[Leica] Handstrap for M(9)?

[hlritter at bex.net (Howard Ritter)]

Thanks, Geoff.

I had seen the Thumbs Up! in the past and had forgotten all about it. I 
looked at the website after Hank K sent me the same suggestion. I think that 
it plus a wrist strap as you suggest might serve my purposes well.

?howard

On Oct 23, 2010, at 5:16 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote:

> Howard I have the RRS baseplate and L bracket. I didn't bother with the
> grip. It looks a little bulky but then I have not actually handled one and
> as Sonny commented it looks a little slick to hold too. The L bracket is
> very useful if you put your camera on a tripod a lot (close ups, panoramas)
> which I do. You can still get the Leica grip which is the base plate with
> vertical extension. The M8 one fits too. Not very elegant but if you can
> pick one up for reasonable money maybe worth a look. Hint, you can put a
> little bi-directional quick release plate on that too for tripod, if
> wanted.
> Another option is that you can get half cases with grips of different sizes
> from small bulge to full SLR type grip. Those make a large difference for
> portrait orientation (Luigi, A&A, Mr Zhou) if that suits you. I always have
> a wrist strap on my camera as it is generally in a bag if not in my hand.
> Oh, get a Thumbs Up! Tina for example swears by them and even mere mortal
> photogs like me find them very helpful. That's enough gadgets to keep you
> thinking and fiddling for a while!
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman