fear of strap breaking

rich_ said:
I know I know...

I admit the reason I bought the M9-p over the m9 was because it looked nicer... Also I worry that the exposed metal ring things might scratch it. Why didn't they put those protector parts beneath the ugly plastic part!

My master plan is to reinforce the leather somehow.
Now to find a seamstress!
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The Domke gripper might be a good strap to prevent slippage off your shoulder but has no style.

It's like putting on dirty ratty clothes after taking a shower. You should get the nicest strap you can afford.

The Leica time website is horrible and doesn't need all those pictures. It appears that the construction method is not the most secure.

I have a http://www.gordyscamerastraps.com/ which breaks in quite nicely. You can read about the method of construction which is stapled then wrapped in cord.
 
This thread is full of armchair photographers.. go out there and shoot and figure out what works for yourself.
 
uinku said:
This thread is full of armchair photographers.. go out there and shoot and figure out what works for yourself.
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+1

I've had leather straps, nylon straps, cloth straps, etc. over the years. Different ones for different cameras. In 45+ years and likely hundreds of cameras and kinds of straps, I've NEVER had a single one fail.

I have a Leica standard M9 strap on both my M4-2 and M9. I have a Lance strap on my CL. I have a Street Strap on the X2. And a Ricoh optional leather strap on my GXR. The Bessa III came with a good woven nylon strap. They all work just fine, each one is nicely tailored to the camera it is fitted to, and to me.

I'd rather make some photographs then debate the marginal qualities of neckstraps. ;-)
 
The leica straps are very good, but the pad gets in the way when I want to wrap it around my wrist.
the best straps, for shear functionality could well be the thin black Nikon ones. They are Nylon (won't break), thin and supple, and have an anti-slipping pad (in lack of a better word). They are very cheap too.
The only serious issue they have is that they are usually marked with a white "Nikon" (I even had one with "Nikon N4000" that I had to blacken. That was really too much)
 
sanmich said:
The leica straps are very good, but the pad gets in the way when I want to wrap it around my wrist.
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I think you can just cut the pad off. It's not a collectible. 😀

I like the Leica strap, even put one on my OM-D without taking a look at the supplied strap.
 
Godfrey said:
+1

I've had leather straps, nylon straps, cloth straps, etc. over the years. Different ones for different cameras. In 45+ years and likely hundreds of cameras and kinds of straps, I've NEVER had a single one fail.

I have a Leica standard M9 strap on both my M4-2 and M9. I have a Lance strap on my CL. I have a Street Strap on the X2. And a Ricoh optional leather strap on my GXR. The Bessa III came with a good woven nylon strap. They all work just fine, each one is nicely tailored to the camera it is fitted to, and to me.

I'd rather make some photographs then debate the marginal qualities of neckstraps. ;-)
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Dear Godfrey,

Keep 'em long enough... Admittedly, we're mostly looking at pre-WW2 here.

All my favourite straps have been leather: Kik-90, A&A, Alpa... Frances also likes a couple of the fabric A&A straps, and BlackRapid. At the other extreme, I dislike nylon straps (saw holes in your neck), cheap wide cloth straps (roll up and are less comfortable than narrow straps) and, above all, snake-chains: an exquisite torture as they catch the small hairs on your neck.

And pictures? Yeah, I take 'em sometimes. Look at my website and my books... Caring about the equipment you use ain't incompatible with photography.

Cheers,

R.
 
I always seem to lack hands for holding stuff so a neck/shoulder strap is crucial.

Here's a quick and dirty solution 😀 :
strap_5431.jpg


Appearance aside, I actually quite like the strap that came with my Canon 40D - wide, reasonably grippy and strong - but only for bigger, heavier cameras. The one in the picture is from a 350D and is made from crappier materials.

... and this is what I ended up with:

strap_5582.jpg


Couldn't wish for a better strap. It's not slippery but doesn't cling onto clothes, either. I like to wear it diagonally around the neck and over the shoulder and grip pads are annoying that way. The strap is also easy to wrap around the wrist, looks plain, cost ~nothing. The textile strap was scavenged from a strange old shoulder bag. I cut it to a good length and asked my mother to sow little nylon strap loops to the ends. Little key ring thingys to connect it to the camera (I switched the round ones visible in this photo to triangular ones from a Praktica SLR - even better). This is what I recommend to others as well - find a material that you like, cut it exactly the length that is most comfortable and have someone sew the appropriate end loops. Or find a local leather workshop/seamstress/craftsman. Making a functional strap is not something that should require fairy dust and wizards from faraway lands or cost silly money 🙂.
 
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