[Leica] 14130 Strap - Are you using one?

[fredhess at phenix-visuals.nl (Fred Hess)]

Hi John

The color of mine was a kind of dark brown/olive drab, with a brown shoulder
pad.

Kind regards

Fred


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J. Newell" <john.o.newell at comcast.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 3:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] 14130 Strap - Are you using one?


>
>
> 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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