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[OM] Re: E-3 "hip-level" on/off switch

Subject: [OM] Re: E-3 "hip-level" on/off switch
From: Michael Collins <l43g20th@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:31:27 -0400
On 7/21/08 8:21 PM, "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Michael, when carrying the camera over a shoulder like that, it may be
> preferable to hang it so the camera points towards the body. Unless you are
> using a pancake lens on an OM body, what happens is the camera will actually
> point backwards a little bit and downwards.  It is a very easy thing then to
> grab the camera with your right hand and have it automatically land in your
> grip correctly without needing to use your left hand at all.  I fought
> against this hanging methodology for years, but yielded to the "force" a
> couple of years ago.

Thanks for the idea, I'll give it a try. We'll see how strong the "force"
is... 30+ years of habit is a lot to break. Or perhaps the E-5 will address
this :-) . 

Michael



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