Lensmate thumbsup5/16/2023 ![]() I was ordering from Match and got an email from a guy named Tim Issac and I knew it was ringing a bell but it took me a while to put two and two together. The cycling connection was kind of funny. Of course, the exposure comp dial on the X100s will likely be perfect and then it'll be harder to turn with that finger and the design wont work as well - such is life! It was still easy enough to tur with your shutter button finger, but fewer accidental changes. I liked the thumb placement, I liked how solidly in place it was and I DID like the way it wrapped around the exposure comp because it helped anchor the whole thing in place and the exposure comp on that camera was pretty easy to inadvertently turn. and here is my X-E1 finally fettled to my preference a decent half-case (Gariz in this instance), Thumbs Up, a wrist strap from RG Lewis in London and a proper metal hood instead of that frustrating plastic jobbie. ![]() X-E1 and Thumbs Up by Lightmancer, on Flickr The main difference for me is that the weight of the camera is now taken by my thumb and by the heel of my hand previously my little finger took much of the load, curled up painfully under the corner of the case. The Thumbs Up is the brainchild of Tim Issac never met the chap, but I do remember his initial designs for the Leica M8 and M9 to combat their breeze-block handling and I am pleased to see that he has turned those first products into a sensible range that fits on a number of our cameras. ![]() I've never used one before, but coming as I do very much from a film background I am used to handling a camera by hooking my thumb on the rewind lever it is one of the minor frustrations for me that modern digital cameras often have the handling characteristics of a piece of soapstone and I like to have a firm grip. The handling of my X-E1 was transformed this week by the arrival of a Thumbs Up EP-9S from Match Technical.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |