> Ken Durling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> Even without using it for vertical grip, I like
> the way it improves the camera's fit to my - large - hand.
FWIW, I have the BP50 for my EOS 50E/Elan IIE, and I
have small hands - more a drummer's than a pianist's <g>.
Likewise, I find it improves the feel of the camera in my
hands. The times where I've removed it to save space, it
feels like I'm smothering the camera and have run out of
vertical room to hold it.
It's good, eh? (though I'd *prefer* your Elan 7 to my 50E)
(okay, so when my Dad visits with his Pentax MZ5N - which I
I quite like - I also get to play "mine's bigger than yours" <g>)
> Very secure feeling, more like one of the high-end cameras.
It might be a false impression, but likewise with that
'feeling' too. I think it's just the stability of the extra
weight that it gives (which has gotta be a good thing, right?)
Of course, I've never had my hands on a 3 or 1, so I'm
comparing to nothing. :-)
> Another unanticipated bonus is the fact that it signifiucantly
> improves the way the camera hangs with a flash mounted.
> Counterbalances it, plus it provides more flat surface
> against your body to stabilize it.
Unfortunately, walking around I found with it slung around my
back I it tends to steam-up the viewfinder with it's weight
holding it firmly against my back, so I bought a holster
bag....
> Cons:
> Makes it a little harder to fit camera in a small
> walking-around gadget bag, in which I keep a flash and
> another lens, but a little rearrangement and it's ok.
...which meant, I had to get something a little bigger to take
that whole extra width/depth/height/whatever that the grip gives.
Some of them were just too narrow. The LowePro Top Load Zoom 2
seems pretty good though. Takes the 50E, 20-35 3.5-4.5 and 50 1.8
(plus some film and table-top tripod) while still being a
'snatch-and-grab' kit (hmm, probably bad choice of words for
someone from "the big smoke")..
> I think I will have to go back and get the E-1 hand strap,
> which IMO should be included.
I like now the ease with which I can carry it in one hand while
in photo-mode between photos, holding it 'upside down' with the
'lip' that the BP-50 (and of course the BP300) has along the
bottom towards the front (I guess this is a stupid comment, it
*is* a handgrip :-) )
Then, of course, there's the whole AA-battery thing. I've always
a million of them around the house (remote controls, torches, etc.)
so they're always available to 'stock up'.
All in all, one of the pieces I have no regrets over buying.
Cheers
Marc
Sydney, Oz (no NY, but 'big smoke' for Oz)
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