strap suggestions

[msbarnes]

I'm looking for a long camera neck strap that can be comfortable as a wrist strap? I want something simple: black, non adjustable, and long.

I have some Gordy neck straps but find them uncomfortable in the wrist strap position because they tangle up and are a bit stiff. I like neck straps long because I sling it across my body but sometimes I just want the camera in my hand so I like to wrap it around my wrist.

It seems that round straps are most suitable for this because they don't tangle. The three straps that I've found are:

1. Artisan Artist Straps
2. Street Straps
3. Lance Straps

Artisan Artist is probably the highest quality, being silk, but they are too short at 37".
Street straps is another good option and they're fixed at 46" so I think that they are long enough (I think my strap is 48"...but I'd have to check).
Lance straps is the cheapest alternative and they're full customizable.

I was wondering if I'm missing any camera straps before making a decision. I'd probably go with one of the latter two.

Price is not so important as long as it is reasonable. I first thought that paying $130 for an A&A strap was absurd but I hear nothing but good things about their quality.

 

[jsrockit]

Black Label Bags silk strap... similar to the silk A&A models, but vary in length. At photo village in NYC, I just go and take the longest one they have (though technically, they are supposed to be all the same length).

 

[ferider]

You can buy the A&A cloth straps (same as Voigtlander straps) in both 90 and 120cm length (I use both). Check with Photovillage.

 

[msbarnes]

Nice. I'm from California but I'm in NYC for this week and that place was on my list of places to check out.

 

[Godfrey]

I bought both a Lance Strap and a Street Strap recently to try them out (and because I have two cameras I want to fit them to ...).

The Street Strap is superb, it's almost indistinguishable from the A&A silk cord at much lower cost, and longer. The Lance Strap is good but the material of the cord is not as supple or soft as the Street Strap or A&A ... It will likely get there in time with a bit of break in.

The A&A and Black Label Bag (Photo Village in NYC) straps are the only others I know of with this design at the moment. The A&A is terrific but more pricey than I want to spend; I haven't seen one of the Black Label Bag straps to compare it against.

 

[back alley]

i'm loving the lance straps...round is so comfortable and they do make good wrist straps also...i just keep looping around my wrist and then tuck in the end and it stays in place nicely...
i'm intrigued by the street staps as i have read that they are softer than the lance but then i find the lance fairly soft as is.

 

[John Lawrence]

Artisan & Artist make silk straps in different lengths too.

I think the longest they do (code number AA009??) comes in at about 49.5 inches, and there is one (ACAM 306?) that is around 47 inches.



Great straps.

John

 

[sar-photo]

Just got a Street Strap this week and I'm very pleased with it - nice and comfotable from the get go. Good length too.

Cheers
Simon

 

[billmccarroll]

I just bought a black Lance strap. Love it, works great, just about the right length for me and wraps around my wrist nicely. I have the Gordy's strap too but prefer the softer Lance strap. The price was reasonable.

 

[jackp510]

Something you can try for $5-10 is to go to REI and buy 2-3' of 2mm cordelette, 5-8' of 3/4" flat nylon webbing and 2 black buckles and just make a strap.

You thread the cordelette thru the eyelets on the camera (also great cause it doesn't rub and wear away the body like other straps). I use a square knot/cow hitch.

Then tie the webbing around the cordelette (with just a square knot) then thread webbing thru buckles - don't forget to double back the webbing around the buckles. See the attached pics.

If you tie the knots right and double back the buckles, your arm and neck will break before the cord and/or webbing breaks.

I like this set up cause it's cheap, easy to adjust.

Jack
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http://www.darkroomexposed.com
"Used Leica Pricing Reports"

 

[rbsinto]

Something you can try for $5-10 is to go to REI and buy 2-3' of 2mm cordelette, 5-8' of 3/4" flat nylon webbing and 2 black buckles and just make a strap.

You thread the cordelette thru the eyelets on the camera (also great cause it doesn't rub and wear away the body like other straps). I use a square knot/cow hitch.

Then tie the webbing around the cordelette (with just a square knot) then thread webbing thru buckles - don't forget to double back the webbing around the buckles. See the attached pics.

If you tie the knots right and double back the buckles, your arm and neck will break before the cord and/or webbing breaks.

I like this set up cause it's cheap, easy to adjust.

Jack
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http://www.darkroomexposed.com
"Used Leica Pricing Reports"

Jack,
I always admire and respect well done Do-It-Yourself projects like yours because I'm also a tinkerer and have been making/designing/modifying/ my photo-gear for years.
I've been thinking about adding some sort of fastener to a nylon or cloth shoulder/neck strap so that when desired, a small, closed loop could be formed in it that would act as a wrist/hand strap, with the balance of the strap simply wrapped around the wrist . I'm going to experiment with Velcro, or perhaps metal snap fasteners and see how well they hold.
I don't think this is necessarily practical for heavy motor-driven SLRs, but I think it would work with lighter rangefinder bodies.