Potential capability of articulated screens

Barry Pearson wrote:

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.

It's not a competition, but I understand your needs are different to mine and you evidently take far more pictures than me.

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.

I'm well aware of the fact that SLRs have in general become 'bigger' and more complex over the years.

Comparing a film MX to a digital K1 is like comparing chalk and cheese, even if you could use the K1 like a MX. 😊

I regret the past models because you would pay and use what you paid for. Today you buy a camera body with options that often sit unused.

Compare a users manual of the seventies with a manual of today........

I have said this before but I'll say it again. If a simple SLR digital model could be produced, without all the bells and whistles, I would be a customer.........with Art screen or not.

I sometimes feel making DSLR so complex just pushes new potential customers away.

Nice collection.

Atb

Ps I couldn't carry all the gear you seem to have in your camera bags. It would take the pleasure out of the walking......And that can be difficult enough 😳

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