Richard Franiec - Grip for Leica Ms

[kbg32]

Though I don't own any of Franiec's grips, I always imagined one for Leica Ms. A nice compact grip that attaches directly to the body. I am not a fan of the Thumbs Up due to its taking up valuable shoe real-estate. I like my external finders as close to the lens as possible.

I have contacted him about this, and he has no intention due to cost, tooling, and not sure if there is enough of a market.

Would there be any interest here in petitioning Richard to make a grip for Leica Ms? Especially M8s and 9s.

Thanks.

[kbg32]

No interest here? Really? Respectfully, I feel this would be more important than if one covers their "red dot" or not. Richard makes fine accessories. It would be great if he made a grip for Leica Ms. Certainly would be less expensive then a Thumbs Up or the Leica grip.

[mabelsound]

Well, his usual method of attaching the grip with removal 3M tape/glue might not work with the coverings on M cameras.

[ruby.monkey]

While I like his grip on a small digicam (in my case, an Olympus E-PM1) I suspect it would be too small and low-profile to work on an M body. The M handgrip feels about right, and it's not that expensive.

Add to that the cost of designing and making a screw-attached grip (would you want a grip superglued to your M's covering, or indeed trust it not to break off?) and I can see his point.

[kbg32]

Well, he would be designing and sizing a grip specifically for Leica Ms. I wouldn't suggest putting a small grip on the Leica like a Ricoh.

[Kingsfan]

thumbs up makes a grip that has a hotshoe on top of it

[Lss]

Originally Posted by kbg32

Would there be any interest here in petitioning Richard to make a grip for Leica Ms? Especially M8s and 9s.

It's good to have more options. But it's difficult to be interested in yet another grip without any real details about the product. The existing Leica grip works fine.

[victoriapio]

have you considered the thumbie? love mine on the M9 and it does not tie up the hot shoe..

[chrishayton]

Originally Posted by Kingsfan

thumbs up makes a grip that has a hotshoe on top of it

Its not actually hot though, just an accessory shoe.