honozooloo
Established
Aloha from Hawaii everyone,
I did a quick forum search and couldn't find a thread referencing this exact grip. Mods, I know I'm splitting subject matter between two forums (the A7R and the Fuji X) but I didn't want to start two separate threads for this single subject; sorry bout that.
Anyway, I am the happy owner of two wood grips from J.B. Camera designs. One for my Fuji X-T1 and another for my Sony A7R. Currently the easiest way to get your hands on one of these grips is to find them on Amazon.
Anyway, I love the compactness and light weight of both the X-T1 and the A7R. But...my hands are just too big for these small bodies, and I found my right pinkie curled under the bottom of both cameras when I held them in the way that felt most natural to me. That hurts after a while, especially with a heavy lens like the 35mm f/1.2 Nokton fitted to the A7R. The two grips vary slightly, with the A7R's "pinky ledge" on the bottom right of the body being beefier...a good thing as it helps you get a better grip on the heavier A7R body.
The J.B. Camera Design grip adds about 3/4 inch of "height" to the camera body and provides a nice ledge for my pinkie. It does so without increasing the weight of the camera significantly (it's beautiful, light handcarved hardwood...I invested in mirrorless cameras to save on weight after all), and it's got cutouts on the back edge to accommodate the tilting rear screens, and a cutout in the bottom to allow for access to the battery doors on both cameras. The grips secure to the base of the cameras with a screw, which is also threaded on the bottom to allow for the attachment of a standard tripod screw. So, these grips add that extra 3/4 inch of bulk I needed to my cameras with minimal weight, all while preserving all of the functionality of both cameras. I now feel much more confident in the grip my hand has on my cameras (before they always felt close to the "fumble zone" because I couldn't wrap my whole right hand around the camera), and they are significantly more comfortable to use.
The fit and finish was great, and the grips came nicely packaged with an extra screw and even a penny to tighten the screw down. Very nice attention to detail.
And the best part? You can snag one of these handcarved in the USA grips for a mere $59.95. I mean the OEM Fuji grip costs $149! And these grips are just beautiful:
I did a quick forum search and couldn't find a thread referencing this exact grip. Mods, I know I'm splitting subject matter between two forums (the A7R and the Fuji X) but I didn't want to start two separate threads for this single subject; sorry bout that.
Anyway, I am the happy owner of two wood grips from J.B. Camera designs. One for my Fuji X-T1 and another for my Sony A7R. Currently the easiest way to get your hands on one of these grips is to find them on Amazon.
Anyway, I love the compactness and light weight of both the X-T1 and the A7R. But...my hands are just too big for these small bodies, and I found my right pinkie curled under the bottom of both cameras when I held them in the way that felt most natural to me. That hurts after a while, especially with a heavy lens like the 35mm f/1.2 Nokton fitted to the A7R. The two grips vary slightly, with the A7R's "pinky ledge" on the bottom right of the body being beefier...a good thing as it helps you get a better grip on the heavier A7R body.
The J.B. Camera Design grip adds about 3/4 inch of "height" to the camera body and provides a nice ledge for my pinkie. It does so without increasing the weight of the camera significantly (it's beautiful, light handcarved hardwood...I invested in mirrorless cameras to save on weight after all), and it's got cutouts on the back edge to accommodate the tilting rear screens, and a cutout in the bottom to allow for access to the battery doors on both cameras. The grips secure to the base of the cameras with a screw, which is also threaded on the bottom to allow for the attachment of a standard tripod screw. So, these grips add that extra 3/4 inch of bulk I needed to my cameras with minimal weight, all while preserving all of the functionality of both cameras. I now feel much more confident in the grip my hand has on my cameras (before they always felt close to the "fumble zone" because I couldn't wrap my whole right hand around the camera), and they are significantly more comfortable to use.
The fit and finish was great, and the grips came nicely packaged with an extra screw and even a penny to tighten the screw down. Very nice attention to detail.
And the best part? You can snag one of these handcarved in the USA grips for a mere $59.95. I mean the OEM Fuji grip costs $149! And these grips are just beautiful:
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Well-known
They are indeed beautiful. Congrats.
MCTuomey
Veteran
pretty and functional too!
romi.gilles
i'm a wanderer
how do they function as a grip? is it the added vertical length by the thickness of the wood?
Monochrom
Well-known
Hi, I don´t understand what´s the point of that wooden plate...i thought grips are vertical in the right side of the camera
Both cameras already have built-in Grips, don´t they?
Both cameras already have built-in Grips, don´t they?
honozooloo
Established
Hi, I don´t understand what´s the point of that wooden plate...i thought grips are vertical in the right side of the camera
Both cameras already have built-in Grips, don´t they?
It's called a grip but as Romi stated, both cameras are too "short" vertically. When you grip them in your right hand, there is no vertical real estate for your pinky finger, which for me meant I always felt like I couldn't get a solid grip on either camera.
Monochrom, as I understand it, the term "grip" can mean more than just the actual handgrip molded onto the camera, or an apparatus that mimics the ergonimics of a tall vertical shape meant to make a camera easier to hold. In the case of both the X-T1 and A7R, I find the size of the handgrip sufficient but the overall "height" of the camera to be too short to fit comfortably in the whole hand. Adding about a 3/4 inch worth of length to the bottom of the camera lets me get a solid grip on the entire camera with my whole hand. It's helped improve my confidence when holding the camera.