Fully articulated screens and L brackets

[Rory]

I'm new to the mirrorless, articulated screen thing.  I recently bought an E-M1 and it works great with an L bracket with a simple pull out screen.  However, the E-M1 MKII will have a fully articulating screen, and it appears to me that if you have an L bracket then rotation will be restricted when the screen is fully swung around, limiting articulation when shooting in landscape orientation.  Does anyone have any advice to get around this limitation?

[TonyVentourisPhotography]

I'd  love to know of a way as well.  I wish the e-m1 mk2 would have kept its original screen layout.  I don't like looking at a screen off to the side.  The L brackets force you to have the screen pointing sideways to you if you need to turn them 90-degrees.  Not very convenient.  Articulating screens have always been a bit of a pain in portrait orientation as well.  Then again, ide rather live with the limitation than have a fixed screen completely.  Something is better than nothing.

[Rory]

Thanks Tony.  That's pretty definitive, coming from an expert like yourself.

[donbga]

I'm new to the mirrorless, articulated screen thing.  I recently bought an E-M1 and it works great with an L bracket with a simple pull out screen.  However, the E-M1 MKII will have a fully articulating screen, and it appears to me that if you have an L bracket then rotation will be restricted when the screen is fully swung around, limiting articulation when shooting in landscape orientation.  Does anyone have any advice to get around this limitation?

I have the RRS L bracket on my EM1 and have used L brackets for years on all of my DSLR bodies. Hopefully RRS will supply a solution to allow some movement of the articulated LCD. But then again in vertical portrait orientation perhaps the home screen position is best, biut for landscape orientation it definitely poses a restriction. One awkward solution comes to mind, detach the vertical mount from the base mount for landscape mode.

Who knows. Just wish I could see a full IN DEPTH write up on the EM1 instead of the usual cursory reviews.

[Rory]

Hopefully RRS will supply a solution to allow some movement of the articulated LCD.

I asked RRS about that and the answer is no change planned from their current designs.  I asked them if it would be possible to design a bracket with a hinge so you could rotate the vertical part of the bracket to lock into the base.  They said the hinge would be too weak.

[qwz]

Thats why Sony a99s screen hinge is different to other brands.

[Rory]

The Sony multi-hinge design does look like it will work with an L bracket.  I wish the manufactures would integrate swiss-arca grooves into the body design, obviating the need for L brackets.

[Alan Smallbone]

The Fuji X-t2 works as well in portrait orientation. And the X-t1 works as well but only tilts up in landscape orientation.

Alan