ptarmigan Posted November 4, 2009 Share #1 Posted November 4, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) It's occurred to me that without 'eyelets' I have no means of attaching any kind of strap/safety 'harness' to my new II (D) when am using it. Typically I carry the M8 with a neck-strap around my neck or wrapped around my wrist. I won't be able to do either. I s'pose I could get a Luigi half case which has the neck strap attached but it wouldn't be my first choice approach and is rather expensive - I could pick up a 35mm Elmar for a bit more than the cost! Any suggestions? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted November 4, 2009 Posted November 4, 2009 Hi ptarmigan, Take a look here Carrying and using my II (D). I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
DavidStone Posted November 4, 2009 Share #2 Posted November 4, 2009 It's occurred to me that without 'eyelets' I have no means of attaching any kind of strap/safety 'harness' to my new II (D) when am using it. Typically I carry the M8 with a neck-strap around my neck or wrapped around my wrist. I won't be able to do either. I s'pose I could get a Luigi half case which has the neck strap attached but it wouldn't be my first choice approach and is rather expensive - I could pick up a 35mm Elmar for a bit more than the cost! Any suggestions? One possibility is to get an original case contemporary with your camera, carefully remove the stitching holding the two halves together, polish up the bottom half with some wax polish, and you have a nicely patinated half-case at a very modest price. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted November 4, 2009 Share #3 Posted November 4, 2009 Mine wears a Luigi case, but it is the one designed for the IIIc that I had previously, so has no strap. I just keep it in a pocket/bag. I did get a Gordy wrist strap that screws into the tripod bush, but didn't really get on with it. Regards, Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted November 4, 2009 Share #4 Posted November 4, 2009 It's occurred to me that without 'eyelets' I have no means of attaching any kind of strap/safety 'harness' to my new II (D) when am using it. Typically I carry the M8 with a neck-strap around my neck or wrapped around my wrist. I won't be able to do either. I s'pose I could get a Luigi half case which has the neck strap attached but it wouldn't be my first choice approach and is rather expensive - I could pick up a 35mm Elmar for a bit more than the cost! Any suggestions? Not that I want to detriment my homonimous' business..... but this one, fully original for Leica II, can be bought for 50 Euros at Leicashop of Wien: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptarmigan Posted November 4, 2009 Author Share #5 Posted November 4, 2009 Not that I want to detriment my homonimous' business..... but this one, fully original for Leica II, can be bought for 50 Euros at Leicashop of Wien: Very kind of you. Hm, food for thought though the case does look a little 'too used'. I hadn't realised you are that 'Luigi'. I wish I could justify shelling out the cost, they look beautifully made. Thanks anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pecole Posted November 4, 2009 Share #6 Posted November 4, 2009 Very kind of you. Hm, food for thought though the case does look a little 'too used'. I hadn't realised you are that 'Luigi'. I wish I could justify shelling out the cost, they look beautifully made. Thanks anyway. Do you mean that Luigi Bertolotti is "the Luigi of superb Leica cases" ? then, you are wrong : even if he is certainly famous, our colleague Bertolotti is definitely not Luigi CRESCENZI. Just to make things clear. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted November 4, 2009 Share #7 Posted November 4, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) I second the idea of an original Leica case to use as is or convert to a half case (the case has the strap attached) or a new 'Luigi' case. However, I mostly carry mine in a small shoulder bag and don't use a strap on the camera, although as the lllf has eyelets I do want to get a nice wrist strap for it at some point. I would warn against the straps that screw into the tripod bush. I have one and used it for a while until one day I noticed just in the nick of time that it had 'unthreaded' itself and the camera was a fraction of a turn from dropping to the floor! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted November 4, 2009 Share #8 Posted November 4, 2009 Do you mean that Luigi Bertolotti is "the Luigi of superb Leica cases" ? then, you are wrong : even if he is certainly famous, our colleague Bertolotti is definitely not Luigi CRESCENZI. Just to make things clear. Thanks.... and Crescenzi lives in Rome, while me in a pleasant medium town of the North... (btw, I got to know this forum thanks to him, though indirectly... in Jan 2007 I was looking for a Leica CL case, and Googling "Leica case" I noticed an impressive number of references to "Luigi's case" ...this got my curiosity... never heard about... clicked randomly a pair of references and one of them made me jump in THIS wonderful forum, which I did not even know to exist...) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UliWer Posted November 4, 2009 Share #9 Posted November 4, 2009 Thanks.... and Crescenzi lives in Rome, while me in a pleasant medium town of the North...(btw, ...and the verbal style of the Roman Luigi is a little bit different - though I like it as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted November 4, 2009 Share #10 Posted November 4, 2009 Very kind of you. Hm, food for thought though the case does look a little 'too used'..... Thanks anyway. In Italy we say "Bandiera vecchia / onor di Capitano" ("an old flag is a honour for the Captain") Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc_braconi Posted November 4, 2009 Share #11 Posted November 4, 2009 It's occurred to me that without 'eyelets' I have no means of attaching any kind of strap/safety 'harness' to my new II (D) when am using it. Any suggestions? TROOV (é! ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
telewatt Posted November 4, 2009 Share #12 Posted November 4, 2009 TROOV (é! ) ...did exist a nickel version of the stap?... regards, Jan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pecole Posted November 5, 2009 Share #13 Posted November 5, 2009 Bien "trouvé", Jean-Claude ! I also had a chrome one in my collection, and never heard about a nickel TROOV (improbable, since first TROOV dates 1938). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pecole Posted November 5, 2009 Share #14 Posted November 5, 2009 Thanks.... and Crescenzi lives in Rome, while me in a pleasant medium town of the North... (btw, I got to know this forum thanks to him, though indirectly... in Jan 2007 I was looking for a Leica CL case, and Googling "Leica case" I noticed an impressive number of references to "Luigi's case" ...this got my curiosity... never heard about... clicked randomly a pair of references and one of them made me jump in THIS wonderful forum, which I did not even know to exist...) Interesting : a twin encounter. Personally, I have known Luigi Crescenzi for many years, and even visited his family with my wife in the early 1990s. Another point of difference next to the geographical one : Luigi-the-Roman's english is much more folkloristic than yours...Speaking of Italy, I'll add that I used to have many friends there when an active collector : Ghester Sartorius (who made me member of the AFI-Asociazione Fotostorica Italiana), Alberico Arces, Romolo Ansaldi, just to mention the ones I visited at home. A good time ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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