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Subject: [Leica] 14130 Strap - Are you using one?
From: john.o.newell at comcast.net (J. Newell)
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:47:42 +0000 (UTC)


Thank you, Fred.? What color was the leather on yours, black or olive?? I'm 
unclear on whether the OD was standard finish or not. 



Best regards 

John 




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Hess" <fredhess at phenix-visuals.nl> 
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> 
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 2:27:47 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [Leica] 14130 Strap - Are you using one? 

Hello John, 

I have used this strap very much. I used in combination with my Telyts 
6.8/400 and 560 mm and the shoulderstock14188 and the more recent 14239. It 
is a very comfortable and safe way to carry 
these telephotolenses with camera's fitted on them in the field. I work as a 
wildlife photographer and I alway felt secure about my heavy equipment, 
'dangling" on these straps. 

Recently I replaced the wormout leather by a nylon strap. I still use two of 
these straps. 
These straps are a good example of the simple and practical, inventive 
crafsmanship of Leitz in the 60 en 70ties! 

Kind regard 

Fred Hess 

The Hague/Holland 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J. Newell" <john.o.newell at comcast.net> 
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> 
Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 11:38 PM 
Subject: [Leica] 14130 Strap - Are you using one? 
> 
> Found in the bottom of a box of "stuff" - an olive drab leather strap, 
plastic shoulder pad and two beautiful, old-style silver chrome strap eyes 
with 1/4-20 threads. Looks like a strap intended to attach one end to the 
camera's tripod fitting and the other to a tripod fitting on a (large) lens. 
> 
> Has anyone used one of these? Is it comfortable in real life use? Looks 
like a possibly good way to take some stress off camera strap lugs and 
possibly the lens flange when carrying a heavy lens. If it isn't a user 
accessory, any thoughts on possible value? 
> 
> Thanks 
> John Newell 


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