Hope it performs it's magic for you and helps bring the wildlife in a lot closer Should be handy for macros as well.

I should add that I have severe problems with parallax when I come out of the pub Trouble focussing as well

I usually look at it like this

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If you need portrait mode low down OK...... TICK THE BOX!

I've never needed any of them. I've used Zigview for years on a k-5 for awkward shots. Even has a release built in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZpGGyIa9K0

Someone else does a wireless version.

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This is moving too far away from if it is correct to downgrade the camera because it has the tilting screen close to the correct position and it seems people have different views. So lets leave it at that.

Parallax isn't just about cameras see .... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallax

People also have a problem with parallax in that your neck doesn't rotate at the centre of your vision. Hold a finger up a foot in front of your right eye. Close your left now rotate your head side to side. So the position of your head is important.

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Just try holding your finger up a foot in front of your nose and then close your dominant eye and tell me it's no different

SLR'S thrashed TLR's for a very good reason. Even Mamiya moved to SLR's. But this is all to do with photography not the modern day hobby of box ticking

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Derek897 has posted a shot in this thread which would show a big Parallax error between what a camera with an offset screen and the photographers eye looking above the screen would see.

https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/topic/you-poo-pood-my-comment-58355#comm602875

What use would a rifle sight be 6 inches away from the barrel ?

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A screen offset say 6 inches to one side will show the same picture that you will see if you move your head 6 inches to the right. It's called parallax. (Sorry about being boring talking about photography ) So if you position yourself where you can see say a ship tightly framed through a porthole then lift the camera and look through the offset screen the ship won't be in the frame unless you move

I can't believe that I'm having to explain this Just buy a smartphone and you haven't got the problem. Keep ticking the boxes

Mamiya made a gadget called a Paramender to correct Parallax on their TLR's, but that was back in the days when photographers were more interested in taking photos and not box ticking

The K-70 screen is well away from the lens axis. The K-1 has it right. So does that mean that this twit also deducts points from the K-1 because it has the screen in the correct position.

Wasn't he the person who rated OOC Jpegs?



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Cameras are all about ticking checklists these days. Nobody buys them to take photographs so things like interchangeable screens which are needed to correctly view f/1.4 and f/1.2 lenses can be dropped along with IR remotes and built in flash.

SLR's became popular, because they didn't suffer from parallax problems and now we have a reviewer downgrading a camera for having an on axis flip screen saying it should go about six inches to the side where it will introduce massive parallax errors

If you really insist on taking photos buy a smartphone which does away with the parallax errors. If you like (like I do) to take photos of people with trees or street lights growing out of their heads...... don't use a parallax inducing DSLR.... use a smartphone.

Who will be first with a DSLR that lets you ring up and order a pizza delivery
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Be careful stealing images off fashion photographers can land you with a big bill

http://www.stepheneastwood.com/

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Sold to takuman. Many Thanks for the quick transaction.

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