Lee,
That's a scurrilous graphic ! Drawn up by the twisted and tortured minds at Zeiss (not exactly at, ahem!, ... arms length either !
Now, if they were to draw up the real :king: of ergo's ---- the Zen-Ray ED3, then you'd see that both the forefingers fit on the long focus wheel back toward the eyepiece where it's meant to be, and the wide bridge allows the middle fingers to be accomodated, with ample room in the open bridge for the two remaining fingers on each hand, all with no forced spacing between the fingers. Perfect!
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Chosun :gh:
CJ
I used to own an EL and I never held it the way the drawing portrays. I held it more like you describe for the Zen Ray although I didn't use the two 1st finger focus method.
I never used to question my grip (having lost it years ago, yes I can see that one coming ) but having very quickly accomodated to the HT I find it very comfortable and secure. However one can't use the same grip on Conquests but they feel secure in my hands too. So what to make of the SF grip? I think it will be of benefit when you holding the bins up for significantly extended periods of time. Certainly I can hold my HTs up for longer watching otters than I could the FLs.
Lee
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