Re: [Leica] My new M Grip

[John Collier <jbcollier@home.com>]

I like the M handgrip and have them on both my cameras. Every now and then I
read a story (or posting) on the wonderful purity and simplicity of the M
cameras and I take them off but they are back on again within 5 minutes. For
me it just feels and handles better with the handgrip.

John Collier (who only posted this once, honest)

> From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
> 
> With all this talk about M grips, and what with the partial stock market
> recovery and my recent birthday (don't ask), I decided to treat myself,
> to....an M grip.
> 
> In the store, the grip seemed to feel right, so after 2 or 3 minutes of
> indecision, I went for it.  The next day, I walked about town with it and
> my 90/2.  I started to regret my purchase. I found that my last two fingers
> (is there a name for the finger right before the pinky?) kept trying to
> slide under the camera, and they kept rubbing against the edge of the
> grip's bottom.  After awhile, they began to feel sore, and I honestly
> thought that if I kept it up, they'd develop blisters.  Yesterday, I
> discovered that if I placed my middle finger on the top part of the grip,
> the the final two fingers wrapped naturally around the bottom part of the
> front of the grip, and my first finger (see, every finger seems to have a
> name but for the one before the pinky) fell perfectly over the soft
> release.  This isn't a natural way for me to hold a camera, but it seems
> comfortable and should be easy to get used to.
> 
> Has anyone other grip user found similar problems/solutions?
>