Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/28
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on 28/2/00 3:52 pm, Doug Cooper at visigoth@echonyc.com wrote:
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> 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.)
Very short... sits on my chest. If I use a second body I use a much longer
strap with that one. The total length of my main strap is about 32 inches.
However, I never shoot with the camera round my neck.
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