Originally posted by SoonerCaniac Thank you. I completely agree. Clearly the majority of fine folks in this amazing community disagree and that's cool. Two things I was most looking forward to on my next Pentax body was an articulating screen and GPS. After renting an X-T4 and experiencing an articulating screen for the first time, I cannot go back to a fixed screen. Just too many creative opportunities lost. Therefore, after much deliberation, with neither of these on the K-33 I will sadly not be purchasing this camera. To complicate things further, the screen on my K-3 is suddenly dying with no obvious trigger. That leaves me the KP or the K-1. I think I will rent the K-1 for my Christmastime photos just to get me into the new year and see if I can live with the lack of speed. But, reading these Ricoh updates is making me realize that perhaps the hard truth is that my needs are no longer in sync with Ricoh's vision. It'd be like losing a best friend but c'est la vie.
I don't think people disagree that it would have been nice to have a flippy screen. They are just tired of arguing about it. At this point the design is complete and people will just have to decide if they need the features the K-3 III offers enough to put up with the things that it lacks.
My guess is that there will be a group of people who need better tracking auto focus, 4K video, and/or 12 fps who will go ahead and buy this camera, even considering the things it won't have. But clearly as well, there will be those who chose to purchase a different camera or even a different brand entirely.
(I like having a flippy screen on the K-1 but most of the time I forget it is there and just squat down to use the viewfinder or crane my neck without adjusting the screen).