Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I used to use the old Nikon leather straps on everything. I recently got out my old Nikkormat and was surprised how short that strap is. When I'm carrying the camera alone I always carry the camera hanging from my left shoulder with my thumb hooked through the strap and my hand around it. Very secure that way. Now I'm using a 4' plain nylon strap. For me length doesn't matter that much. Using the thumb method even the slippery nylon is secure enough. I'm not through looking for the ultimate strap yet. It about drove me nuts when I wore it under a jacket the other night. Kept slipping down my arm as I ate dinner. Mostly I use a small bag - a LowePro Nova Micro. It holds the camera, meter and one extra lens. I just slip it out of the open bag when I want to take a shot. I can close it up when I get into the car and it keeps everything together. Mike Durling KD4KWB http://www.widomaker.com/~durling/ - ----- Original Message ----- From: <Bmceowen@aol.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 2:26 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Strap Length > All my straps -- on both Nikons and Leica Ms -- are adjusted so that when the > strap hangs in the crook between my thumb and first finger it just barely > clears my elbow when I sling the camera over my shoulder (does this make > sense). In practice that places the bottom of a camera hanging on the > shoulder a few inches above the waist. A Leica M (the only camera I wear > around my neck) hangs in the middle of my chest. Incidently, my preference is > the narrow black Nikon nylon strap (AN-4B I believe). The sole exceptions are > a 1-inch Domke (without quick releases) on a Nikon F4 and a Leica M6 strap on > a M3 (the M4-P has a Nikon strap fitted to older Leica hardware). > > Bob (fussy about straps) McEowen >