you want purist, buy a film camera, thats purist. theres nothing complicated or 'in the way' about features one will not use--simply dont use them! what a thought! ive never ever shot a video, but i also have never prayed to the camera god that the next camera i bought didnt have it. what do i care if it does--i just dont use it. it is a feature of every cam ive bought, and never once did it 'get in my way'. dont even know its there. you dont want an articulating screen? make believe you dont have one! i have one on my rd1 and it never 'gets in my way' because i never use it!
for others these non purist features are actually tools thst they do in fact use. an articulating screen is a great aid in discreet shooting. but how does that possible use get in the way of one who doesnt use it? or video? or live view? you know whats not 'purist'? freaking auto focus! face recognition! auto metering! i shoot manual lenses 90% of the time, so i guess i should pray the xp2 doesnt have autofocus! how would the purists like that?
sorry for the rant, but this holier than thou attitude about an activity that exists for 90% of its practitioners only to make them happy just annoys me.
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