Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Holding an M6 vertically
From: csocolow <csocolow@microserve.net>
Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 22:41:22 -0400

> > Which orientation do most of you use to hold an M6 vertically for
> > "portrait"
> > shots?  I can't figure out which is best.  I am right-handed and
> > tend to hold
> > the camera such that the shutter button is at the high end (the
> > same way I hold
> > my SLRs), but this seems awkward at times.  Holding it the other
> > way seems more
> > comfortable, but I have trouble finding the focus tab then.  Which is the
> > "preferred" way (if there is one), and which way is used by most
> > seasoned M6
> > users (the right-handed ones, at least)?
> >
> >   -- Anthony
> >

Once you have the Abrahamsson Rapidwinder it becomes a moot point.
Shutter release up, viewfinder down.
- -- 
Carl Socolow

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