Re: [Leica] Re: grips and soft releases

["SonC (Sonny Carter)" <cartersn@nsula.edu>]

Like this?  http://www.sonc.com/m6.htm

Regards,
SonC
http://www.SonC.com



- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Henry Posner/B&H Photo-Video"
<henryp@bhphotovideo.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 11:55 AM
Subject: [Leica] Re: grips and soft releases


> At 07:53 PM 07/20/2001, you wrote:
> >To me there is nothing obvious about standing there with
my camera
> >dangling from
> >underneath my right hand.
> >My hand is underneath it. My camera rests IN my right
hand. My left hand comes
> >up and grabs the lens and focuses it. I drop my left hand
and the camera
> >itself
> >is still being cradled in my right hand.
>
> The reason many people don't do this is as follows:
> If you hold the camera  in the left hand, palm up so the
left thumb is pointing
> left, and rotate counter-clockwise so the right hand is at
the top when
> shooting vertically, the same hands (and fingers) are
doing the same thing
> as they were when you were horizontal. The same right hand
index finger is
> on the shutter release; the same left hand controls
aperture & focus; the
> same right hand is near the shutter speed dial. For
photojournalists, where
> speed is necessary, having the same hands/fingers do the
same job is very
> beneficial.
>
> The second benefit is that whether vertical or horizontal,
the left arm
> with elbow braced to ribcage supports the camera's weight.
When it's time
> to press the shutter release, the right hand does nothing
else, minimizing
> the transmission of downward pressure to camera motion.
>
> Finally, for me, when the right hand is underneath it's
just awkward to
> have my wrist bent backwards. Right hand over the top is
more comfortable,
> but that's personal and not technical.
>
> BTW, this is the case for all 35mm cameras, not just Leica
M bodies.
> --
> regards,
> Henry Posner
> Director of Sales and Training
> B&H Photo-Video, and Pro-Audio Inc.
> http://www.bhphotovideo.com
>