Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oh, please....Ever hear of a strap? Around the neck or wrapped around the wrist? People have been shooting with Leica Ms for a couple generations now, taking photos of the grandkids in the yard and the Viet Cong over running the Citadel at Hue, without using no steeenking screw-on "grips," and without dropping their cameras. If you're going to drop it, you're going to drop it...One of the great things about the M is how nicely in fits in the hand.... B.een feeling D.efinitely C.urmudgeonly lately! ;-) > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of > austin@darkroom.com > Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 1:17 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: RE: [Leica] Anyone using the Leica Handgrip M? > > > > > >Handgrip? On an M? Doesn't everyone know this? Place the thumb > of your right > >hand high on the camera back, where it can reach the advance > lever; cradle > >the right side of the body with your right palm and last two > fingers; brace > >the front of the right side of the body with your first two > right fingers. > >Cradle the left corner of the camera with the palm of your left hand, > >leaving the first three fingers free for focusing and aperture > control. Is > >that the Leica grip everyone's asking about? :-) > > Yeah, right...if that's all you use to 'secure' your Leica...wait > until someone bumps you, or you back into something and your > Leica goes-a-tumbling-down...then it'll be the Leica 'slip' > you'll be talking about for years to come! >