Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/02/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sun, 19 Feb 2012 "Frank Filippone" <red735i at earthlink.net>wrote: >I note 2 very different ideas in the discussion....... Comfort and staying >put. >Staying put.... the ability of the strap to stay on the shoulder (and the >ease to come off the shoulder when desired) If I'm out looking for pictures, I probably have the strap wrapped around my wrist, and I'm holding the camera, so I hate straps wider than 1/2". And even if I'm wearing it on my neck or shoulder, I don't want something that dwarfs the camera, and is a billboard to boot. >Leather seems not to have been mentioned.... those Artist and Artisan >straps for example.... I posted a photo of my favorite, a leather one called the Strapateer, (but not made for probably 30 years). These can be adjusted for length in 15 sec. They were especially handy when I would wear two cameras on my chest, with different lenses - one above the other. The clasp allowed me to wear an M3 with collapsible Summicron on my shoulder under my sportcoat, etc. but I could release it and use the camera without having to take off the coat. Here it is again: <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Gear/M_Handles_AMR.jpg.html> Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer UPAA POY 1978 University Information Technology Services University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt