From shoulder strap to wrist strap

[Ad Schaafsma]

After using shoulder straps probably from my first SLR back in the eighties (am I really that old already?) some months ago, tired of the ever complicated folding and tucking it away in a bag or exchanging it with the safetystrap of a carrier harness, I put on a wrist strap. Not a handstrap, they're awkward to hold IMHO, but a wriststrap to keep the camera from hitting ground if I let it slip.

I should have done this years ago. Mine thightens itself when pulled, so it sits loosely but will keep my camera whole if I drop it - my heart stopping anyway but at least my camera will live through it .

Handles way and much easier. If you loathe the shoulder strap, try the wriststrap!

 

[JimFox]

How interesting, I am still a shoulder strap user and am happy, but I have seen people with the hand strap. That never appealed to me. But I haven't heard (nothing comes to mind) of a wrist strap. Can you link or post a photo of one?

BTW, to me the worst strap is the "Dangling Shoulder Strap" that I see more and more. I cringe as I am out hiking taking landscape photos and I will see so many people walking and holding their camera by it's grip, with the shoulder strap dangling only inches from the ground. In my mind I imagine that strap catching on a low branch or other low object while the person is walking and the camera gets yanked out of their hand. I cringe at the thought, as I always do everything I can to keep my camera safe.

 

[Ad Schaafsma]

Sure! There are many variants, but this is the idea and what I use:

 

[Ad Schaafsma]

Those coupler links are attached to the camera. Most manufacturers including this one - Peak Design - also support shoulder straps using the same couplers.

 

[Jeffrey]

I, too, am a dedicated wrist strap believer. Usually I make them from heavy shoe laces. Provides security in case of grip slip, and better mobility and freedom.

 

[David S]

You can wrap a normal shoulder strap around your wrist twice and its a pretty decent wrist strap