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Potential capability of articulated screens

Started Aug 20, 2020 | Discussions thread
Barry Pearson
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Re: Pentax cameras with articulated screens
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bob5050 wrote:

MrB1 wrote:

If Pentax-Ricoh have not included an articulated screen in the K-new, they will have taken the wrong decision - they will disappoint many of their loyal users, and they could lose some existing and some new customers.

There's no decision you can make that doesn't potentially cost either customers or profitability, or gain them. All design decisions are trade-offs, and most are calculated risks.

But the notion that K-7/5/3 legacy customers will leave in significant droves over the screen issue seems way overblown. I don't know that I've ever seen a Pentax shooter in the wild using the back screen as a viewfinder:

Then you haven't seen me doing landscape work with my K-1-series.

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