Thread: Xpro Accessories

Originally Posted by krugorg

Looks great, Dan!

Any similar accessories on the Nex?

NO, I have not put any accessories on the NEX. I would put a soft release on it if it could accommodate it, but it cannot.

Originally Posted by Country Parson

NO, I have not put any accessories on the NEX. I would put a soft release on it if it could accommodate it, but it cannot.

Gotcha. Are you using the streetstrap on the Nex-7 as well?

Originally Posted by krugorg

Gotcha. Are you using the streetstrap on the Nex-7 as well?

Yes, I am using the round street strap. Though often I prefer just a wrist strap. The round strap wraps around the wrist nicely so it doubles as a neck or wrist strap.

Originally Posted by Country Parson

Yes, I am using the round street strap. Though often I prefer just a wrist strap. The round strap wraps around the wrist nicely so it doubles as a neck or wrist strap.

Cool. Yeah, I am doing the street strap and wrap around thing on my E-M5. It works okay, but I too sometimes really just want a wrist strap. When I do want to keep my hands free, though, I really like the length of the street strap as it lets me carry it bandolier style. Long enough to bring up to my eye, but close enough to the body so it isn't swinging around like on a sling.

Originally Posted by Luke

What is the solution to that joke of a lens hood cover for the 35mm? The rubbery thingie that falls off all the time. On my X100 lens, I use no hood and love the unique cap. Anything similar for the 35mm lens? I'm not married to the hood.....I just thought that since it was a "Pro" camera, I should start acting more "Pro" and using a hood despite the fact that I actually embrace flare.

While I admit the lens hood caps are not the best design, the fact that you get any cap with the lens hood is nice. For me that actually work out ok because I only use them only when the lenses are in the bag or their cases, I never use caps when I am shooting.
Iknow many are not fond of the shape of the hods on the 18 and 35, they are actually very well made and work very well, their design allows you to see more info in the OVF than the standard types

Originally Posted by Landshark

While I admit the lens hood caps are not the best design, the fact that you get any cap with the lens hood is nice. For me that actually work out ok because I only use them only when the lenses are in the bag or their cases, I never use caps when I am shooting.
Iknow many are not fond of the shape of the hods on the 18 and 35, they are actually very well made and work very well, their design allows you to see more info in the OVF than the standard types

I could care less what the hoods look like....they do their job. But I'm assuming from your statement that there are no aftermarket ones. I only use them in the bag, too. But nearly everytime I go to pull it out, the cap is sitting on the bottom of the bag. Maybe I'll just leave the "caps" at home.

the only type of after market type hoods would either end up blocking part of the viewfinder or they have cutouts in the ring, which I also find distracting, My caps are also in the bottom of the bag as soon as I pull out one of the cameras

I have also started to move away from the soft releases on the XPro, they seem to help to collect dirt and dust in the shutter release

Who here is using the accessory grip. I'm not sure it's large enough to make a big difference, but one of the features that speaks to me is that I like to use a wrist strap for shooting, but don't like carrying a bag. I'm thinking a sling type strap using that "lug" on the bottom would be handy......also bringing the tripod mount back to beneath the lens would be nice as well.

What are your opinions? Does it make the camera handle better as well? Or am I better off putting $100 on the #4 horse in race #2?

I curious about the grip also. I've never needed to change the battery since I don't take many photos so it blocking the battery door wouldn't bother me. It takes me forever to fill up an 8GB card, months.

Luke- I have a Black Rapid sling strap I'm not using. Send me your address and I'll ship ti to you. They are nice I'm just not a strap person. I prefer small bags.