Marc,
I would go to a camera/photo shop and check them out firsthand. I would
imagine in Australia there are similar "chain" stores that have good
selections of various commercially made straps. I have not seen any
commercially made soft webbing straps though. That is probably a DIY
prospect to consider if you have the time and will; though it will probably
end up costing you more than a decent shop-bought strap. I have had special
pouches and the like made with soft webbing - and made straps myself, as
well as my own climbing gear in times past ....
Any well-stocked rock climbing shop will have soft webbing for "belay
runners" and "slings" etc available "off the roll". It can normally be found
in widths from about three eights of an inch on up. Wider, say one inch or
more, will spread the load around the neck or shoulders. Webbing tape can be
tubular or flat "single" thickness, "hard" (and stiff) or soft and very
pliable. You can buy a few feet of it off the roll and then perhaps have a
shop that makes safety harnesses sew it up for you with end clips to fit the
camera strap rings (... Or someone else that knows how to sew nylon webbing.
Or use stainless or solid brass rivets from a leather shop).
Wider stiffer webbing must be used for the neck/shouler load area as very
soft webbing will tend to roll up under load and cut in like rope. An
accessory rubber shoulder pad can be used to spread the load further - or
you can sleeve it with soft leather, wool or any other soft material of
choice.
Hope this helps.
Lee
----Original Message Follows----
From: Marc Lawrence <mlawrence@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: "'olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [OM] ( OM ) sundry things - straps
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 17:12:14 +1000
> Lee Penzias [mailto:l_penzias@xxxxxxxxxxx] wrote:
> ...
> Soft webbing is my choice - or leather.
> ...
I have tried neither, however, when I bought the OM1
most recently it did not come with a strap, so I bought
one which was made of neoprene about 0.25" thick around
the neck (normal width). I quite like it - it's a bit
springy, and quite soft around the neck.
Of course, my only comparison is the standard strap that
came with the Canon EOS 50E, and it's crap. It's just
a thick, rough cloth-type one and it scratches like hell
at the neck, even more so when the weather's warmer.
You wouldn't know where a picture is of the above
"soft-webbing" on the web somewhere, would you? I found
the Domke straps that Winsor mentioned (at the bottom of
http://www.saundersphoto.com/html/body_accss.htm )
I've got to replace that horrible Canon thing, but wouldn't
mind looking at others before getting another neoprene jobby.
Cheers
Marc
Sydney, Oz
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