Articulating screen

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An articulating screen in the Olympus E-620.

An articulating screen is a liquid-crystal display (LCD) 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 two main types:

1. The LCD moves around one axis, so that it only tilts. It is called tilting screen or tiltable screen.
2. The LCD 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

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 tilting screens

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• Canon: PowerShot N (2013), PowerShot N Facebook ready (2013), PowerShot N100 (2014), PowerShot G1X Mark II (2014), PowerShot G7X (2014), PowerShot N2 (2015), EOS M3 (2015), XC10 (2015), PowerShot G3X (2015), EOS M10 (2015)
• 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: FinePix S9000 Zoom/FinePix S9500 (2005), FinePix S9100/FinePix S9600 (2006), FinePix S100fs (2008), FinePix HS10/FinePix HS11 (2010), FinePix HS20 EXR/FinePix HS22 EXR (2011), X-S1 (2011), FinePix HS30 EXR (2012), FinePix SL1000 (2013), FinePix HS35 EXR (2013), X-M1 (2013), X-A1 (2013), X-T1 (2014), X30 (2014), X-A2 (2015), X-T10 (2015), X-T1 IR (2015)
• JVC: GC-PX10 (2011)
• Kodak: Pixpro S-1 (2014)
• Konica Minolta: DiMAGE A2 (2004)
• Lytro: Illium (2014)
• Minolta: DiMAGE A1 (2003)
• Nikon: Coolpix P90 (2009), Coolpix P100 (2010), Coolpix P500 (2011), Coolpix P7100 (2011), Coolpix P510 (2012), Coolpix L830 (2014), 1 V3 (2014), D750 (2014), Coolpix L840 (2015), 1 J5 (2015)
• Olympus: C-5050 Zoom (2002), E-330/EVOLT E-330 (2006), PEN E-PL3 (2011), OM-D E-M5 (2012), PEN E-PL5 (2012), XZ-2 iHS (2012), PEN E-PL6 (2013), PEN E-P5 (2013), OM-D E-M1 (2013), Stylus 1 (2013), Stylus TG-850 (2014), OM-D E-M10 (2014), PEN E-PL7 (2014), Stylus 1s (2014), Stylus TG-860 (2015), OM-D E-M10 II (2015)
• 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)
• Pentax: Optio 230 (2002), Optio 330GS (2002), X-5 (2012), MX-1 (2013), 645Z (2014), 645Z-IR (2015)
• Praktica: Luxmedia 18-Z36C (2012)
• Rollei: Powerflex 360 (2012)
• Samsung: MV800 (2011), MV900F (2012), NX300 (2013), WB2100 (2013), NX300M (2014), NX mini (2014), NX3000 (2014), NX1 (2014), NX500 (2015)
• Sony: Cyber-shot DSC-H9 (2007), Alpha DSLR-A300 (2008), Alpha DSLR-A350 (2008), Cyber-shot DSC-H50 (2008), Cyber-shot DSC-HX1 (2009), Alpha DSLR-A330 (2009), Alpha DSLR-A380 (2009), Alpha DSLR-A500 (2009), Alpha DSLR-A550 (2009), Alpha NEX-3 (2010), Alpha NEX-5 (2010), Alpha DSLR-A390 (2010), Alpha DSLR-A560 (2010), Alpha DSLR-A580 (2010), Alpha NEX-C3 (2011), Cyber-shot DSC-HX100V (2011), Alpha NEX-7 (2011), Alpha NEX-5N (2011), Cyber-shot DSC-HX200V (2012), Alpha NEX-F3 (2012), SLT-A37 (2012), Alpha NEX-5R (2012), Alpha NEX-6 (2012), Alpha NEX-3N (2013), Cyber-shot DSC-HX300 (2013), Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 II (2013), Alpha NEX-5T (2013), Alpha 7 (2013), Alpha 7R (2013), Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 (2013), Alpha 5000 (2014), Alpha 6000 (2014), Alpha 7S (2014), Cyber-shot DSC RX100 III (2014), Alpha 5100 (2014), Alpha 7 II (2014), Cyber-shot DSC-WX500 (2015), Cyber-shot DSC-HX90 (2015), Cyber-shot DSC-HX90V (2015), Alpha 7R II (2015), Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 II (2015), Cyber-shot RX100 IV (2015), RX1R II (2015), SLT-A68 (2015)
• Vivikai: DC-1550 (2011)
• 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)

Digital cameras with swivel screens

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• BenQ: G1 (2012)
• Canon: PowerShot Pro70 (1998), PowerShot G1 (2000), PowerShot Pro90 IS (2001), PowerShot G2 (2001), PowerShot G3 (2002), PowerShot G5 (2003), PowerShot A80 (2003), PowerShot S1 IS (2004), PowerShot Pro1 (2004), PowerShot G6 (2004), PowerShot A95 (2004), PowerShot S2 IS (2005), PowerShot A610 (2005), PowerShot A620 (2005), Powershot S3 IS (2006), PowerShot A630 (2006), PowerShot A640 (2006), PowerShot TX1 (2007), PowerShot S5 IS (2007), PowerShot A650 IS (2007), PowerShot SX1 IS (2008), PowerShot SX10 IS (2008), PowerShot SX20 IS (2009), PowerShot G11 (2009), EOS 60D (2010), PowerShot G12 (2010), PowerShot SX30 IS (2010), EOS Rebel T3i/EOS 600D (2011), PowerShot SX40 HS (2011), PowerShot G1X (2012), EOS 60Da (2012), EOS Rebel T4i/EOS 650D (2012), PowerShot SX50 HS (2012), EOS Rebel T5i/EOS 700D (2013), EOS 70D (2013), PowerShot SX60 HS (2014), EOS Rebel T6i/EOS 750D (2015), EOS Rebel T6s/EOS 760D (2015), PowerShot G5X (2015)
• 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: FinePix HS50 EXR (2013), FinePix S1 (2014)
• Kodak: EasyShare-One (2005), Pixpro AZ651 (2014)
• Konica Minolta: DiMAGE A200 (2004)
• Leica: V-Lux 2 (2010), V-Lux 3 (2011), V-Lux 4 (2012), V-Lux Typ 114 (2014)
• Nikon: Coolpix 5000 (2001), Coolpix 5700 (2002), Coolpix 5400 (2003), Coolpix 8700 (2004), Coolpix 8400 (2004), Coolpix 8800 (2004), D5000 (2009), D5100 (2011), Coolpix P7700 (2012), D5200 (2012), Coolpix P520 (2013), Coolpix S6600 (2013), Coolpix P7800 (2013), D5300 (2013), Coolpix P600 (2014), Coolpix S6900 (2014), D5500 (2015), Coolpix P610 (2015), Coolpix S9900 (2015), Coolpix P900 (2015)
• Olympus: E-10 (2000), E-20 (2001), C-5060 WideZoom (2003), C-7070 WideZoom (2005), E-3 (2007), E-30 (2008), E-620 (2009), E-600 (2009), E-5 (2010), OM-D E-M5 II (2015)
• Panasonic: Lumix DMC-FZ30 (2005), Lumix DMC-FZ50 (2006), Lumix DMC-L10 (2007), Lumix DMC-G1 (2008), Lumix DMC-GH1 (2009), Lumix DMC-G2 (2010), Lumix DMC-FZ100 (2010), Lumix DMC-GH2 (2010), Lumix DMC-G3 (2011), Lumix DMC-FZ150 (2011), Lumix DMC-G5 (2012), Lumix DMC-FZ60/FZ62 (2012), Lumix DMC-FZ200 (2012), Lumix DMC-GH3 (2012), Lumix DMC-G6 (2013), Lumix DMC-GH4 (2014), Lumix DMC-FZ1000 (2014), Lumix DMC-G7/Lumix DMC-G70 (2015), Lumix DMC-FZ300 (2015), Lumix DMC-GX8 (2015)
• Pentax: Optio 750Z (2004), K-S2 (2015)
• Protax: DC600 (2010), D3000 (2013)
• Samsung: Digimax V40 (2004), Digimax V50 (2004), Digimax V60 (2004), Digimax V70 (2004), TL500/EX1 (2010), NX20 (2012), EX2F (2012), NX30 (2014)
• Sony: Cyber-shot DSC-R1 (2005), SLT-A55 (2010), SLT-A33 (2010), SLT-A65 (2011), SLT-A77 (2011), SLT-A57 (2012), SLT-A99 (2012), SLT-A58 (2013), SLT-A77 II (2014)
• Vivikai: DC600 (2010)

Accessories

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

See also

• Swivel lens
• Waist-level finder — film camera optical focusing screen viewed from above