Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You've got it right Simon... Your right thumb does exactly the same thing when photographing vertically. Jim At 10:48 AM 10/5/00 -0400, Simon Stevens wrote: >I just got a couple of Tom's Softies for my new M6 and older M4-P >(thanks Tom). They seem very nice but I'm using them differently from >the way I expected. Obviously, the "right" way is the way that works for >me, but I'm interested to know how others do it. Basically, I'm laying >my right index finger over the release with the tip roughly over the >shutter speed dial. That way a very gentle and gradual downward pressure >between the first and second joints triggers the shutter. I haven't >conducted scientific experiments, but it seems like this gives >noticeable less jar to the camera than using the tip of the index finger >and in fact when I tried doing it that way, the softy didn't make any >improvement at all for me. What do you think? > >Simon Stevens