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  • Nikon's R9. Contrived real LCD is articulation nightmare

    From RichA@21:1/5 to All on Tue Oct 5 14:52:36 2021
    It's not shown here, but the rear of the LCD is a latticework of little stainless steel rods designed to let the display articulate. Why not just use a
    regular hinge on the side with the ability to rotate the display? Much cleaner, less likely to break. Panasonics have it, I've never had an issue getting
    a shot angle.

    https://www.dpreview.com/news/3905833479/nikon-shares-z9-teaser-video-reveals-the-forthcoming-camera-will-have-dual-articulating-display

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  • From geoff@21:1/5 to RichA on Wed Oct 6 13:30:00 2021
    On 6/10/2021 10:52 am, RichA wrote:
    It's not shown here, but the rear of the LCD is a latticework of little stainless steel rods designed to let the display articulate. Why not just use a
    regular hinge on the side with the ability to rotate the display? Much cleaner, less likely to break. Panasonics have it, I've never had an issue getting
    a shot angle.

    https://www.dpreview.com/news/3905833479/nikon-shares-z9-teaser-video-reveals-the-forthcoming-camera-will-have-dual-articulating-display


    Are you aware of an actual problem with the way Nikon (hey, what would
    they know anyway ....) have chosen to implement it ?

    geoff

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  • From RichA@21:1/5 to geoff on Wed Oct 6 07:53:18 2021
    On Tuesday, 5 October 2021 at 20:30:11 UTC-4, geoff wrote:
    On 6/10/2021 10:52 am, RichA wrote:
    It's not shown here, but the rear of the LCD is a latticework of little stainless steel rods designed to let the display articulate. Why not just use a
    regular hinge on the side with the ability to rotate the display? Much cleaner, less likely to break. Panasonics have it, I've never had an issue getting
    a shot angle.

    https://www.dpreview.com/news/3905833479/nikon-shares-z9-teaser-video-reveals-the-forthcoming-camera-will-have-dual-articulating-display

    Are you aware of an actual problem with the way Nikon (hey, what would
    they know anyway ....) have chosen to implement it ?

    geoff

    Just by looking at it.

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  • From Bill W@21:1/5 to All on Wed Oct 6 11:06:55 2021
    On Oct 6, 2021, RichA wrote
    (in article<6bec4e57-07cf-44b8-8afd-bc3cc5645e92n@googlegroups.com>):

    On Tuesday, 5 October 2021 at 20:30:11 UTC-4, geoff wrote:
    On 6/10/2021 10:52 am, RichA wrote:
    It's not shown here, but the rear of the LCD is a latticework of little stainless steel rods designed to let the display articulate. Why not just use a
    regular hinge on the side with the ability to rotate the display? Much cleaner, less likely to break. Panasonics have it, I've never had an issue
    getting
    a shot angle.

    https://www.dpreview.com/news/3905833479/nikon-shares-z9-teaser-video-revea
    ls-the-forthcoming-camera-will-have-dual-articulating-display
    Are you aware of an actual problem with the way Nikon (hey, what would
    they know anyway ....) have chosen to implement it ?

    geoff

    Just by looking at it.

    How would it be different from the Pentax K1? Don’t you have one of those?

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  • From geoff@21:1/5 to RichA on Thu Oct 7 10:35:10 2021
    On 7/10/2021 3:53 am, RichA wrote:
    On Tuesday, 5 October 2021 at 20:30:11 UTC-4, geoff wrote:
    On 6/10/2021 10:52 am, RichA wrote:
    It's not shown here, but the rear of the LCD is a latticework of little stainless steel rods designed to let the display articulate. Why not just use a
    regular hinge on the side with the ability to rotate the display? Much cleaner, less likely to break. Panasonics have it, I've never had an issue getting
    a shot angle.

    https://www.dpreview.com/news/3905833479/nikon-shares-z9-teaser-video-reveals-the-forthcoming-camera-will-have-dual-articulating-display

    Are you aware of an actual problem with the way Nikon (hey, what would
    they know anyway ....) have chosen to implement it ?

    geoff

    Just by looking at it.


    Hardly a great pretext for slamming it then.

    And should have looked harder - it's called the Z9 - R9 is a Canon.

    geoff

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  • From Eric Stevens@21:1/5 to All on Fri Oct 8 13:09:32 2021
    On Wed, 6 Oct 2021 13:30:00 +1300, geoff <geoff@nospamgeoffwood.org>
    wrote:

    On 6/10/2021 10:52 am, RichA wrote:
    It's not shown here, but the rear of the LCD is a latticework of little stainless steel rods designed to let the display articulate. Why not just use a
    regular hinge on the side with the ability to rotate the display? Much cleaner, less likely to break. Panasonics have it, I've never had an issue getting
    a shot angle.

    https://www.dpreview.com/news/3905833479/nikon-shares-z9-teaser-video-reveals-the-forthcoming-camera-will-have-dual-articulating-display


    Are you aware of an actual problem with the way Nikon (hey, what would
    they know anyway ....) have chosen to implement it ?

    I suspect he would not like a conventional plastic assembly either.
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    Regards,

    Eric Stevens

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  • From RichA@21:1/5 to geoff on Thu Oct 7 20:45:59 2021
    On Wednesday, 6 October 2021 at 17:35:19 UTC-4, geoff wrote:
    On 7/10/2021 3:53 am, RichA wrote:
    On Tuesday, 5 October 2021 at 20:30:11 UTC-4, geoff wrote:
    On 6/10/2021 10:52 am, RichA wrote:
    It's not shown here, but the rear of the LCD is a latticework of little stainless steel rods designed to let the display articulate. Why not just use a
    regular hinge on the side with the ability to rotate the display? Much cleaner, less likely to break. Panasonics have it, I've never had an issue getting
    a shot angle.

    https://www.dpreview.com/news/3905833479/nikon-shares-z9-teaser-video-reveals-the-forthcoming-camera-will-have-dual-articulating-display

    Are you aware of an actual problem with the way Nikon (hey, what would
    they know anyway ....) have chosen to implement it ?

    geoff

    Just by looking at it.

    Hardly a great pretext for slamming it then.

    And should have looked harder - it's called the Z9 - R9 is a Canon.

    geoff

    Yes, sorry. Canon released their pro model first. One other camera had this kind of complicated system for articulating the LCD, but I can't remember which camera.

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  • From Eric Stevens@21:1/5 to All on Sat Oct 9 12:37:22 2021
    On Tue, 5 Oct 2021 14:52:36 -0700 (PDT), RichA <rander3128@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    It's not shown here, but the rear of the LCD is a latticework of little stainless steel rods designed to let the display articulate. Why not just use a
    regular hinge on the side with the ability to rotate the display? Much cleaner, less likely to break. Panasonics have it, I've never had an issue getting
    a shot angle.

    https://www.dpreview.com/news/3905833479/nikon-shares-z9-teaser-video-reveals-the-forthcoming-camera-will-have-dual-articulating-display

    It's just occurred to me: the rods could easily be titanium. Lighter
    and stronger. It's hard to tell the difference from stainless steel.
    In any case, the stainless steel should be quite strong and tough
    enough if the correct grade has been used.
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    Regards,

    Eric Stevens

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