I am not sure to understand the criticism of ports placement causing cables to collide with the screen when it is extended. At least not for the HDMI port.
The main, if not the only, reason to use the mini HDMI port would be to connect an external screen, is it not? So either you use the HDMI port and then you don't need to extend the screen, or the opposite. I don't see why you would want to use the screen extended while using the HDMI port. What am I missing?
So that would leave the audio jack, right? As mentioned, I feel that most people will end up using the new electronic hot shoe instead of the audio jack. And btw I hope that Nikon did a better job with that connector than Sony. It is plain awful on the Sony bodies.
My personal conclusion is that Nikon didn't intend this camera to be used with the screen extended when cables are connected to ports. Even if you can of course try to do it.
Should we not try to understand how the camera is intended to be used instead of projecting on it the way other similar cameras are used and declare the incompatibility of such usages as a fundamental issue of the Zr?
Cheers,
Bernard
Sep 10, 2025 at 08:45 PM
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