jmooney
Guy with a camera
Be sure to periodically check your AH-4 handstrap's tightness. That way when you are taking family photos on Easter your camera, lens, and battery grip don't become part of an experiment in downward acceleration.....:bang:
Luckily all seems to have survived without an issue and all functions are just fine but it coulda been much worse.
Luckily all seems to have survived without an issue and all functions are just fine but it coulda been much worse.
Gary E
Well-known
Just which Nikon camera is in question here? Surely the newer models with the rectangular strap lugs are stronger than the older eyelet ones, no?
rbsinto
Well-known
I have been using home-made handstraps on my F2, FA for at almost ten years now, and recently made one for my FM as well. All three cameras are motorized, so the drive handles make them relatively easy to carry, but nevertheless, the handstraps give an added sense of security as well as allowing me to loosen my grip without fear that General Relativity will make mischief with a camera and lens.
The straps are simply Nylon ones that were pirated from our kids old school backpacks.
The aluminum baseplates for the F2 and FM's motors were machined for me by a Tool and Die Maker, while I made the plate for the FA's MD-15 from extruded aluminum bits and assembled with aircraft construction-grade epoxy.
The straps were sewn to the bases with 50(?) lb test braided nylon fishing line, and fastened with Velcro.
They're not as elegant as those very spiffy milk-fed Vacuna leather handstraps with the embossed Nikon logo across the back of the hand that B&H and Adorama sell for 80 bucks a pop, but they've never let me down.
The straps are simply Nylon ones that were pirated from our kids old school backpacks.
The aluminum baseplates for the F2 and FM's motors were machined for me by a Tool and Die Maker, while I made the plate for the FA's MD-15 from extruded aluminum bits and assembled with aircraft construction-grade epoxy.
The straps were sewn to the bases with 50(?) lb test braided nylon fishing line, and fastened with Velcro.
They're not as elegant as those very spiffy milk-fed Vacuna leather handstraps with the embossed Nikon logo across the back of the hand that B&H and Adorama sell for 80 bucks a pop, but they've never let me down.
jmooney
Guy with a camera
The strap lugs are just fine, the strap just came undone without warning.
I guess it's the universes way to tell me to stop shooting digital, it was a D70.
I guess it's the universes way to tell me to stop shooting digital, it was a D70.
rbsinto
Well-known
If you've got the straps adjusted to exactly the way you want them, why not either sew or contact-cement them closed, to eliminate the problem?