Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bob Schwalberg wrote for Popular Photography for many years. He apparently did a lot of film-developer testing in the 50s, and then, I think, went to work for Leica. Later he was back at Pop Photo. Maybe somebody can give a better bio. He had a great way of writing about technical issues. I have never seen one of his straps. I do have a Domke gripper strap which is nice, but as that article says the clips look a little cheesy. They work though. Mike D Jerry Lehrer wrote: > Mike > > Yes, that is the strap chap! Didn't he also write for Pop/Modern > Photography many years back? > > I used those straps exclusively on my Leicas ever since they became > available. Some fast talking flatlander talked me out of them and > swapped me for the Leica straps, which are a hell of a lot easier on > my neck than the thin Schwalberg straps. Especially holding up a > Nikon F2 with motor drive and big lens! > > Jerry > > Jerry > > Mike Durling wrote: > > >>It was Bob Schwalberg who designed that quick release strap. I can't >>take credit for the answer though. I did remember it well enough to >>look in the archives: >>http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/v18/msg05928.html >> >>Mike D >> >>Jerry Lehrer wrote: >> >>>Luc >>> >>>The first one shown really worked well, but one really had to be >>>careful not to scar the top plate by not pulling up sufficiently. >>> >>>That one was designed by the same PJ who designed the >>>quick disconnect shoulder strap that enabled one to keep >>>the Leica hidden under a jacket and still be able to get >>>it into action quickly. Good stuff! >>> >>>Can anyone remember the PJ's name? >>> >>>Jerry >>> >>>Lucien wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Tim Atherton wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>what's the point of a "fast wind" Leicavit model with a slow re-wind M3 knob >>>>>if not purely for how it looks hanging round your neck as jewellery? >>>> >>>>Something like that maybe help: >>>> >>>><http://www.cameraquest.com/LRWlev.htm> >>>> >>>>-- >>>>To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >>> >>> >>>-- >>>To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >>> >> >>-- >>To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html