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<blockquote data-quote="STM" data-source="post: 757775" data-attributes="member: 12827">It took some serious looking but I finally managed to find an MK1 for the MD4 on the F3HP in the same mint condition as the camera and motor. They are very rare and not cheap, I guess supply and demand dictates the price, but it makes shooting vertical a lot easier, especially with the camera and long lens on the tripod. I tried using my MR2 but it attaches to the port on the lower right corner of the MD4 and tripping the shutter with your pinky awkward especially since I focus with my left hand and you cannot lock the MR2 so you can inadvertently waste a frame. Of course this is going to make an already tall camera/motor drive combination even taller! But cutting my photography teeth in the early 70's and being used to large and heavy cameras, it won't be any big deal. My D850 and battery grip and a single D5 battery is as large and heavy as any of my film cameras with the possible exception of my F2A/MD2/MB1 which takes TEN AA batteries and that is heavier only be a few ounces.[ATTACH]355466[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="STM, post: 757775, member: 12827"] It took some serious looking but I finally managed to find an MK1 for the MD4 on the F3HP in the same mint condition as the camera and motor. They are very rare and not cheap, I guess supply and demand dictates the price, but it makes shooting vertical a lot easier, especially with the camera and long lens on the tripod. I tried using my MR2 but it attaches to the port on the lower right corner of the MD4 and tripping the shutter with your pinky awkward especially since I focus with my left hand and you cannot lock the MR2 so you can inadvertently waste a frame. Of course this is going to make an already tall camera/motor drive combination [I]even taller[/I]! But cutting my photography teeth in the early 70's and being used to large and heavy cameras, it won't be any big deal. My D850 and battery grip and a single D5 battery is as large and heavy as any of my film cameras with the possible exception of my F2A/MD2/MB1 which takes TEN AA batteries and that is heavier only be a few ounces. [ATTACH=CONFIG]355466._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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