Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Shawn London wrote: >view for a short time, and is largely inaccessible anyway. For an M, I >use a strap on the long side, and wear the camera over my shoulder on the >inside of a coat. The long strap lets you swing the camera out of the >front and up to your eye while wearing the camera. No help in warm >weather, though. > I used this technique frequently while travelling with my IIIg and collapsible Summicron, including in N. Africa in the 60's, when and where picture taking was often frowned upon. As mentioned, the downside was having to wear a tweed jacket (the only one I had with me) on sunny afternoons in July in Marrakesh. I think I used to be more heat tolerant :-). * Henning J. Wulff /|\ Wulff Photography & Design /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com