My handle of choice for my rig is the 2094c, because I need to be able to remove it quickly for transporting.The 1446b is comfortable and neat, but a little long and being a screw-in model, too hard to remove. The 2094c also has an angled Arri connection point for a cold shoe mount (ordered) or a safety cold shoe foot itself, which will in turn take my 2905 tilt monitor head (ordered).
The cold shoe mount is also being upgraded to a two screw safety lock model, just for the added sense of security (ordered). I had already ordered the two screw basic version, which I will find a use somewhere I am sure.
The mini magic arms and ball heads will be reserved for other uses. The 2905 tilt head has been ordered to do the job right (mainly it allows for one handed operation).
The other change is a proper re-assigning of the White Balance function to the toggle switch on the G9 (it was originally assigned to switching the top dial functions to WB, but that was double handling).
I cannot explain why I made this so hard, but on revisiting my settings with some more focussed purpose, I have assigned WB to the toggle as the push-in function (you need to assign Fn to the toggle first), then it instantly allows you the maximum range of WB controls.
This means;
WB is on the toggle (WB is critical to image look),
ISO is on the main rear dial (main exposure control),
Aperture is on the rear top dial (secondary exposure and main depth of field control),
Shutter is on the front top dial (rarely used, but cannot be turned off)*,
Peaking is on the upper front function button (set to blue and on most of the time-looks good own the bigger screen)*,
Stabiliser lock is on the lower front function button (toggling between active and locked is often necessary)*,
Tele-converter is on the upper rear Fn1 button (free zoom),
Record is on the main shutter button and the Fn3 button, top left rear (for left/right handed actuation),
Histogram is on Fn2 (my main exposure control and so much more useful on the bigger, less crowded screen).
These are all the important “on the go” settings, with all others like Zebras etc, on the less easily reached buttons or touch screen.
I used my Olympus stills cameras for a job the other day and any fears or forgetting how to use them after a longish period immersed in G9 video settings were unfounded. After a few minutes shedding my “rust”, old habits kicked in. Hopefully this will extend back again to the G9, with a “different hat” dynamic taking over when I switch.
*The cage actually makes these and the three buttons on the top harder to bump which helps a lot.