[Leica] it's a freaking piece of STRING people

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

On 3/26/07 11:30 PM, "Brian Reid" <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> typed:

> I find that I can take better pictures when I actually have my camera with 
> me.
> I find that I can do it more quickly when I have the camera out and ready.
> This requires a strap.
> 
> In order that my camera not break, the strap must be something in which I 
> have
> confidence. It's true that my camera's neckstrap breaking is not a tragedy 
> of
> the same magnitude as a window-washer's sling strap breaking, but the
> principle is the same: if you can't trust it enough to ignore it, then 
> you'll
> pay too much attention to the strap and forget to take pictures.
> 
> String is not trustworthy. It breaks after a few weeks. So when I carried 
> my
> cameras tied on a string, I was always wondering when the hot shoe would 
> drop,
> and kept forgetting to push the shutter button.
> 
> 
You needed better string.

Now with the internet and everything they have amazing string you can get.
Bid on. Win.

Although some people think this is all theory.


Mark Rabiner
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New York, NY

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