Around the wrist or neck?

[BJ Bignell]

For RF cameras, I'm definitely a convert to wrist straps. For my TLR, a neck strap still works best... What say you, guys and girls?

 

[back alley]

wrist straps for me also.

but no surprise there...

joe

 

[FrankS]

I like to have the choice, so I use a neckstrap and wrap it around my wrist 3 times if I want the camera in hand.

 

[dominicLF]

I don't have a wrist strap; I'd like to get one and try. Have any of you used a strap that screws into the tripod socket? I've got several cameras that don't have lugs and I positively hate neverready cases, or even half cases.

 

[Honu-Hugger]

Op/Tech system on everything. They sell accessory end straps that I put on each camera and then I have 6 or 8 Neoprene straps that I transfer to whatever cameras I'm using (also long teles, binoculars, etc.).

 

[stet]

Gordy's original wrist strap on the Canon, but I did just buy a neoprene neck strap for the Rapid Omega. The RO has a built-in "wrist-strap" around the grip, but I figured a comfy neck strap would come in handy because of the size/heft. First time out with it, it only seemed to get in the way. I took it off already.

 

[rbiemer]

For my smaller cameras, I like a wrist strap.
For the bigger ones an Op/Tech neck strap(TLR and Arax 60)
I want one or two of Gordy's wrist straps(maybe one more when he gets the tripod mounted style going).
Wide neck straps for me, thanks. But not the "hippy" ones(bad flashbacks, man 😀 )
Rob

 

[ErnestoJL]

A neck strap. Because I want allways to have my hands free when not holding the camera. I have only one camera with only one eyelet and it´s wrist strap is really unconfortable for me. For this one I use a regular neck strap with ends tied together.

 

[Doug]

Just got a couple of UPstraps and like them a lot. Some might use it as a neck strap, but for me it's a shoulder strap. Therefore I replied above "none of the above". 🙂

 

[pvdhaar]

Neck strap all the way.

You can sling a neckstrap around your wrist and make do, but you can't do it the other way round.

 

[dominicLF]

Neck strap all the way.

You can sling a neckstrap around your wrist and make do, but you can't do it the other way round.

O, come on. Just pull harder. My wife said that I couldn't fit in my jeans anymore. I showed her! :dance:

 

[vincentbenoit]

I don't use straps at all. I always hold the camera in my right hand, with focus, aperture and shutter speed preset so that I'm always ready for a quick grab shot. I've got a few nice ones this way that I would most certainly have missed had the camera been hanging around my neck or over my shoulder.
Cheers
Vincent

 

[aizan]

neck strap if i'm not taking a bag, wrist strap if i am.

 

[Terence T]

"None of the above" for me too. I usually shoot with 2 bodies so the neck straps double up as shoulder straps.

 

[simonankor]

I use neither, like Vincent. I pull the Bessa's advance lever out a bit, and hook my thumb behind it. Beyond that, I just try not to drop it! 😉

 

[nomade]

I had a neck strap but i used to wrap it around my hands, so it was a wrist one anyway, thee days i'm not using any, but if i was to get some new strap it's gonna be a wrist strap..

 

[Pherdinand]

I only have neck straps and no-straps. But the neck straps are only used in my neck with a TLR, the rest are shoulder-straps, and sometimes i carry cameras just in my left hand, Can do it for hours without problem. Like kiev, super ikonta.

 

[berci]

Sometimes I too carry my camera in one of my hands, but it's a heavy thing (1 kilo) so when I got fed up holding the brick i put it back into its bag.

I use the neck strap while shooting in case I dropped the camera for some reason.

 

[Bill K.]

I love Gordy's wrist strap for my Bessa R. I'm thinking of getting a couple more for some of my other "treasures"

Bill K.

 

[the lobster]

I switched from neck to wrist and then back to neck again in about 2 weeks.

I like the wrist strap, but then I need to carry my bag too, which I don't always want to do. When I go out with just my camera and a few rolls of film in my pocket, it's because I do not want to carry my bag. But if I do anything that requires two hands (like shop or get some food on the go), it's very difficult with a camera in one hand.

So I went back to the long strap, over one shoulder and under the opposite arm, so the camera lies against my left hip rather than my stomach. I leave it long so I can swing it up to my eye. Works great.

Of course, now I have a nice Luigi wrist strap that just sits in a drawer.