable than when pressing it to my eye.

Every now and then I try the tilting EVF on my GX7 and GX9, but I've yet to find a situation where it actually works better for me than just using the screen.