Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/26

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Leica wrist strap
From: ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:32:22 -0400
References: <6a7544a60910261341h63bbad1ey61feb013d8fed61@mail.gmail.com> <08280349-CE6E-4EAD-B643-73879F078017@mac.com> <B70BFA59-C606-4146-9A7E-0928C7FEF532@embarqmail.com> <0A6605F9-6BCD-4509-87AE-C74BD3A316EF@mac.com>

One could also reason that having it attached to two lugs doubles the  
chances of a failure.

;^)

ric


On Oct 26, 2009, at 6:21 PM, George Lottermoser wrote:

> I believe, perhaps wrongly,
> that the weight of the camera/lens
> is shared and/or distributed between the two strap lugs;
> as opposed to all the weight applied to one lug.
> I also believe that the 90 degree direction of the stress
> would be considered in the design.
>
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
> george at imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>
> On Oct 26, 2009, at 4:53 PM, Ric Carter wrote:
>
>> we usually do with a neck strap.
>>
>> ric
>>
>>
>> On Oct 26, 2009, at 4:46 PM, George Lottermoser wrote:
>>
>>> Am I the only one who feels that I would not want to depend on  
>>> only one strap lug?
>>
>>
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Replies: Reply from lug at steveunsworth.co.uk (Steve Unsworth) ([Leica] IMG: Leica wrist strap)
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