Comments on: The Advantages Of An Articulating LCD Screen On A Digital Camera

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:00:08 +0000

I have a Panasonic FZ50 and totaly agree the flip and twist is the way .
Any thoughts on the side or bottom hinge .

By: Anjeanette

Anjeanette — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 04:54:39 +0000

I have a Canon SX20IS which also has a flip and twist LCD screen on it. I love that feature and very happy with having it on my new camera. The only problem that I am having is trying to figure out how to compose my shots using the LCD screen and not the viewfinder? I haven’t figured it out yet and don’t see it in the Starter guide the camera came with so any suggestion on here would be great. Thanks.

By: Digital Shots Guide

Digital Shots Guide — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:10:59 +0000

Also, the new Ashton Kutcher commercial for the Nikon D3000 shows an articulating lens.

By: Digital Shots Guide

Digital Shots Guide — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:45:57 +0000

Hey Diane, thanks for the note. Here is a highly rated new camera with 2.5 inch articulating lcd: Canon PowerShot SX20IS

By: Diane Collar

Diane Collar — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:39:39 +0000

Your article was written 1/08, any new models coming out with an articulated LCD? I am also waiting to replace my Sony dsc f717 with an articulated lcd on a digital slr.

By: Katie M.

Katie M. — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:25:46 +0000

I don't know if these have been added yet or not but I was just checking out the Canon website and the G11 has an articulated LCD, and so does the new Lumix G1.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:18:01 +0000

Also, let me be the first vain person to say, the articulating lcd is important when taking pictures OF YOURSELF. I can’t believe that with facebook and myspace and sites like this ALL consisting of pictures of yourself that camera companies would shoot themselves in the foot and not include this feature!

By: marvin schulz

marvin schulz — Fri, 08 May 2009 10:22:05 +0000

Hi, I agree on the tilt & twist lcd, I don’t know why it’s so hard for the camera manufactors to understand it’s a great feature. I’m handicapped and only have about 25% of my left hand and none of my right, so the tilt & twist is a must for me as I can’ty look through the viewfinder, I was all excited yesterday when I saw the Nikon D5000, but after reading about it the only good thing about the liveview was the tilt & twist lcd, if you read about it you’ll see what I mean, guess I’ll have to wait another year, I bought a Sony A300 and it has a nice live view that tilts, but no twist, I guess the maker of sreenguardz may have something to do with being able to turn the lcd in to protect the sreen, anyway I don’t understand a camera maker like Nikon not being able to make a live view that works well, Sony & Olypmus had no trouble and Nikon has been making camers decades before Sony. Marvin

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 07 May 2009 23:25:11 +0000

Totally agree – I am also at a loss as to why Canon seems to be doing away with rotating LCD screens. From reading an interview it seems Canon is doing this in the quest of achieving a compact camera that is truly as “compact” as possible. Sorry, Canon, but I would much rather have a rotating LCD screen in the trade off for a slightly larger body. As others have said, it is an indispensable feature for taking pictures at any other angle than eye-level. Anybody who knows anything about photography realizes that often the best pictures are those NOT taken at eye-level. At this point they only have 2 (!) models remaining with rotating screens. Maybe they should do away with the flash as well – that’s kind of a useless feature too, right?

By: Glen Morgan

Glen Morgan — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:11:33 +0000

Has one more of the evaluation sites done reviews of the ‘glue on’ type? I assumee you
are speaking of such? Where are they available and where may I read more about their effectiveness? Thanks & Adios, gm