Re: [OM] WTB Grip for OM-3,3Ti,4,4T,4Ti

[Martin Walters]

Chuck:
Not if the winder is gutted, as Moose proposed. If it's a working 
Winder, why not carry the batteries and make use of the unit.

One other difficulty with the winder, as Ken noted (for the MD2), is 
possible looseness when the camera/winder is mounted on a tripod. I 
found that my winder would gradually loosen a little with use - not good 
for stability. I've gone back to using thumb power.

Martin

On 04/01/2012 4:46 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> But the shutter is fired electronically with the winder.  Seems it
> should be possible to maintain that function while getting rid of the
> winder overhead.  But it might not make much sense if one has to carry
> around 4 x 1.5 volt AA cells to make it work.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 1/4/2012 3:04 PM, Walters, Martin wrote:
>> Moose wrote:
>>
>> "If I really wanted a hand grip for an OM, I would probably remove the
>> insides and plastic bottom part that holds batteries from a Winder and
>> put something in the hole in the bottom. That would make a great, light,
>> sturdy grip. When using a winder, I do tend to work the other way, with
>> the right hand doing the weight lifting."
>>
>> All true, however, the big disadvantage of this approach is that the
>> hand falls naturally to the shutter button on the winder (which isn't
>> working, of course), rather than to the release on the camera. One has
>> to conciously feel for the release on the camera, rather than use a
>> reflex action, which can be annoying (if you hit the wrong one and miss
>> the shot).  OTOH, this does indicate that the ergonomics of the winders
>> is just right!
>>
>> Martin
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