![]() The one I will be using isn’t exactly lightweight, but it has been sitting in my home waiting to serve some purpose, plus it is of roughly the right size for my bags. However, with this part being the most variable, you will need to select one depending on how elegant you want your final lens holder to look. As this will be sitting quite securely inside the bag, the block of wood doesn’t really need to be robust. Leica M lenses are already heavy as they are, and we wouldn’t want to introduce any extra weight into our camera bags. This will be the foundation of the lens caps and lenses, so you would want something firm but as lightweight as possible. If you have a different design but something that runs along a similar principle, you may add or subtract from the items listed below. These materials are necessary to make the lens holder as I have designed it. Preparation and Raw Materialsīefore we begin, there are a few materials and tools we will need to gather. With a block of wood mounted with a couple of rear lens caps to hold your lenses in your bag, it now becomes possible for lens swapping to be accomplished with only one free hand.īelow are the steps for making my own lens holder, something which I have found to be very useful when shooting concerts and events. With one hand already holding the camera (instead of hanging around the neck leaving both hands free), I needed a “system” that would enable me to change lenses on the go (read: walking or standing up and not seated somewhere and placing the camera down). Well, the article today is not about straps and heavy cameras, but the little intro above is mainly the reason why I have designed a custom lens holder to use in my bag. “…it now becomes possible for lens swapping to be accomplished with only one free hand.” I mean, how many people have actually dropped their cameras from a worn or broken strap? If you’re one of them, do let us know about your experience in the Comment section at the end of this article. Then again, maybe my concerns are unfounded. ![]() ![]() Fingers crossed!Īll the brass in the Leica M Typ 240 (with a chrome silver version Summilux-M 50mm attached) makes for a seriously hefty load, which adds to another worry about straps and any part in between giving way. I don’t recall ever having dropped anything precious out of my hands. Also from experience, I’ve had bags fall to the ground because of a broken strap buckle. The former is within my control, the latter is beyond my control. It may sound silly, but there’s a bit of logic to that. If for any reason the camera should fall to the ground, it should be because I had dropped it, and not because of the failure of the strap or strap lugs on the camera body, or any other points of failure in between. “If I can handle a 250-year-old violin reliably in my hand without dropping it, I should be able to do the same with my camera…”
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