[Leica] it's a freaking piece of STRING people

[reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid)]

I find that I can take better pictures when I actually have my camera with 
me. I find that I can do it more quickly when I have the camera out and 
ready. This requires a strap.

In order that my camera not break, the strap must be something in which I 
have confidence. It's true that my camera's neckstrap breaking is not a 
tragedy of the same magnitude as a window-washer's sling strap breaking, but 
the principle is the same: if you can't trust it enough to ignore it, then 
you'll pay too much attention to the strap and forget to take pictures.

String is not trustworthy. It breaks after a few weeks. So when I carried my 
cameras tied on a string, I was always wondering when the hot shoe would 
drop, and kept forgetting to push the shutter button.