I don't have big hands, but the placement of the attachment point,
and its sharp edge, make the winder unusable for me. I just unscrewed
it. Maybe the winder will fall apart someday, but it hasn't yet.
The ergonomics of the design are truly awful. Not just the eyelet,
the whole thing. It would be the right shape for a waist level camera.
Plus it's really noisy. Sounds like the sound effect that movies use for
all cameras.
Paul
>
> Mike,
>
> I have this in my notes. Originally posted by Lars Haven:
>
> "Another modification is to remove the strap eyelet. It is located
> uncomfortably for people with large hands. It is relatively easy to
> remove when the lower part of the winder has been removed as in step 2
> above. The proceed by removing the screw by the strap eyelet. Now the
> metal strip with the strap eyelet can be removed. remove the strap
> eyelet from the metal strip with a hacksaw or make a copy without the
> eyelet. The replace the metal strip. It is needed to keep the upper
> and lower parts of the winder together."
>
> The "Step 2" alluded to is as follows:
>
> "Remove the lower part of the winder. It is held in place by four
> screws along the seam between the upper and lower part. Leave the screw
> by the strap eyelet in place."
>
> Lars had a web page on OM equipment modifications, but I couldn't get it
> to come up tonight.
>
> HTH,
>
> Bill Stanke
>
> Steve Goss wrote:
> >
> > No, it doesn't. The strap actually continues up and is what the second screw
> > directly above holds on to. Without the strap, that whole end of the winder
> > is
> > just waiting to twist apart.
> > On the other hand, I seem to remember another thread about this a while
> > back.
> > The other writer's solution was either to turn the strap around inside, or
> > just
> > cut it off flush.
> >
> > Thanks, Steve Goss, Dallas Tx usa
> >
> > Michael Darling wrote:
> > >
> > > Does the small phillips head screw above the square strap lug on the
> > > Winder
> > > 1 do what I think it does?
> > >
> > > Tonight I realized my hand was too big and the 180/2.8 was too heavy. The
> > > strap lug kept digging into my palm and that was less than comfortable...
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
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