Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>> I've used the Leica "tube type shoulder brace pistol grip with micro switch" connected to the motor drive for many years. Saves all the manual adjusting and the micro switch is so quick the camera is fired, or appears to, faster than you can do manually. <<< Ted, I used the switch in the grip for a few years but gave up in frustration because the auto exposure gave me too many exposure errors. With the chrome films I use and the extreme range of brightness values in many of the wildlife subjects, the exposure has to be more accurate than automatic systems have been (for me) and moving my hand back and forth between the camera and grip to set manual exposure then make the exposure was more trouble than keeping my hand at the camera. I sure got more photos, more quickly, but the exposure errors sent 'em into the circular file. If I could get the exposure accuracy I want, I'd still be using the switch in the grip. IMHO holding the lens at the grip is even steadier than the way I do it. Doug Herr Sacramento http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt