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

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Leica wrist strap
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:37:44 -0500
References: <C70BD1EB.3D02%lug@steveunsworth.co.uk>

True, but the direction of the applied load is entirely different.  A neck 
strap normally loads the lugs in shear, a direction in which they are quite 
strong.  Tensile loading from a wrist strap is much more likely to pull a 
lug from the body.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Unsworth" <lug at steveunsworth.co.uk>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Leica wrist strap


> If you have the camera on a strap around your neck, what happens if only 
> one
> strap lug breaks? <grin>
>
> Steve
>
>
> On 26/10/09 20:46, "George Lottermoser" <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote:
>
>> Am I the only one who feels that I would not want to depend on only
>> one strap lug?
>
>
>
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