[Leica] Re: Strap Length

["Les Bonser" <lbonser@worldnet.att.net>]

Generally, I keep my strap as short as possible, like Doug indicated in his
original post. But...on a recent photographic journey through Arizona, I
tried juggling two cameras (M6 and a G2)--both with the same length strap.
Didn't work too well. I wish I'd have thought to have brought along a
slightly longer strap for one of them, like Paul suggests. But I'd already
trimmed both straps to be my "optimal" length.

By the second day, I ended up alternating the two cameras; M6 one day, G2
the next. Simplified the operation considerably, but I seemed to be
reloading a lot more often.

Oh, in case you're wondering...the camera that seemed to do best? I honestly
can't tell which pictures were taken with which camera. I tried to keep
track (put film from one camera in one pocket, film from the other camera in
the other pocket and then mark them later), but I lost track of a couple
rolls and can't remember which camera took those rolls. Can't tell from the
pictures themselves. In terms of picture quality *and* ease of use, I tended
to prefer the Minilux that I carried in the front pocket of my pants! Next
time, I'm tempted to take only one camera.

Les


> Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 09:02:44 -0800
> From: Paul Chefurka <Paul_Chefurka@pmc-sierra.com>
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Strap Length
>
> If I'm carrying one camera, I wear the strap as short as possible (on the
M6
> strap I just run the sliders up to the pad on both sides).  This lets me
> wrap the strap around my palm if I want to hand carry the camera.  For two
> cameras I wear the second one so that it hangs a two or three inches below
> the top one.  Works for cameras of any colour, or any nationality ;-)
>
> Paul Chefurka
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Doug Cooper [mailto:visigoth@echonyc.com]
> >Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 10:53 AM
> >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> >Cc: leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> >Subject: Re: [Leica] Strap Length
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >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