Pentax Optio 33L has a number of interesting features – the most obvious being its flip-up LCD display. It’s not the first time these have been seen on a digital camera – the Nikon CoolPix 5000 and 5700 sport them, for example, as do the Canon PowerShot G2 and G3. The difference here, though, is the location of the hinge. With these other cameras the LCDs flip out sideways while on the Pentax it flips up vertically. Initially at least, this does seem a little less flexible. It doesn’t help you, for example, to compose shots from low viewpoints.

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