Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sat, 06 May 2000, Harrison Mcclary wrote: > > once upon a time Mike Quinn wrote: > > > No, your definitely not alone in that wise opinion. > > > > Straps belong on bags, not cameras. > > Most strap stories I've heard are anecdotes about how the strap caused some > > disaster or other. > > A fellow PJ student in college was of your opinion on straps...that is till > he dropped his brand new F3 and totally trashed it....from that day on he > always used a strap. > > -- > Harrison McClary > http:// I've had more damage from straps getting caught on stuff & pulling the camera out of my hands than from dropping a strapless camera. OTOH, what's the big deal? Dropping a Leicaflex on concrete (as I have) does more damage to the concrete than to the camera. Doug Herr Sacramento http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/