Re: [Leica] Strap Length

[chucko@siteconnect.com (Chuck Albertson)]

As a rule of thumb, it should be just long enough to reach the camera.
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> This may seem trivial, but I'm interested in what kind of strap length
> Leica users generally prefer.  The Magnum photographers all seem to wear
> their cameras just above the belt, and this strikes me as ergonomically
> peculiar.  I keep the strap as short as possible, so the that the camera
> doesn't swing about when I'm running, and the distance from chest to eye
> is minimal.  (It sits on my solar plexus, approximately.)
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> Rollei TLRs are similar:  I've never understood why anyone would want the
> camera hanging at waist level, when you have to lift it to your face to
> focus.
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> Douglas Cooper
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