Steve,
I have to disagree with you on that one. I think the placement of the shutter
release on the 15V NiCad pack was stupid. Releasing the shutter with the thumb
is a poor substitute for a front-mounted release under the index finger.
Nobody is used to using their THUMB to release the shutter. I've tried and
tried to get used to that back-mounted release, but came to conclusion years
ago that it was stupid and that Olympus hadn't thought it out when they
designed the battery pack; and never bothered to fix it with the 2nd version of
the pack for the MD2, which wasn't any different than v1 from a user
perspective.
The E-1 got it right, offering a shutter release, front control wheel, rear
control wheel, AEL, and focus point selection, and on/off switch, all on the
vertical grip.
Skip
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>Subject: [OM] Re: Really stupid question .........
> From: Stephen Troy <sctroy@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 22:33:47 -0400
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>
>At 07:24 PM 5/4/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>>Not a stupid question at all. If you rotate the camera so the
>>shutter release is at the bottom your wrist is twisted
>>unnaturally. End result is that you will rarely get level
>>horizons. Keep your shutter-release hand on top.
>>
>>AG
>
>
>Which is, of course. where the thumb-activated shutter button winds up on
>an Olympus motor drive ni-cad battery pack (if you rotate the camera
>counter-clockwise). If you rotate the camera the other way (clockwise),
>it's really hard to operate the thumb release on the battery pack with your
>right hand. Shooting verticals is a cinch with a motor drive.
>
>Steve Troy
>
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