Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If you put the strap around your neck then you will not drop your camera. Try it this way someday: Pick up the camera, place strap over neck. As long as your CRD (camera retention device - also known as your head) stays attached to your body or you do not turn upside down your camera will not drop to the ground. Seriously, put the strap around your neck first thing when you pick up the camera. :) Henry Ambrose > >> > For me, the blasted straps have caused more accidents than they've >> > prevented. I don't have any on my SLs. > >I don't like straps much either (they always get in the way) but recently >when I dropped my M6+35/1.4 (paying more attention to carrying our baby, >which I suppose is a good thing), I caught the strap with one finger, >keeping it from hitting the pavement. The drop would have been "only" a >foot and a half, but I bet that vertical alignment or RF would have >gone out of alignment! (OT) :) > >--Andrew >NO ARCHIVE > >