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I find the a200 lacking in many ergonomic details compared to my old Minolta 5D... but I recently came across a new putty-like material which dries as a solid plastic-like material -- perfect for "hacking" things. I've written a blog post describing it in detail but suffice to say my camera now looks like this:



I also "enhanced" the AF/MF button which I found too hard to operate on cold dark nights and may further enhance the grip if it needs it.

eeeerrrrr it may be the mother of all grips, but it looks ridiculous, can't you paint it black or something, looks like it crashed into the fruit bowl mate! Still, as long as you like it.

eeeerrrrr it may be the mother of all grips, but it looks ridiculous, can't you paint it black or something, looks like it crashed into the fruit bowl mate! Still, as long as you like it.

I have no interest in what a camera looks like (never understand people who talk about good-looking or ugly cameras) so it doesn't bother me. In fact, I could have used black-coloured sugru but I wanted to create something that would start a conversation on photowalks etc.

Whoa! I think that is cool. Probably no one will steal it.
What is that cool stuff ?

Yeah, no worries about it being stolen! And since it's only an a200 is wasn't going to be worth much 2nd-hand... I'll possibly convert it to IR when I finally get that a700-replacement.

The stuff is "Sugru", an air-drying silicone putty which dries to a solid, plastic-like surface. Pretty handy stuff: http://www.sugru.com/