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[OM] Re: Ergonomics - I must be a bit weird

Subject: [OM] Re: Ergonomics - I must be a bit weird
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2008 08:35:54 -0500
I agree.  I originally bought the vertical grip for my A1 hoping for 
both better ergonomics and increased battery capacity.  What I found is 
that I'm like Moose.  I've never really had any problems with simply 
turning the camera.  I didn't like the size and weight of the grip nor 
did I like having to change my grip and hunt for the shutter button.  As 
to battery life I found it more practical to use two batteries one at a 
time.  You get the same battery life whether used one at a time or two 
at a time.  But, if you're at an event or somewhere there's AC power 
available you can put the first battery on recharge as soon as you 
switch to the second.  Granted, you may avoid the interruption of a 
battery change but that's not a problem, especially if you time your 
battery change for an opportune moment without waiting until it's 
completely exhausted.

Chuck Norcutt

Moose wrote:
> Ian Nichols wrote:
>> I've never really had any problem with holding a camera in portrait
>> format, film or digital, so the extra release button & dials on the
>> new HLD-4 seemed like something I'd be unlikely to use.  
> If you're weird, I'm at least halfway there.
> 
> Aside from the other issues that have some folks now rolling their 
> eyes...  I too have never found any difficulty in taking portrait format 
> shots by simply turning the camera and keeping my fingers in their 
> normal positions for their usual picture taking functions. Feels 
> perfectly natural.
> 
> Yes, I have used a camera (non-Oy) with add-on battery box cum auxiliary 
> control box for vertical format, although only for a few days. Hated the 
> add-on box aspect of it. All it did from my experience was make the 
> camera bigger, heavier and clumsier.
> 
> Moose
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