Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 17/2/00 10:46 pm, Godfrey DiGiorgi at ramarren@bayarea.net wrote: > It is, I bought one for the princely sum of about $30. Unfortunately, it > doesn't quite do it for me. The neckstrap lugs are mounted a little too > high on the body for me to keep my wrist in the strap comfortably and work > the shutter release/wind lever properly. It would be better if there was a > plate bolted to the camera baseplate that the strap attached to instead. > The strap itself is also somewhat thick and inflexible. It's unfortunate > because I like the idea of a security wrist strap a lot more than a neck > strap. Something in a nylon weave with a thin leather covering would be > better. I have a strange thing marked 'Canon', a machined black cylinder of metal which screws into the tripod hole, and has a wriststrap attached. It's obviously meant to be a handgrip, and it's a nice idea, but unfortunately it doesn't quite work. - -- John Brownlow photos: http://www.pinkheadedbug.com music: http://www.jukebox.demon.co.uk