Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 05:53 PM 31-07-97 -0400, John wrote: >There is an easy and inexpensive way to prevent this from happening. Go >to the local leather craft or handi craft store. And find the scrap >leather box. For a few dollars you should be able to find a nice peice >of leather. Cut two 1 1/4 inch (31mm circles) then if the leather is >not to thick you can use a hole cutter to punch out a hole in the >center. Remove the strap from the camera, put the leather washer over >the eyelet, and re-attach the strap to the camera. If you can not find >black get a tan piece and use a sharpie to die it black. This will >prevent strap wear. > This is not an original idea they use to make these but I have not been >able to find them, so I make them myself. They are on all of my >cameras. An inexpensive idea that really works. I have a strap for my Nikon F2, The "Gripper" by Domke, that uses this very idea. It works very well, not a sign of wear on the camera body caused by the strap. Its a bit more expensive than John's solution, though. Dan C.