Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/07

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: just put the strap on and get going.
From: Doug Herr <telyt560@cswebmail.com>
Date: 7 May 2000 02:16:33 -0700

On Sat, 06 May 2000, Harrison Mcclary wrote:

> 
> once upon a time Mike Quinn wrote:
> 
> > No, your definitely not alone in that wise opinion.
> > 
> > Straps belong on bags, not cameras.
> > Most strap stories I've heard are anecdotes about how the strap caused some
> > disaster or other.
> 
> A fellow PJ student in college was of your opinion on straps...that is till
> he dropped his brand new F3 and totally trashed it....from that day on he
> always used a strap.
> 
> -- 
> Harrison McClary
> http://

I've had more damage from straps getting caught on stuff & pulling the camera out of my hands than from dropping a strapless camera.  OTOH, what's the big deal?  Dropping a Leicaflex on concrete (as I have) does more damage to the concrete than to the camera.

Doug Herr
Sacramento
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt
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