[Max Reid]

This old brace I have doesn’t look like the Vortex brace. The Vortex hooks over the shoulder in the back. My brace is more like the CVP in that it hooks onto the back of the shoulder but comes down in the front– If you can imagine a sideways letter “P” with the hump part of the “P” turned up and fitting over your shoulder and the bottom part coming out to support the camera four inches or so below the top of your shoulder.

The Vortex brace might work fine, and I haven’t used it, but from what I have seen, it holds the camera fairly high. If you can get the camera down, so the lens is below your eye, the camera can fit closer to your body, taking the weight off your arms and making steady shots easier.

Max Reid
http://www.maxreid.net

[Max Reid]

I have a old funky shoulder brace of unknown brand for the PD-150 that looks a lot lit the CVP unit. It hooks over the shoulder and has a little arm come out to mount the camera. With a little adjusting I got it to work for the EX3. It’s nice in that it’s light and small. it’s amazing what a wonderful hand held camera the EX3 becomes with the brace. The bad balance disappears, the EX3 seems to weigh almost nothing and I the fatigue is minimal.

One other advantage of this old brace is that it places the lens about 4 inches below my eyeline, so when I am shooting, the eyepiece is sloped down at about a 30 degree angle. I am left-eyed so this allows me to see OVER the camera with my right eye. Love it.

But the CVP unit looks pretty good too. Anyone try it?

Max Reid
http://www.maxreid.net