Like megapixels and ‘open gate’, fully-articulated screens have become something of a selling point on modern cameras. A few years ago, content creators and video types were extolling the virtues of spinny, flippy screens, and more than a handful of video-centric cameras were bemoaned for shunning them. I get it. For video, they rock. But for photography, they’re a pain in the butt – at least as far as I’m concerned…
My problem here isn’t the existence of fully-articulated screens, it’s the industry’s need to put them on anything and everything. The Fujifilm X-M5, for example, is a camera for content creators and boasts an unrivaled video spec in its class. Should it wear its fully-articulated screen as a mark of pride? Absolutely!
