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fast14riot

fast14riot

I made this camera strap for my Electro 35 GSN. It is not adjustable, but it is custom fit to the length I like. I like to carry my camera with the strap across my chest and do not need to take my arm out of the strap to bring the camera up. It is extremely light, very UV stable, does not absorb water, and chemically stable. 39 1/2 inches including rings.

It is Vectran 12-strand braid line I use on my race boats, terminated with a Mobius Brummel eye splice at each end with long tapered tails burried neatly. Shoulder pad is just a scrap of leather I had around.

Let me know what you think!

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-Xander
 
Legion

Legion

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Nice! That will work well for a light camera like that. Looks good too. One thing you may want to think about is fixing the leather in place. I can see it getting annoying if it is allowed to slide down the strap into the wrong position.
 
fast14riot

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celestino said:
+1 That is the first thing that caught my eye, also, Mike!
Well done, Xander! :lol:
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Thanx! I much prefer the clean look of splices to just tying knots. More professional lookiong I think, as well.

Legion said:
Nice! That will work well for a light camera like that. Looks good too. One thing you may want to think about is fixing the leather in place. I can see it getting annoying if it is allowed to slide down the strap into the wrong position.
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Thanx!

Funny, this strap is strong enough to carry my VW Beetle! But yes, the narrow strap is nicer on a lighter camera. The leather pad is actually pretty stationary, it doesn't slide very easily at all. I carry my camera across the chest and under my arm, when I swing it up and around the pad doesn't slide on the strap. The leather is close to 10oz. and holds the line quite well, deffinitely does not move on its own.

Antares600 said:
I can dig it. Nice work.
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Thanx!


-Xander
 
fast14riot

fast14riot

Ahh, nope its a brummel splice. The brummel splice actually mechanically locks against itself therefore no stitching is required.

The shorb loop looks interesting, not sure of its uses beyond fishing leaders, but i will take a look through my ABoK to see if its in there.


-xander
 
djh

djh

That looks cool. I was within an inch of buying a Nikon F3 yesterday and if I had done so, it would have been mounted on a simple piece of cord. A lightweight film outfit to take anywhere.
 
Legion

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djh said:
That looks cool. I was within an inch of buying a Nikon F3 yesterday and if I had done so, it would have been mounted on a simple piece of cord. A lightweight film outfit to take anywhere.
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An F3, lightweight?? You have obviously never had to hump one around for days at a time. :lol:

If you want lightweight grab an fe/fm2. F3's are built like a tank, but light they are not. (although mine had a drive on it, and that had about six hundred AA batteries, so maybe that didn't help. Man, we are spoilt these days.)
 
fast14riot

fast14riot

djh said:
That looks cool. I was within an inch of buying a Nikon F3 yesterday and if I had done so, it would have been mounted on a simple piece of cord. A lightweight film outfit to take anywhere.
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Legion said:
An F3, lightweight?? You have obviously never had to hump one around for days at a time. :lol:

If you want lightweight grab an fe/fm2. F3's are built like a tank, but light they are not. (although mine had a drive on it, and that had about six hundred AA batteries, so maybe that didn't help. Man, we are spoilt these days.)
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That's what I was tinking, an F3 is not really a lightweight! My F100 with a 50 f/1.8 is light but not as light as these rangefinders I have picked up.

I may make another one like this for the Hi-Matic I just got, but the Miranda F is pretty heavy and will need a wider strap.


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