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I need to pick the brains of those more knowledgeable than I.

So I reckon RFF is the best place to ask about this sort of thing.

The Fuji strap is... okay I guess.

However the camera is nice and small and the strap adds substantially to the overall bulk when putting the camera in a jacket pocket for example.

What I'd like to do is find a nice wrist strap and neck strap that can be easily changed one for the other. They must look good: no neoprene monstrousities need apply.

I would use the wrist strap for those occasions where I want to keep the camera in my pocket, and the neck strap for more relaxed carry-the-camera-all-day affairs.

Come to think of it, if anyone has any brilliant suggestions I might apply the solution to my Zeiss Ikon too.

Thanks,
Craig
 
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Thanks, looks very nice.

Actually I can get to Red Dot in my lunch break if I don't dawdle, so I might go have a look. The only thing that puts me off slightly is the price, £89 for a strap is more than I had been anticipating.

So any alternative suggestions would also be welcome.
 
I also was in search of a great looking strap for my camera-leathered OM1, it took me a year to find this one :

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300516386673&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

This strap is made of extremely soft leather which wraps up around a camera like a silk ribbon. Also it is easy to fold the neckstrap around your hand RF wise.
Being wrapped around the shape of the camera it is smallish.
I highly recommend this strap !
 
Thanks for all the suggestions!!

The Leica wrist strap looks a bit thick to me.

I was really looking for a quick-release system which would allow me to easily swap between the neck strap and a wrist strap.

I like the thin leather strap, but I am getting the leather case and strap when they arrive at Robert White, who generously bundled it in with their first pre-orders.

The silk cord is the frontrunner atm, but it is *gulp* expensive. I suppose it will last for many many years. (See I'm trying to talk myself into it.)
 
I have one of these straps sitting around the house http://amzn.to/foTEoI it is much shorter and smaller than it appears in the photo and is a perfect fit for the X100 in my opinion. I blacked out the logo with a Sharpie. It's not the best-looking strap ever made but it may be the most comfortable. It also may be the most inexpensive.
 
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Leicatime wrist strap

Leicatime wrist strap

Hi,

i once bought a wrist strap from http://www.leicatime.com/

i have used it on a M8, Panasonic GF1, and now a Fuji X100 - it never wears out. This is the link to the straps - but it doesn't seem to work http://www.leicatime.com/a000-STRAPS-page.htm

an email to the guy will fix it ... what i liked is the entrepreneur spirit. He is a real guy making products for cameras.

Phil.
 
A simple solution

A simple solution

I make hand straps (not wrist straps) from loops of parachute cord. Have been doing so since my Olympus OM-1.

Here's an example on an Olympus E-620.

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I use the orange cord on the left strap lug to hook a Y-Strap (similar to the leicagoodies Strap).

Is this too crude a solution for a camera as pretty as the X100? ;)

Jeff
 
Jeff Charles said:
I make hand straps (not wrist straps) from loops of parachute cord. Have been doing so since my Olympus OM-1.

Here's an example on an Olympus E-620.



I use the orange cord on the left strap lug to hook a Y-Strap (similar to the leicagoodies Strap).

Is this too crude a solution for a camera as pretty as the X100? ;)

Jeff
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Erm, yes it is too ugly for the X100. Might get one for my Canon though. :)
 
i like gordy's... got a wrist strap and a single ring attach point strap that I as a cross body sling.

I swap between the both depending on whether I have a bag or just out with a camera.
 
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