Articulating screen

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An articulating screen in the Olympus E-620. Olympus E-620 front.jpg
An articulating screen in the Olympus E-620.

An articulating screen is a built-in small electronic visual display which is not fixed, but rather can be repositioned using a hinge or pivot. The articulating screen is known under different other names such as flip-out screen, flip screen, adjustable screen, articulated screen, or hinged screen. According to the way it moves, there are five main types:

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  1. The display moves around one axis, so that it only tilts. It is called tilting screen or tiltable screen.
  2. The display tilts horizontally both up and down and also vertically. This type is called double-hinged tilting screen, two-axis tilting screen, three-direction tilting screen or screen with 3-way tilt.
  3. The display moves around two axes which are at a right angle to each other, so that the screen both tilts and swivels. This type is called swivel screen. Other names for this type are vari-angle screen, fully articulated screen, fully articulating screen, rotating screen, multi-angle screen, variable angle screen, flip-out-and-twist screen, twist-and-tilt screen and swing-and-tilt screen.
  4. The display is mounted on a fully-articulating hinge that itself is attached to a tilting plate. Such display can be extended out from the back of the camera, ensuring it stays clear of the camera's left-mounted ports when flipping it out to the side. This type of articulating screen is called tilt-and-articulating screen.
  5. The display moves into a variety of angles; it tilts horizontally and vertically and also rotates to a certain extent while staying aligned with the lens axis. It still can not be turned all the way up, down or to the side to be seen from the front of the camera for self-portraits. This type of articulating screen is called cross-tilt screen, flexible-tilt screen or flex-tilt screen.

Articulating screens are used in a variety of electronic devices such as laptops, camcorders, digital cameras, desk phones, mobile phones, DVD players and others; also TV screens and computer monitors can be articulating screens.

This article focuses on digital photography, where an articulating screen allows convenient or unobtrusive shooting from various perspectives.

Digital cameras with a tilting screen

The tilting screens of camera models marked with an asterisk (*) here below can be tilted by 180 degrees or close to it so that they may be used to take self portraits more easily.

Canon

Casio

  • Exilim EX-ZR1000(*) (2012)
  • Exilim EX-ZR1100/Exilim EX-ZR1200(*) (2013)
  • Exilim EX-10(*) (2013)
  • Exilim EX-100(*) (2014)
  • Exilim EX-ZR1300/Exilim EX-ZR1500(*) (2014)
  • Exilim EX-ZR50(*) (2014)
  • Exilim EX-FC500S(*) (2014)
  • Exilim EX-ZR1600 / Exilim EX-ZR2000(*) (2015)
  • Exilim EX-ZR3000 / Exilim EX-ZR3500(*) (2015)
  • Exilim EX-ZR60(*) (2015)

Fujifilm

Hasselblad

JVC

Kodak

Konica Minolta

Leica

Lytro

Medion

Minolta

Nikon

Olympus

Panasonic

  • Lumix DMC-GF6(*) (2013)
  • Lumix DMC-GX7 (2013)
  • Lumix DMC-ZS35/Lumix DMC-TZ55/Lumix DMC-TZ56(*) (2014)
  • Lumix DMC-SZ10(*) (2015)
  • Lumix DMC-ZS45/Lumix DMC-TZ57/Lumix DMC-TZ58(*) (2015)
  • Lumix DMC-GF7(*) (2015)
  • Lumix DMC-GF8(*) (2016)
  • Lumix DMC-GX85/Lumix DMC-GX80 (2016)
  • Lumix DMC-LX10/Lumix DMC-LX15(*) (2016)
  • Lumix DMC-GX850/Lumix DMC-GX800/Lumix DMC-GF9(*) (2017)
  • Lumix DC-ZS70/Lumix DC-TZ90/Lumix DC-TZ91(*) (2017)
  • Lumix GX9 (2018)
  • Lumix DC-TZ96(*) (2019)

Pentax

  • Optio 230 (2002)
  • Optio 330GS (2002)
  • X-5 (2012)
  • MX-1 (2013)
  • 645Z (2014)
  • 645Z-IR (2015)
  • KP (2017)

Praktica

Rollei

  • Powerflex 360 (2012)
  • Powerflex 850(*) (2014)

Samsung

Sony

Vivikai

Vivitar (ViviCam iTwist series)

  • 5028(*) (2010)
  • X018(*) (2010)
  • 7028(*) (2010)
  • X028(*) (2010)
  • T126(*) (2011)
  • F129(*) (2011)
  • F536(*) (2011)
  • T028(*) (2012)
  • X014(*) (2012)
  • T022(*) (2012)
  • F124(*) (2012)

Yongnuo

  • YN455(*) (2021)

Digital cameras with a double-hinged tilting screen

Fujifilm

Nikon

Panasonic

  • Lumix S1/S1R (2019)

Digital cameras with a swivel screen

BenQ

Canon

Casio

  • EX-P505 (2005)
  • Exilim TRYX/EX-TR100 (2011)
  • EX-TR150 (2012)
  • EX-TR200 (2012)
  • EX-TR10 (2013)
  • EX-TR15 (2013)
  • EX-TR35 (2014)
  • EX-TR50/EX-TR500 (2014)

Fujifilm

Kodak

  • EasyShare-One (2005)
  • Pixpro AZ651 (2014)

Konica Minolta

Leica

  • V-Lux 2 (2010)
  • V-Lux 3 (2011)
  • V-Lux 4 (2012)
  • V-Lux Typ 114 (2014)
  • V-Lux 5 (2019)

Nikon

Olympus

OM Digital Solutions

Panasonic

Pentax

  • Optio 750Z (2004)
  • K-S2 (2015)
  • K-70 (2016)
  • KF (2022)

Protax

  • DC600 (2010)
  • D3000 (2013)

Ricoh

  • RDC-7 (2000)
  • RDC-i700 (2000)
  • RDC-i500 (2001)
  • Caplio RR-1 (2001)

Samsung

  • Digimax V40 (2004)
  • Digimax V50 (2004)
  • Digimax V60 (2004)
  • Digimax V70 (2004)
  • TL500/EX1 (2010)
  • NX20 (2012)
  • EX2F (2012)
  • NX30 (2014)

Sony

Vivikai

Digital cameras with a tilt-and-articulating screen

Panasonic

  • Lumix DC-S1H (2019)
  • Lumix DC-GH6 (2022)

Sony

Digital cameras with a cross-tilt screen

Pentax

Accessories

Aftermarket products are available which can be fitted to static screen cameras. These reflect the screen image, or capture and duplicate the image. [1] [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Zigview LCD that attaches to viewfinders".
  2. ↑ "Shoot from the hip!".
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