Analog film photography and cameras

Yea that thumb / middlefinger tab is intended to mount / remove the back more easily.
Can't really see why you would grab there to pick up the camera, I mean it's quite hard to do so without bonking the front of the lens, isn't it?

Actually, yea (I realise this is a bit of a stretch with the prism finder mounted, but) you do pick those up like in your first picture - well, lift it off the ground like that at least, having our other hand ready to "scoop" from below and.. well actually you just sort-of toss it around between your two hands, not knowing how the fuck you should be carrying this brick-shaped thing, and then you go and buy one of those overpriced straps with the proprietary clip thingies (this then, at least, sort-of solves the picking-up issue along the way - you just pull on the strap and gently assist with one hand so the fucking lens doesn't bonk on the table).

You'll get used to it.
Actually didn't you just become a father? Use the camera as practice, it's kind of like with a kid, at least the camera holds still though
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