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Potential capability of articulated screens

Started Aug 20, 2020 | Discussions thread
Barry Pearson
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Re: Potential capability of articulated screens
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johnami wrote:

From where I'm shooting an articulated screen isn't of real importance.

The first camera body I bought with such a feature was the K1, and you know, I have hardly ever used it.

I guess you can put this down to the fact that I had lived 45 years with SLRs or other bodies that didn't have moving rear screens, and yet I have managed to take the pictures I wanted to.

I've lived 49 years with Pentax SLRs and Pentax dSLRs without moving rear screens.
And I know from personal experience how much benefit I get from my K-1-series screen!
I wouldn't buy this sort of camera without an articulated screen.

Now I can appreciate that many here or elsewhere swear by their Art screens, but give me anyday a smaller, lighter more robust body. And since those are the reasons I bought my first SLR and then a Pentax SLR, I ll be quite happy if the new body hasn't got an articulating rear screen.

My successive Pentax SLRs have tended to get larger with each model over the years.
(ME Super excluded!)
I make them even larger by using battery grips.
This gives me a better hand-grip when using large lenses in burst-mode.

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