Originally posted by johnmflores I'm having a hard time understanding the strong resistance to a feature that you don't have to use if you don't want to. Is it a reliability issue (another thing that can break) or a matter of principle (serious cameras don't have articulating screens)?
Resistance is a strong word. It is a preference.
So what if I personally dislike articulating screens?
It's not borne out of some fear of change or the unknown.
I've experienced cameras with these screens, including dSLRs, and see their virtue outweighed by their physical disadvantages.
Yes, it's another weak point that will no doubt break at some stage in the rigors of outback and even wedding photography, but I couldn't care less about whether a camera is serious or not because of its screen. To me it's got to do the job, and withstand some knocking about, which the articulating screens are just sitting ducks for getting plucked out from their joints, even if not in use.