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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alexis Powell" data-source="post: 3447657" data-attributes="member: 5327">Jerry,No, I regret you missed my (intentionally obfuscated in a vain attempt at dry humor) point. It isn't about finding a better hand position for the EL, it is that the EL works fine with a perfectly ordinary hand position. I don't understand what contortions it imposes, and wouldn't have thought it did, save for SF propaganda.I can assure you that my hands are quite relaxed and uncontorted. My fingers are in natural and neutral positions, aligned comfortably with my wrist etc. Yes, some of my fingers (ring and little finger, to be precise) are spread apart, but that is not uncomfortable for  me--in fact, when my hands are relaxed the fingers flare apart slightly (my hands don't naturally fall into the shape of mittens!). Maybe the photos don't make it look so good, but that is because photos of hands, like photos of food, always look horrible and disturbing (Lots of money in being a hand model, and in making acrylic food for adverts).My right hand makes use of the EL thumb detent. I didn't realize that using both was required. I naively thought the other was for those who like to keep their left, rather than right, hand forward. You may be satisfied to know that I sometimes, for variety, modify the grip and extend my left thumb toward the ocular (rather than curled, as shown in image 5, but grip otherwise unchanged) such that the fat part falls into the thumb detent.I've absolutely nothing against the SF, and I agree that the 8x32 EL has awesome ergonomics (In my opinion, it is unmatched in that regard).--AP</blockquote>

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