marknorton Posted January 28, 2007 Share #1 Posted January 28, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) The strap I'm referring to is this: Leica Camera AG - Photography - Wide Camera Carrying Strap Turns out those rings are not good news, this picture just taken of the damage done to the eyelets in less than a week. The rings are made of hardened metal with sharp edges - one of which you can see, just the job for marking the (evidently) soft plated brass of the eyelet. [ATTACH]23391[/ATTACH] [Apologies for the dust, my D2x needs some TLC] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted January 28, 2007 Posted January 28, 2007 Hi marknorton, Take a look here Why you might not want to use the Wide Strap. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Shootist Posted January 28, 2007 Share #2 Posted January 28, 2007 Although you don't show the actual strap couldn't you adapt the original rings, and the plastic piece that clamps down over it, to work with the wide strap? Yes you would need to cut the original but so what. You don't like it anyway. Just remembered you can get the original rings off the original strap without cutting it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted January 28, 2007 Share #3 Posted January 28, 2007 Mark I cut one of the orginal straps just for the rings for my home made hand strap. I would do that here also Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted January 28, 2007 Author Share #4 Posted January 28, 2007 Although you don't show the actual strap couldn't you adapt the original rings, and the plastic piece that clamps down over it, to work with the wide strap?Yes you would need to cut the original but so what. You don't like it anyway. Just remembered you can get the original rings off the original strap without cutting it. No, the leather on this strap is thicker than the nylon is on the standard strap so the plastic "clamps" on the standard strap will not be big enough. In addition, where the strap turns through 180, it can't make as tight a turn because of the thickness/stiffness of the leather. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shootist Posted January 28, 2007 Share #5 Posted January 28, 2007 Well then take the rings off and file and polish them so they don't have the sharp points. It would be nice to have the M8 in pristine conditions forever but that will only happen if you never use it and leave it in the original box. It amazes me to see M2/3's in that state. It's like someone bought it, shot 1 roll of film through it and then put it on a self. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted January 28, 2007 Author Share #6 Posted January 28, 2007 Issue for me is much more that the rings snag in the eyelets and when you are using the camera, you are forever fiddling with the rings to get them to sit flat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Englander Posted January 28, 2007 Share #7 Posted January 28, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Mark, Thanks again for being a beta buyer (tester) on so much Leica equipment and especially for sharing the results so that the rest of us can benefit from your expenditures. Thanks to Guy and the rest of you, too. Joe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrc Posted January 28, 2007 Share #8 Posted January 28, 2007 Mark I cut one of the orginal straps just for the rings for my home made hand strap. I would do that here also I also cut the original strap for the rings, to fit them on an UPstrap. But give the problem, I'd check at a good hardware or farm supy store to see if you couldn't get some plastic-coated rings to replace those on the wide strap. That strap looks pretty nice with the camera, by the way. JC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted January 28, 2007 Author Share #9 Posted January 28, 2007 The ring on the standard strap is just a loop, one wire thickness, and the split ring is two with the "bumpy" bit which snags on the edge of the eyelet hole. For now, I've reverted to the standard strap until I can figure out a solution - thanks JC for the suggestion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted January 28, 2007 Author Share #10 Posted January 28, 2007 Mark,Thanks again for being a beta buyer (tester) on so much Leica equipment and especially for sharing the results so that the rest of us can benefit from your expenditures. Thanks to Guy and the rest of you, too. Joe Thanks Joe, it's good for others to be able to make eyes-open buying decisions! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted January 28, 2007 Share #11 Posted January 28, 2007 Could you stitch the open part of it to the edge of the leather, perhaps, so that it stays up, and away from the camera? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerryharwood Posted January 29, 2007 Share #12 Posted January 29, 2007 I had this problem; quick answer, which alleviated the problem entirely, was to get the optech strap with the nylon plaited cord ends, which you just feed through the rings and pull tight; end of problem ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdai Posted January 29, 2007 Share #13 Posted January 29, 2007 Thanks a lot for the report, Mark ... now I can ignore it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WPalank Posted January 29, 2007 Share #14 Posted January 29, 2007 Mark, I too was not impressed with the round "snaggy" rings on the new strap. I simply replaced the rings with the ones form the original strap and crimped them ever so slightly with a pair of needle-nose and voila. Then I slid down the leather retainer bit from the new strap and here is what I got. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted January 29, 2007 Author Share #15 Posted January 29, 2007 Thanks Bill, that's very useful. Did you need to glue the retainer in position to stop it riding up? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WPalank Posted January 29, 2007 Share #16 Posted January 29, 2007 Thanks Bill, that's very useful. Did you need to glue the retainer in position to stop it riding up? Mark, I must admit having the M8 for just a couple of days now, I haven't really put it through any bullet-proof testing, but the leather retainer seems really tight if you put a little pressure on it. I think the trick is to crimp the back part of the ring or holder just a bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted January 29, 2007 Author Share #17 Posted January 29, 2007 Bill, with the normal strap, those plastic covers snap into position and I think the leather ones in your solution may need to be held in place to cover the sharp ends of the wires. Good solution though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WPalank Posted January 29, 2007 Share #18 Posted January 29, 2007 Mark, By using a little pressure and snugging them into position, I've got the sharp ends covered. Seems like they will stay that way as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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