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----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry N. Bolch" 
To: 
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: Where/Bob4/Ken

Hi, Larry!


>
> From: "Bob Dial" 
> > From: 
>
> > A lot of the problem, it seems to me, is the physical difference in..
> > cameras.  The Sony FD95 lends itself beautifully to a left hand
> > cradle and forehead rest..

> > On the Nikon I am still having problems trying to find any position in >
> which it is both secure and comfortable..

>
> There is a wonderful accessory - the MB-E5000 battery pack that >screws
into the bottom of the CP5000 and looks like a motor drive on >a 35mm
camera..

That gives me a much better reason for acquiring one.  I've had no real
difficulty with the shorter charge time so had put the battery pack on a
wait and see..  If it makes the camera a lot easier to use, you have my
undivided attention!  

> .. The battery pack has transformed it. I find it the most comfortable
>camera I have ever used  hand-held now. The extra
> weight and bulk makes it vastly more ergonomic [and]..
> The extra shutter release and zoom rocker are worth
> the price of admission alone.

Thanks you for the input, Larry.  If it feels anywhere near that good for me
it will help a bunch.  Like you, I found the bare CP5000 a bit like an
engagement ring--afraid to drop it yet too valuable to experiment with new
ways to hold it!  Such things just don't fit our fingers as well as they do
on the ladies!  

>
> I now greatly regret having bought the second expensive Li-Ion >battery.
The MB-E5000 will be on the camera until I sell it. I HIGHLY >recommend it -
first for handing and secondly for freedom from >batteries crapping out.

Glad to have the benefit of your experience.  Was thinking about getting
another battery, too.  Thanks to you I can bypass that mistake and go with
the battery pack instead.  Thanks!

BobD



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