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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AC016" data-source="post: 115248" data-attributes="member: 9619"><p>Don't listen to anyone who says that the swivel screen is flimsy or that it will easly break.  I also own a Canon Elura 100 that has a swivel screen and i have had that for 6+ years!  It has never broken and i have twisted that thing around in all sorts of ways.  Same goes for the 5100.  The swivel sreen is sturdy.  Of course, like anything else, it is not indestructible.  But you would seriously have to manipulate it with unecessary force to break it.  In regards to the body, all the Nikon cameras up to the D7000 have ABS plastic body frames - the D7000 only has a partial mag-alloy frame, the majority of it is ABS plastic.  You have to be very careful with what you read in reviews.</p></blockquote><p></p>