Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 12:30:43 -0500 >From: bill harting <vintagebill@verizon.net> >For years I held my 3/collapsible Summicron with a finger loop that >>allowed/compelled me to always have the camera in my hand, carrying it >with the >3d and fourth fingers of my right hand, leaving the thumb-other >fingers to grip >the body, operate the film advance and press the >shutter.... >Don't think I could trust a stick -- doesn't it unscrew when you're moving >it >around? Nowadays I use a neck strap. > >bill ............................................................................... I NEVER use a camera without a strap. I have felt or moleskin on the top of the handle, so it can be tightened without scratching, and I wrap the neckstrap around my wrist. Sometimes I get it just right, where the camera hangs against my fingers and I don't have to grip it until I see a picture. Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak Senior Photographer Photo Services Univ. of Wis.- Milwaukee Information & Media Technologies amr3@uwm.edu http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/