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Post by Randy on Dec 15, 2010 12:43:54 GMT -5
Thought I would share this information. Optech USA is a company in Montana that makes camera products that are made in the USA. I just purchased a set of ADAPTITS for my Minolta and Sony cameras. What's nice about this item is I can use my Hippy Strap that I use on my older SLRs on my AF Minotla Film Cameras and my Sony Alpha 100. Prices are low and quality good. optechusa.com/ |
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Post by mickeyobe on Dec 15, 2010 13:51:50 GMT -5
Sour Grapes. Randy, I agree with you that Optech produces good quality products. I have a number of their camera straps.They are comfortable and do what they are supposed to with two exceptions. 1. The Adapt-It (Note the hyphen) was purchased to enable me to use my favourite Optech strap on my Pentax K100d. It works but allows the strap to twist like a warm licorice stick. 2. I wanted a strap to enable me to carry my camera on my person while bicycling without it pounding my chest. I bought Optech's Bino/Cam Harness which I was assured would do the job. The Bino/Cam harness is an entangled, confusing assortment of straps. The product came without any instructions. It took me quite a while and a great deal of frustration and a call to Optech to get it sorted out. It had to be sorted out every time I used it. It did not do the job. It permitted my Pentax K100d to mercilessly thump me. It was, furthermore, most uncomfortable and annoying. Then the very gracious Mother of Invention came to my rescue. This is what we devised. It is perfect - and cheap.  It is nothing more than an elasticized man's belt. It comes in a wide range of sizes and colours for the fashion conscious. Mine came free with a pair of trousers but it may be purchased for under $5 CAN. It goes around the chest or abdomen or waist whichever is most comfortable and is infinitely adjustable. The picture shows it securing the equipment by a rather long telephoto lens but it can also be put over the body of the camera holding it securely in a horizontal or vertical position. Merely pull it out a bit and place the camera within its gentle but secure grasp. I fasten it around myself and then turn it so the buckle is at my side or back and does not contact the camera. It is also excellent for avoiding a fractured breast bone while hiking and climbing when it can also relieve pressure on the neck. It rolls up into a little cylinder for easy storage in any cranny in an overstuffed camera bag. Mickey P.S. The scowling model was fired. M.O. |
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Post by daveh on Dec 15, 2010 14:28:11 GMT -5
One thing they will stop is the damage to the camera body that the old metal triangles or rings used to cause. Mickey, how many photos have you got of your feet?  |
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Post by nikonbob on Dec 15, 2010 15:27:53 GMT -5
I really like the Optech neoprene straps for my heavy slrs/dslrs. They are the most comfortable that I have found.
Bob
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Post by mickeyobe on Dec 15, 2010 15:35:54 GMT -5
[quote author=daveh board=info thread=6200 post=44478 time=1292441291 Mickey, how many photos have you got of your feet? [/quote] None yet. I am looking for a right angle finder. Mickey |
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Post by Randy on Dec 15, 2010 16:14:32 GMT -5
That model looks grouchier than me. The only time I can see my feet is when I'm sitting. I haven't got my Adapt-its yet, but they gotta beat having all of those Minoltas laying around with straps on them.
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Post by vintageslrs on Dec 15, 2010 17:17:16 GMT -5
I don't trust straps.....ask Sherri....she remembers the time she was about 40 feet in the air
on some sort of board and the strap on her SRT101 broke. She managed to save her camera but in the process she almost tumbled 40 feet into the dam water. She was very lucky to regain her balance.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2010 17:39:09 GMT -5
I use the Optech straps on my DSLRs. When I was lugging my D300 with the 18-200mm zoom up about a mile's worth of stairs at the Great Wall, the neoprene straps really reduced the strain on my neck.
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Post by Randy on Dec 15, 2010 23:05:52 GMT -5
Mickey, I forgot to ask....what kind of strap was on the camera you held down low to take that pic?
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Post by mickeyobe on Dec 16, 2010 1:39:00 GMT -5
Mickey, I forgot to ask....what kind of strap was on the camera you held down low to take that pic? Optech, of course. An Optech is also on the Canon T90 in the picture. Mickey |
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Post by mickeyobe on Dec 16, 2010 1:46:17 GMT -5
The Mother of Invention and I are working on injecting helium into a camera. No more straps. Just a piece of string like a balloon. I will let you know when it is available. Mickey |
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Post by vintageslrs on Dec 16, 2010 9:09:17 GMT -5
Mickey
Sherri is anxiously awaiting your latest invention.
Perhaps in the event she falls from 40 feet......it will save the camera and her. ;D
Bob
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Post by mickeyobe on Dec 16, 2010 9:58:24 GMT -5
Right Bob.
Safety first.
Two pieces of string.
Mickey
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Post by Rachel on Dec 18, 2010 5:01:29 GMT -5
Randy, those look to be some useful accessories. I do have an Optech camera strap and it would be a boon to have an easy way of fixing and removing the carrying straps. Straps on cameras always get in the way when you are trying to put them away.
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Post by Randy on Dec 18, 2010 11:12:12 GMT -5
The newer Minolta Maxxum cameras I own don't lend themselves very well to display with straps on them. I almost dropped one on the floor when I pulled another out of the case to look at it because the strap snagged on it. Plus when I put a camera in my bag or take it out the strap entangles on things. These Adapt-Its will fill the bill quite nicely. I got a message from them saying they had the Adapt-Its but not the packaging and I told them just throw them in a bag & ship them.
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