I wonder how customers will appreciate the lack of this feature.
Of around 20 DSLR's now offered on the market only 2 low budget and 4
top professional (sport)camera's have a fixed screen.
None of the mirroless camera's (except one Leica) has a fixed screen.
For nature photography (flowers, mushrooms) a tilted screen has become
an essential tool.
With the K-1 I experienced that built-in GPS is extremely useful for
automatic reporting to datasets of nature observations.
So for me Ricoh/Pentax will have nothing to offer in APS-C format.
Henk
Op 2020-09-04 om 22:55 schreef P. J. Alling:
I wouldn't say it was a wrong decision. If you want an APS-C Pentax
with a tilt or flip screen there are two current models that
suffice. A KP or a K70. Even thought I don't particularly want
either they are great bargains at the moment, about half what I expect
the new flagship to debut at. Sure you give up some battery life and
some buffer, but what I would want a flippy screen for buffer and
battery life are probably the least of my worries. I also expect that
given current sensor tech you won't see a lot of difference between
results from them vs the new flagship.
Not having an articulated screen does have the advantage of avoiding
another point of failure. I'll bet that Ricoh has a lot of internal
data showing more screen repairs on those models than on any of the
others.
On 9/4/2020 4:29 AM, Henk Terhell wrote:
https://pentaxofficial.com/en/6628/
Well, as expected, the die is cast: the new flagship will have a
fixed LCD screen.
Wrong decisions by R/P....
Henk
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