On Jan 16, 2019, newshound wrote
(in articlea_WdnchcDJqCsaLBnZ2dnUU78d3NnZ2d@brightvie w.co.uk):

On 15/01/2019 23:15, newshound wrote:
Out playing with my new X-T3 and vertical grip today, mainly with the
50-230 while I save up for a 100-400!

Partly shooting outdoors failing to capture pheasants (quite windy
today, the usually plentiful buzzards were nowhere to be seen), partly
shooting a horse rider in an indoor school.

The conventional neck strap on the eyelets at each end of the top plate
just keeps getting in the way, especially switching from portrait to
landscape (otherwise very easy, with this grip).

The grip comes with a tethering point on the bottom, I see from Amazon
that there are several similar straps worn diagonally across the chest,
with a single point fixing to the bottom of the camera. Does anyone have
any particular advice, suggestions, or recommendations? Or are they all
much the same?

With the weight of the grip and longer lens I think I need something
with DSLR rather than mirrorless ratings. Is the tether point a standard
size? I think I'd like something that is fairly quick to detach.

TIA...Steve

Thanks to all for the quick and helpful responses. I'll review them at
leisure, as a break from trying to understand and master the X-T3 focus
options! I scarcely needed to touch the manual for the X-E1, the T3 is a
whole new kettle of fish :-)

The first thing I did on both my X-E3, and my X-T3 was to the Touch Screen
focus. I find that the only time I would use it was for tripod mounted shots.
For all other times it is just too easy to inadvertently make unwanted focus
point changes.

A neat way to adjust the focus point/zone size is to select the ‘All’
option. Then when you push the ‘joystick’ in you can scroll through the
FP sizes and zones using the rear command dial.

Then there are the various AF-C options.

For manual focus there are the various MF assist tools, digital split-image,
digital micro prism, and focus peak highlighting. You can switch between
those when in MF mode by pressing and holding the rear command dial to toggle
through the options which are displayed in both the EVF,& LCD. My personal
choice for MF is focus peak highlighting ‘Red(High’.

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Regards,
Savageduck