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    Nov 26, 2019 4 minutes

    Z 50 screen solution

    I read with interest the first impressions preview of the upcoming Nikon Z 50 (AP 19 October). As a potential buyer of this new camera I have been looking at all the existing previews. One of the major criticisms I have encountered apart from lack of IBIS is the rather novel idea to pivot the screen below the camera to facilitate selfies, vloggers etc.

    Initial thoughts obviously suggest that the screen would be mostly obscured if the camera was mounted on a tripod or other device. The workaround is to use an L bracket to mount the camera in portrait mode on the tripod (ball head). If landscape mode is required then just rotate the camera into landscape mode. Admittedly, the camera

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