Rick:
It seems that the easiest solution would be to mount the BG 2 so it was
on the left side of the camera body (as viewed from behind). This would
allow easy access to the shutter and film advance, but requires you to
"snake" your left hand around the BG to focus and set the aperture.
I would also think that it would be fairly easy to rig a bracket to hold
a cable release, should you want to stick to the right side. How about
using an air-powered release? A home-made electo-mechanical release is
probably going to end up being more ungainly than using the Winder.
My $.02. HTH,
Bill Stanke
Rick wrote:
>
> I recently got a BG-2 and have discovered that is in intended for use only
> with a winder or motor. I hate to use a winder when not needed and the BG-2
> is heavy enough as it is.
>
> For years I have had an el cheapo flash bracket that holds my T-32 and I
> slip a cable release into the hole in the handle and use it as a trigger and
> it works fine. Or I can reach the OM's shutter release button with my finger
> while holding the grip, which the BG does not allow (too far away).
>
> Does anyone know of a way to either attach a cable release to the BG-3 or
> even better to rig a electromechanical shutter plunger to it so that the
> button on the BG-2 can fire it (and possibly even draw its power from the
> BG-2's batteries)??
>
> If I cannot find a way to easily fire the non-motorized OM-4 while using the
> BG-2 then I will have to get rid of the grip.
>
> Rick A.
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