Best strap I found was in a "used case and strap junk bin." It's a Tamrac
wide black nylon with heavily padded black suede portion for around the
neck or over the shoulder. It's an older version of their current high end
strap as it has the small leather pads under the rings for the camera lugs
to keep the rings from brassing the body (similar to the Domke strap). The
current version doesn't have them. Second best strap is a wide canvas(??)
Domke with quick releases on another body (got that out of the junk bin
too). What a difference they make compared to the original thin Oly
straps, even with the rubber shoulder pad. Got them both "for a song."
-- John
At 03:15 6/22/00 , you wrote:
>>From: "Gregg" <giverson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Subject: Re: [OM] Neverready grip
>>
>>Be careful, my neck strap is similar in material to a wetsuit. I like it
>>because it doesn't slip off the shoulder and it absorbs the weight of the
>>camera while walking, It is rather abrasive though and has taken the finish
>>off the front of my Champagne 4T near the lugs. I've had no problems with
>>my 1 MD though.
>>
>>Gregg
>
>Man, talk about different straps for different chaps....
>I had two of those name branded wide neoprene camera straps with the little
>plastic clipee thingees. I got disgusted with them when I noticed that the
>neoprene acted as a bungee cord that allowed the camera to really bounce
>hard from Buddha-belly to chin. I quit them when in the same day I had the
>camera body bounce up to my teeth while going rapidly down a sprial
>stairchase and latter noticed a stress-point in the plastic EZ detach
>point. I traded them out even for a pair of used Contax straps that are
>little more than well countoured wide nylon/suede neck straps going to
>basic webbing straps.
>
>They're not quite as comfy for carry, but I don't worry about the
>connectors breaking or the strap causing camera acceleration and best of
>all they wad small enough to facilitate vest pocket carry of camera body,
>standard (or wide) lens and strap: not much point going to the compactness
>of OM body, only to bulk it up with strappage and add-ons.
>
>Mike Swaim
>
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