Hi, Frantisek.

F>> You might even consider replacing the ME Super film door with a
F>> door from a defunct Super Program/A or Program Plus/A

> Hi Fred, excellent idea. Are the MES/SP/SA doors freely changeable
> - same in dimensions?

Yes, indeed.  I've had an ol' Super Program film door installed on
my ME Super "dedicated stealth mode church camera body" for some
time now.  (It takes all of five seconds to remove the door, with no
tools required at all, and it takes another ten seconds to put the
new door on.)  It's actually a little odd feeling at first, having a
thumb grip onthe back of a body without a finger grip in front, but
it really starts to feel pretty good when a lens such as the K
200/2.5 (etc.) is mounted on the ME S - <g>.

> A thumbgrip at the backdoor is imho very ergonomic, and I quite
> miss it in the LX.

When I picked up my first LX a number of years ago, it did not have
either grip (A or B) in front, and I didn't instantly fall in love
with the feel of the body then (even as I did find the LX's other
features to be very nice right away).  However, when I mounted a
Grip B on it, all of a sudden the LX felt very, very nice, and I've
never really missed having a thumb grip on the back of the LX...

> I recall some japanese LX-dedicated website showing such thumbrest
> made from some plastic and glued (?) to LX backdoor (along with
> many other LX mods).

If you (or anyone) can come up with the URL for that site, please
let me/us know - I'd be curious to see what some people have done to
their LX's.  Thanks.

Fred


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