Get a grip!

[rlouzan]

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http://www.hi-net.zaq.ne.jp/studiocheese/grip/index.html

(No relation to seller)

Long time no see:
http://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/enzzo1972/diary/200606020000

 

[JayC]

Wouldn't want that wooden one. Camera must be laid on it's back.

 

[Ezzie]

Made my own one. Oak, stained with mahogany lacquer.

 

[alexz]

A frank opinion ? Looks quite bizarre..

 

[Ezzie]

I agree. But I like it too. It's a bit more worn in now, and it certainly does the job. Making one's own gives you the beneift of moulding it to you hand. However it was made as a stop gap until I get the new Camera Leather covering for the R_D1. I'll then decide what sort of grip I'll be getting, the Bridge Grips are high on the list, or maybe a modified Photo-Equip FM.

The initial idea for the grip came from another Japanese fellow manufacturing hardwood grips for Nikon FE/FM's (maybe Leica M's too, can't quite remember). Sells them on the evilbay. I must say his versions are head and shoulders above the ones in the link from OP. He's not any listed at present.