Red Woven Vintage Camera Strap
A camera strap just like...
a.) Your old one
b.) Your mom or dad's
c.) Your grandmother or grandfather's
...from the '70s. Available in several color schemes and materials, including blue denim. No, it's not too late to order for Christmas. :-)
Mike
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*A list of a dozen beautiful gifty things in the spirit of the season.
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Featured Comments from:
Jim Arthur: "Dude, ya got me jonesin' for the past, man. I still have my hippie strap somewhere and it’s attached to the Pentacon hard case of the Praktica LTL I bought in high school. These straps are far out, man! Can you dig it? Hey, don’t Bogart that joint, man! OK…catch ya on the flip-side.
"'Bogart' meant to hold on to a joint too long without passing it—the origin comes from the actor, Humphrey Bogart, who had an iconic style of performing an entire scene with a cigarette dangling from his lower lip for an extraordinarily long time with 'cool' effect."
James: "GROOVY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Yup, I remember that they use to advertise these as re-purposed guitar straps. When I started playing guitar (at 40), I noticed that that moniker wasn't exactly correct.
Of course, my cameras had these gaudy, less than stealthy straps, some even had elastic loops to hold 35mm film plastic cans which were horrible in real world use.
Posted by: Albert Smith | Monday, 19 December 2022 at 06:56 AM
Ha! In the late ‘60s I played guitar in a band (who didn’t then?) and had a guitar strap exactly like that! Boy, was it ugly!
Posted by: Kenneth Tanaka | Monday, 19 December 2022 at 09:46 AM
Sorta like the one my Canon AE1 wore for a couple decades.
I'm tempted. Maybe for the D700.
Posted by: MikeR | Monday, 19 December 2022 at 09:52 AM
I had one of those decorative straps! I used it for almost 25 years on my Nikon FE2. Alas I ditched it for a sling strap when I went digital (D7000). I love the sling but its dull, boring black and miss the hippy-ish look (dating myself).
Posted by: James Hildreth | Monday, 19 December 2022 at 11:04 AM
I think there's a general rule that you have to wear Birkenstocks with that strap.
Posted by: Stan B. | Monday, 19 December 2022 at 02:08 PM
Hmmm, missing the chrome plated clips and hardware guaranteed to add “brassing” to your new camera….
Posted by: David W. Scott | Monday, 19 December 2022 at 04:21 PM
That strap reminds me of the time when I wore corduroy bell bottom pants.
https://flic.kr/p/2o6QR5f
Posted by: Ned Bunnell | Monday, 19 December 2022 at 05:26 PM
Funny, I was just thinking of putting a Canon EOS strap on my guitar.
Posted by: hugh crawford | Monday, 19 December 2022 at 05:45 PM
FYI Stan, Birkenstocks have become wildly popular with Gen Z. Their "Boston" shoe has been sold out and on back-order for months. Just now coming back into stock. I'm thinking it's Peak Design strap lovers that are sticking their toes into Birks.
I more think of the wide camera straps as being a nice complement to bell bottom jeans and paisley shirts. Oh, and Dingo boots. Kind of a Boomer memory...
Posted by: kirk | Monday, 19 December 2022 at 06:47 PM
This strap triggered my gag reflex. I hold you personally responsible.
Posted by: Gordon Lewis | Monday, 19 December 2022 at 07:09 PM
And I still have my strap, bought sometime in the 1970's to go with my Pentax Spotmatic.
Posted by: Kevin H. | Tuesday, 20 December 2022 at 09:44 AM