Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/28

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Strap Length
From: kwilcox@mail.davison.k12.mi.us (Ken Wilcox)
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 13:59:41 -0400

Some on short straps, some on long. That way when I have two over the same
shoulder they don't bang into one another.

Ken Wilcox

At 10:52 AM -0500 2/28/0, Doug Cooper wrote:
>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.)
>
>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.
>
>
>Douglas Cooper


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