Gordy Coale
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  wrist straps — tripod-mount

Your choice of 1/4" wide natural, chestnut brown, dark brown, or black leather with white, gray, black, red, green, blue, yellow, light brown, brown, and dark brown .040" (1mm) diameter waxed heavy-duty thread. A black rubber o-ring slides to reduce the strap opening. Check out the Colors page.

The leather wraps around a nylon bushing with a machine screw inserted into the bushing and bonded with the bushing. The bushing turns with the machine screw while the strap rotates freely in the bushing. There are three styles of screws: nickel plated brass thumb screw, black thumb screw and low profile screw. The thumb screws are tightened with your fingers. The low profile screw can be tightened with a coin (coin not provided.)

The black thumbscrew is a Shear-Loc® knob assembled on a stainless steel socket head cap screw. The low profile screw is also stainless steel.

  Wrist Pads

Wrist straps are often just there for insurance and aren't used to hang the camera. But sometimes camera hanging happens and, if it's a heavy camera, a little extra support comes in handy. Wrist pads are 1" wide and 8 3/4" long. They are the same leather as the straps and are available in the same colors. If you want a wrist pad, it must be ordered with the strap. Wrist pads are an additional US$13. See the Wrist Pad page.

  flash

The tripod-mount strap has uses other than holding on to cameras. It also works great for holding a flash. For photographers who like holding the flash over your head, the wrist strap lets you let the flash dangle from you wrist while you adjust the camera and then quickly grab the flash for taking the shot. I bought the aluminum shoe mount from midwest photo exchange. It has 1/4x20 tripod threads in it. (And be sure to check out Strobist for everything you wanted to know about small flash but were afraid to ask.)

There are two types of tripod mount wrist straps: end-mount and center-mount.

  end-mount

The tripod end-mount strap is used on 35mm cameras with the tripod mount on the end of the base. It comes in two lengths like the lug mount straps: regular and a slightly longer one for larger hands. The price of the regular tripod end-mount strap is US$22 with the black thumb screw and low profile screw; US$31 with the nickel plated brass thumb screw. The long tripod end-mount strap is US$22 with the black thumb screw and low profile screw; US$32 with the nickel plated brass thumb screw. All prices include world-wide shipping.

Wrist Strap
Tripod End-Mount
Regular

For cameras with the tripod mount at one end of the base.

Wrist Strap
Tripod End-Mount
Long

For cameras with the tripod mount at one end of the base and photographers with large hands.

  center-mount

The tripod center-mount strap is for cameras with the tripod mount in the center of the base. It comes in two lengths like the lug mount straps: regular and a slightly longer one for larger hands. The price of the regular tripod center-mount strap is US$24 and the long tripod center-mount is $25. All prices include world-wide shipping.

The tripod center-mount strap is also useful for medium format folders, TLRs, and SLRs (if they don't get too big!) I use the strap on my left wrist and leave my right hand free for adjusting the lens. Of course I'm right handed. Left handers might switch.

Wrist Strap
Tripod Center-Mount
Regular

For cameras with the tripod mount at the center of the base.

Wrist Strap
Tripod Center-Mount
Long

For cameras with the tripod mount at at the center of the base and photographers with large hands.

  tripod reducer bushing

The thumb screw has a 1/4-20 thread. Many cameras have a 3/8 threaded hole. I can provide a tripod reducer bushing for US$5.00. The tripod reducer bushing just screws into the 3/8 tripod mount and then you can screw in the thumb screw in the wrist strap into the tripod reducer bushing. It also allows you to use a standard tripod.