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Post by Randy on Sept 19, 2006 21:12:48 GMT -5
Won this Vivitar/Cosina XC-4 today. Twenty bucks and a cool Hippy Strap to boot!  |
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Post by Microdad on Sept 19, 2006 21:20:12 GMT -5
Nice score Randy, and the hippie strap is groovy!
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Post by Freda on Sept 19, 2006 21:22:00 GMT -5
And look what he bought me this morning, a Chinon Genesis III 35mm Auto Zoom SLR! It's gonna take a while to figure this one out.   |
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Post by doubs43 on Sept 20, 2006 0:40:45 GMT -5
Randy, that's a nice looking camera. If you want to keep it that way, get that d*mned Hippy strap off of it immediately. Those spring clips will take off the finsh in short order as my black Pentax Spotmatic IIa will attest. It came with a strap just like that one.... and a whole lot of missing paint from those clips.
Walker
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Post by Randy on Sept 20, 2006 6:24:46 GMT -5
I know all about those clips Walker, that's the first thing to go when I get a camera. I have a hippy strap I bought back in the 1980s that has plastic snaps. I'd like to find a source of plastic snaps simular to the metal ones on these hippy straps and have Freda sew them on...I'd have about a dozen useable straps if I could do that.
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Post by Just Plain Curt on Sept 20, 2006 8:18:34 GMT -5
Good score there Randy and nice to see Freda's acquired another camera too. Chinon Genesis, Ricoh Mirai and Konica Samurai are all decent cameras, if a little complicated to learn.
Personally I really like Hippy Straps and have managed to collect close to 15 of them over the eons. I find a bit of brassing makes a camera look authentic and adds character but I agree it doesn't do much for collector value. You could always use those durn leather deals that usually come with these straps. As I've seen waaaay too many leather straps rip with age, I take all those leather bits off right away along with ready to use cases and those useless nylon straps. I've always hated those things most of all.
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Post by herron on Sept 20, 2006 13:09:04 GMT -5
Randy: It's beginning to sound like you have a case of the "acquistion fever" (neat camera, by the way). I've definitely slowed down my own collecting pace a lot this year, so I have time to notice! LOL! ;D Thinking about the "hippie strap" comments, it's funny to me how folks use straps and cases and such, at all. I almost always take the eveready carry case off my cameras...along with any straps -- of any kind. I have a giant plactic bin full of them! Once in a great while I will feel the need for one. I did use a narrow leather strap for my digital this summer, but only because I already had one hand full of my film camera! Not sure why I do that. The value of having the strap, and the intrinsic safety measure of the eveready case are things I realize intellectually...I just don't like them! Like I said...not sure why that is.  How does everyone else feel? |
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Post by doubs43 on Sept 20, 2006 13:18:29 GMT -5
As everyone may have gathered, I'm no fan of the Hippy straps. The width of the strap near the camera interferes when trying to advance the film and those clips can damage a camera's finish as I've already noted. I much prefer a strap that is narrow close to the camera and wider around the neck for load-bearing comfort. The last strap I bought was labeled as being for digital cameras and has narrow adjustable nylon quick-release lower straps with two pouches designed for spare digital cards (great for spare batteries) and is wide in the neck area. The Nikon FM attached to it is comfortable to carry. The image below shows what the clips on a Hippy strap did to the Spotmatic IIa I purchased on ebay. The former owner should not have allowed this to happen. The finish has been damaged far beyond normal wear and tear that one should expect of a used black finish camera. I've given away all of the Hippy straps I've managed to accumulate. As always, we each have our likes and dislikes so there's no right or wrong in what we choose. If you like Hippy straps, that's great. Any I happen to acquire will be given away.  Walker |
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Post by vintageslrs on Sept 20, 2006 13:44:16 GMT -5
Ron
It is incredible. I am exactly like you on this matter.
First thing I do is remove the case and throw it in a box...then remove the strap and throw that in another box. Normally I use neither.
When in my display cabinet I don't want cases or straps in the way. And when I'm out on a photo excursion, I have whichever cameras and lenses are with me in a camera bag and remove and use them as needed.
Sherri still uses straps even though her trusting of a strap almost caused her and her SRT101 to go falling about 40 feet into a river from a catwalk.....older members here might remember the story----LOL.
Once in a while I might use a "hippie" strap but it is very rare.
I just trust my hands and the Domke or Bessler bags alot more.
be well
Bob
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Post by John Parry on Sept 20, 2006 13:59:56 GMT -5
Oh hippyness, hippyness.... You had to be there! Once went to a love-in where 40 blokes turned up - no girls. There were more fights that night.....
60's student to second 60's student: "Do you like Dickens?" "Don't know, I've never been to one" (Sorry ladies....)
Returning to the subject - nice buy Randy. Think you must be a midnight stalker!
Bob - agree with you about the cases (apart from the Zenits, which look 'right' in theirs), but strangely, if I get a camera with a strap I tend to leave it on, and in the case of my Konicas I transfer the hippy strap my Dad gave me (Canadian Maple Leafs) to whichever one I'm using.
Regards - John
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Post by doubs43 on Sept 20, 2006 14:47:29 GMT -5
Thinking about the "hippie strap" comments, it's funny to me how folks use straps and cases and such, at all. Cases I have little use for but when I need two free hands, the strap allows me to keep the camera on me rather than having to set it down or somehow juggle it. My arthritic hands don't help matters any. Once again; personal preferences are the rule of the day. It would be a boring world if everyone liked exactly the same things.  Walker |
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Post by kiev4a on Sept 20, 2006 17:56:14 GMT -5
I usually use a thin leather strap (of the type that used to come with cameras) and either put protective pads on the "D" rings or wrap them with electrical tape.
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Post by Microdad on Sept 20, 2006 21:30:52 GMT -5
I like the wide straps but not the metal clips. Most of my cameras have the straps taken off because I only keeps straps on the few I take out to shoot with. For these lucky few, I purchase the wide straps with the plastic clips. These straps stay on accept when the camera is going to be on a tripod for a while.
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