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Matsu
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Join Date: May 2004
 
2012-02-05, 06:07

Quite like it. More camera makers should learn something there. The vertical grip has something I haven't seen since my Dad' MD-11 motor drive. A deep horizontal (not vertical) grip with extra shutter button. The camera itself was a flat box, the drive extended the grip. My hands are big, and I like a deep camera grip, and I think most people find them more comfortable, so most serious cameras just build it in. Still, it's a neat option to do it the way Olympus has here - the camera body alone is the compact option, but I you need/add the extra grip, you get the ergonomic one too.

PS - I always felt that the camera shook less when I used the MD-11 - like the action of squeezing the shutter was somehow dampened through the grip's design/mounting, but I haven't seen the MD-11 or mounted it to a camera in years. It's still in his camera bag, maybe I should take a look.
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