Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mike Yes, that is the strap chap! Didn't he also write for Pop/Modern Photography many years back? I used those straps exclusively on my Leicas ever since they became available. Some fast talking flatlander talked me out of them and swapped me for the Leica straps, which are a hell of a lot easier on my neck than the thin Schwalberg straps. Especially holding up a Nikon F2 with motor drive and big lens! Jerry Jerry Mike Durling wrote: > It was Bob Schwalberg who designed that quick release strap. I can't > take credit for the answer though. I did remember it well enough to > look in the archives: > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/v18/msg05928.html > > Mike D > > Jerry Lehrer wrote: > > Luc > > > > The first one shown really worked well, but one really had to be > > careful not to scar the top plate by not pulling up sufficiently. > > > > That one was designed by the same PJ who designed the > > quick disconnect shoulder strap that enabled one to keep > > the Leica hidden under a jacket and still be able to get > > it into action quickly. Good stuff! > > > > Can anyone remember the PJ's name? > > > > Jerry > > > > Lucien wrote: > > > > > >>Tim Atherton wrote: > >> > >> > >>>what's the point of a "fast wind" Leicavit model with a slow re-wind M3 knob > >>>if not purely for how it looks hanging round your neck as jewellery? > >> > >>Something like that maybe help: > >> > >><http://www.cameraquest.com/LRWlev.htm> > >> > >>-- > >>To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html