Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Michael Darnton wrote: > > Like a lot of stragegies, this one seems to have less than universal > application. I guess it works fine if you only actively use one camera at a > time, never change lenses, and rarely change film on the fly, but for a > working photographer in a fast and changing situation I can't see it. > I just spent a week's vacation using only a Fed 1 with its own 50/3.5 > and a 15mm Heliar, and am about to hammer some screweyes or something into > it on my own! I spent half the time taking pix and the other half trying to > figure out how I'd hang a strap on it when I got home. :-) Being able to > slide it into my pocket was very slim compensation for the inconvenience (in > MY opinion, which obviously is not universal :-) > Re: the velcro problem: Maybe the guy with the new M-6 needs to put a > 2x6" patch of velcro on the back of his camera, and nail the mating strip to > his bare chest--would that work? I still think the strap is a better idea, > though. > --Michael Darnton > Try using the tri-pod bushing if it has one. I know there are wrist straps available to use in the tri-pod bushing, and I imagine it would be simple to use the same hardware on a longer strap. It may hang funny but what the heck. John Shick