Thumbs up grip for GF670/Bessa III?

[Ix4224]

Hi,
I just got a Fuji GF670. It's generally fine ergonomically by itself but I'd to get a thumbs up grip to help improve the handling. Does any one here use one/know of one that fits properly?

Thanks!

 

[sepiareverb]

I have one from the M9, I can give it a try tomorrow.

 

[Ix4224]

I have one from the M9, I can give it a try tomorrow.

Thanks! Please let me know 🙂

 

[f16sunshine]

I don't know about a thumb grip as I have not tried one (seems like it would need to be extra long to work effectively).
One thing I do find really useful with the GF670 is a wrist strap attached to the tripod mount.
A short-ish one really stabilizes the camera in your right hand.

 

[sepiareverb]

I can’t find the thumbs ups here, I don’t think I sold them, but nowhere to be seen. In imagining it on the 667 I think it would not help, as it would make reaching the shutter button harder.

 

[Hogarth Ferguson]

Almost everytime I use either of my cameras, the gf670 or the wide, I really want a thumbs up grip, it would work really well. Equally, as Stephen said, a wrist strap. I wish that there were strap lugs on both sides, both for a wrist strap and for hanging the camera around my neck.

 

[sepiareverb]

Strap lugs on both sides is the only thing I would change. I have it in the dedicated leather case which has lugs on both sides, but the case is really ill-fitting. I may have my machinist make me an L bracket with a strap lug for the naked side.

 

[Archlich]

The prototype shown at PMA 2008 had all the lugs we want:

God knows what went wrong with Fuji/Cosina in the final months before release...whatever the reason is they must think it's a good one, as they bothered to add a exposure indicator light below the later GF670W's eyepiece, but just not the horizontal lug. Should they ever offer a conversion service to have the lug added they'll have a line up.

 

[Ix4224]

I can’t find the thumbs ups here, I don’t think I sold them, but nowhere to be seen. In imagining it on the 667 I think it would not help, as it would make reaching the shutter button harder.

Dang, thanks for letting me know. If you do find it, please try and report back here 🙂

 

[Ix4224]

I don't know about a thumb grip as I have not tried one (seems like it would need to be extra long to work effectively).
One thing I do find really useful with the GF670 is a wrist strap attached to the tripod mount.
A short-ish one really stabilizes the camera in your right hand.

Thanks for the suggestion Andy. I prefer neck straps + thumbs up vs wrist strap though;l I want to be able to put a camera around my body briefly if I need two hands.

 

[Ix4224]

For the record, I tried buying a cheap ~$9 thumbs up grip from Amazon but it doesn't fit all the way in the hot shoe, leaving a gag between the grip and the camera.

My guess is that one of the Match Technical grips might fit well, but it's hard to keep buying >$100 thumbs up grips and returning them if they don't fit...

 

[Hogarth Ferguson]

Strap lugs on both sides is the only thing I would change. I have it in the dedicated leather case which has lugs on both sides, but the case is really ill-fitting. I may have my machinist make me an L bracket with a strap lug for the naked side.

I also have a leather case for both cameras, but it is, as you said, ill fitting. If you do decide to go the route of an L bracket with strap lug, please let me know, as I'd buy two

 

[sepiareverb]

The machinist is working on a lensboard for me at the moment, when I pick that up I will talk to him about the bracket.