Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If I'm carrying one camera, I wear the strap as short as possible (on the M6 strap I just run the sliders up to the pad on both sides). This lets me wrap the strap around my palm if I want to hand carry the camera. For two cameras I wear the second one so that it hangs a two or three inches below the top one. Works for cameras of any colour, or any nationality ;-) Paul Chefurka >-----Original Message----- >From: Doug Cooper [mailto:visigoth@echonyc.com] >Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 10:53 AM >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Cc: leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] Strap Length > > > > >This may seem trivial, but I'm interested in what kind of strap length >Leica users generally prefer. The Magnum photographers all >seem to wear >their cameras just above the belt, and this strikes me as ergonomically >peculiar. I keep the strap as short as possible, so the that >the camera >doesn't swing about when I'm running, and the distance from >chest to eye >is minimal. (It sits on my solar plexus, approximately.) > >Rollei TLRs are similar: I've never understood why anyone >would want the >camera hanging at waist level, when you have to lift it to your face to >focus. > > >Douglas Cooper > > >