Panasonic GX10 (rumoured, FT4)

Gnine wrote:

DrHook59 wrote:

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 first found its usefulness on the tilting external evf on GX1, love it very much on GX7 and miss it a lot on GX85.

To shoot at odd angles (overhead or ground level), a tilting LCD of course is better. For the most difficult shooting angles an articulated LCD could be the best.

All of you are missing the point. The tilty EVF is for photographing windmills. Obviously.

I have nothing against rear LCD screens. Nothing at all. I simply can't see the damn things outdoors in bright sunny weather. Especially when shooting low angle with the screen pointing up to the sky. It's just guesswork. Glare and reflections make it pretty much impossible.

Have you used a tilt screen like on the GX9, or just the side-swinging articulated ones on the GX8/G9?

I find that a tilt screen gets protection from the sun thanks to being behind the body of the camera, and that also makes it much easier to shade the screen while holding it.

I use the rear screen 95%+ of the time and I don't think I've ever encountered a situation where I couldn't easily see the screen on my GX9. Glare was much more of a problem when using the stuck out screen on my G9.