[Leica] camera/bag strap question

[Tina Manley]

+1!

Tina

On Sat, Aug 5, 2017 at 6:23 PM, Bill Pearce <billcpearce at cox.net> wrote:

> Up strap is the best.
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Robert Adler
> Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2017 3:10 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] camera/bag strap question
>
> check out up-strap
> good and inexpensive
>
>
> Bob Adler
> www.robertadlerphotography.com
> *"Capturing Light One Frame At A Time"*
>
> On Sat, Aug 5, 2017 at 12:37 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>
> wrote:
>
> I make sure the bag strap is long enough to have it sitting next to me
>> with the strap still around my neck. It has to be pretty darned long for
>> that.
>> At times, I’ve gotten Domke strapping and put that on a Domke bag which
>> had always been most of my bags to get that longer length; replacing the
>> short strap with a kind of hand made longer one I’ve gotten good at it.
>> And they will reach in and grab stuff out of there in the subway so I
>> don’t have it hanging open and keep it in front of me.
>> And the bag itself is the flat messenger ubiquitous shape that both execs
>> and students use to hold documents but still does not say “camera bag” to
>> people even though they are so popular for that purpose now.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Mark William Rabiner
>> Photographer
>>
>> On 8/4/17, 10:43 AM, "LUG on behalf of Gerry Walden" <lug-bounces+mark=
>> rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of gerry.walden at icloud.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>     I must agree with Gene. I have always felt totally safe in Barcelona,
>> although I think lluis knows different on rare occasions. I feel it is
>> usually a matter of common sense (he said clutching wood for good luck!)
>>
>>     Gerry
>>
>>     > On 4 Aug 2017, at 15:27, Gene Duprey <geneduprey2015 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>     >
>>     > Never had any problems in Barcelona or any other place in Europe.
>> Just
>>     > know where you are and who is around you , just like in any city in
>> the U.S.
>>     >
>>     > Gene
>>     >
>>     >
>>     > On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 12:34 AM, Frank Filippone <
>> red735i at verizon.net>
>>     > wrote:
>>     >
>>     >> Well, my Wife would say that if you leave your handbag ( or camera
>> bag) on
>>     >> the seat next to you, in a restaurant ( in San Sebastian, to be
>> precise) a
>>     >> thief will walk off with it, even If you do have the wire in the
>> strap.
>>     >>
>>     >>
>>     >>
>>     >> Frank Filippone
>>     >>
>>     >> Red735i at verizon.net
>>     >>
>>     >> Asking the wisdom of the LUG: We are headed to Barcelona and other
>> places
>>     >> in
>>     >> Spain later this year, and I have been reading up on the thieves,
>>     >> pickpockets etc.  I see there are several makers of camera and bag
>> straps
>>     >> with cut-resistant metal lining or cable, and was wondering if
>> anyone has a
>>     >> particular recommendation.  I would like for the camera strap to be
>>     >> flexible
>>     >> but that might not be in the cards.  Thanks as always.
>>     >>
>>     >> Ken
>>     >>
>>     >>
>>     >>
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