What's more important to you?
Feb 15, 2018 09:52:50 #
Have never articulated one of the screens I have on various camera bodies. Couldn’t even tell you if they worked!
Feb 15, 2018 09:57:11 #
Feb 15, 2018 10:17:09 #
Another vote for Weather Sealing. I don't do a lot of "chimping" until after a series of shots, and I have only used "live view" once in the past year or so. Articulated screen is a nice selling point, a lot better than "... and there are 23 cup holders" in my car.
Feb 15, 2018 10:19:10 #
Feb 15, 2018 10:48:40 #
tomad
Loc: North Carolina
Weather sealing, although I found that even that has it's flaws. I have a supposedly weather sealed camera/lens that has grown mold on the inside of the front element due to condensation while living in a tropical environment. Even weather sealing can't stop that. Use those plastic bags when going from an air conditioned environment into a hot humid climate!
Feb 15, 2018 11:28:31 #
Nalu wrote:
There is no rain in California!
I guess there are no earthquakes in California, either? :-)
Feb 15, 2018 12:30:45 #
Screamin Scott wrote:
No question, weather sealing...Articulated screens are a marketing ploy IMHO. I had one on an older Nikon Bridge camera. Rarely used it. I prefer to focus & compose a shot thru my viewfinder as opposed to an LCD screen.
My POV and exploring the subject matter I shoot dictate I use the articulating screen above my head and on the ground or tabletop almost every shoot. In real rainfall a plastic food storage bag with a slit cut in the bottom gets me through the assignment
Feb 15, 2018 12:37:51 #
Designdweeb wrote:
My POV and exploring the subject matter I shoot dictate I use the articulating screen above my head and on the ground or tabletop almost every shoot. In real rainfall a plastic food storage bag with a slit cut in the bottom gets me through the assignment
You must do a lot of street shooting then.
Feb 15, 2018 12:40:17 #
Screamin Scott wrote:
You must do a lot of street shooting then.
Yup, breaking news and features, indoors and out.
Feb 15, 2018 12:57:08 #
kdogg
Loc: Gallipolis Ferry WV
Weather sealing. Never worried about it back in the days of film, but back then the only electronics on a camera was the light meter. Now there is a lot more to go wrong with the electronics in both lenses and cameras.
Feb 15, 2018 13:00:28 #
Feb 15, 2018 13:35:49 #
wdross
Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado
John N wrote:
Weather sealing. I don't often articulate my screen much anyway though it is a useful the FEW times I've needed to.
Feb 15, 2018 13:58:40 #
wdross
Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado
Tom G wrote:
Is that why you're all wet?
I know your comment was done in jest, but there actually are some of us out here that have ended up like that. By the time I made it back to our ship in Mykonos, I was all wet - soaked all the way down to the socks and underwear from shooting in the rain. Weatherproofing for me, and some others, is a must; cannot stop shooting just because of rain.
Feb 15, 2018 14:18:18 #
Feb 15, 2018 14:44:10 #
ramseynet wrote:
All else being equal, what is more important to you in a camera body: an articulating screen or weather sealed ?
Weather sealing
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