Nikon's lower-end dSLR line is due for a revamp, and there are some signs that it could come soon in the form of a model featuring an articulated screen.
Photos of an SLR with a screen that pivots out and twists surfaced Sunday at the Something Awful forum and Monday at Engadget; the photos depict the production of a Nikon commercial in Eastern Europe, according to the forum posting from "indyjb" and Engadget.
Articulating screens are nothing new; some Olympus and Panasonic dSLRs feature them, while some Sony models have a pivoting LCD that can be useful. But newer technology developments in the market make them more useful.
First, pivoting screens are helpful with live view, which lets people compose photos using the LCD rather than the viewfinder; live view makes it easier to take shots with the camera held high overhead or down near the ground, for example, where peering through the viewfinder is tough. More significantly, pivoting LCDs make video easier on dSLRs. So far video is available only on two dSLRs from Canon and on Nikon's midrange D90.
The shots show what appears to be a lower-end SLR featuring Nikon's 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 VR kit lens.
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