Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There is an excellent use for a camera strap I have not seen mentioned here: it can be used to hold the camera steady at slow shutter speeds. Wrap the right part of the strap around your head so that you can grasp it with your left hand, pulling the Leica tightly against your forhead. View with your left eye. You can still focus, and your right hand is free as usual. This is one place for which the Rapidwinder or motor is especially useful. There are other ways to do this, too. Jesse > Mike Quinn wrote: > > > > People who use camera straps must learn to expect these things... > > The only good use of a strap I can recall was by a friend who swung his IIIc > > around his head by the strap to clear a path during a riot in Africa. > > Both survived. > > The rest of us use bags. > > > > Mike Quinn - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html