Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/17

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Subject: [Leica] Strap Height
From: s.jessurun95 at chello.nl (animal)
Date: Mon Jan 17 08:10:47 2005
References: <32748B01-684A-11D9-95B7-000D932E0DA0@depaul.edu>

never thought of that .Thanks for the tip!
simon jessurun
amsterdam
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Palmieri" <rpalmier@depaul.edu>
To: <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 6:39 AM
Subject: [Leica] Strap Height


> Folks -
> 
> Ducking in to the LUG for my occasional few minutes per week I'd like 
> to offer a little tip I picked up this evening while shooting in the 
> apartment of a Chicago jazz musician.
> 
> As one who constantly reexamines the variables of shooting strategies 
> (film/films, camera/cameras, lens/lenses, filters/no filters, hoods, 
> caps, bags, jacket pockets, shoulder straps/wrist straps, etc...) I'd 
> like to present the following observation.
> 
> If you're using a shoulder strap and hanging your camera at your side, 
> the strap height should not be equal to the  height of a standard brass 
> doorknob; 'specially if you like to hang your rig with the lens facing 
> out.
> 
> Bob Palmieri
> 
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