Not all pain free
Fingers and thumbs…
Not always as easy as I would like. Suffering from
rheumatoid arthritis can play havoc with trying to operate the machine at
times. Especially as I seem to suffer most in fingers, thumbs and wrists.
Aching fingers can make the small fiddly controls something of a challenge. As
well as aching wrists making the weight of the machine take its toll,
especially when I have some of the heavier glass attached. Machine, powerpack,
2 batteries, with 50-200 and the 2x attached means a weight approaching 3.5 kg,
and this can be hard work when carrying it round all the time. What makes it
worse, I am not a fan of neck straps, as the RA is also in my neck and shoulders,
and continual carrying of this weight, does cause me pain and headaches. So,
the lesser of two evils, for me, is to carry it around by hand.
Still, after searching about a bit, a solution has
been arrived at.
Op Tech to the rescue with a neoprene covered side
strap. It fixes to the tripod mount and to the top buckle. Adjusted to be a
reasonably tight fit around my hand, means that I can relax my fingers while
carrying the machine, and it won’t drop. Works well, and pleased with the
usefulness of it. All of a sudden, things are so much easier.
Back soon.
Mart.
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