Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 4/11/03 5:08 AM, Frank Filippone at red735i@earthlink.net wrote: > Are you using a tripod at all? Is this all shoulder mount stuff? > > I am still wondering about the grip on these things...... you are holding > the grip with your left hand, right hand on the shutter release, coarse > focusing using the trombone, fine focusing using your left thumb????? > Frank, I think you may be getting the f/5.6 and f/6.8 Telyts mixed up. Simon's 560 is the f/6.8 model (trombone focus) while the 400mm f/5.6 you mentioned recently uses the Televit focus grip. The trombone-focus lesnes, both f/6.8, don't have the fine-focus knob that the Televit has. The grip on the shoulder stock (f/6.8) is for the RIGHT hand, when used with a shutter release that fits into the hole at the top of the grip. I prefer to keep my right hand on the camera body so I don't use the shoulder stock's grip. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html