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Today I found an envelope in my mailbox. The long awaited Sailor Strap has arrived from Poland with love. The design is simple and useful. The round sailor rope feels great on your skin and has a strong and sturdy look and feel. It looks even better attached to a retro camera like a Fuji, Leica or an Olympus for example. After I applied it to my camera I was ready to set sails into the streets ;-) If you're interested in getting one than look on this website: sailorstrap.ecwid.com Cheers, Nils PS: I am not getting payed by the creator of this handcrafted strap. I just want to share the things I like with you. You won't find any affiliate links etc. on my blog. I keep this free of any banners and other things that have to do with money!

No. I don´t want to talk about certain brands and give you some affiliate-links to follow. If you are new this topic I want to share some thoughts about three different techniques you can use to have your camera always ready for action. There are three simple ways to use a strap to protect your precious tool and have it where you need it: 1. around your neck: most bigger cameras are used this way 2. around neck and shoulder: you need a longer strap to do this 3. a wrist-strap: good if you like to hold your cam always in your hand I personally prefer variant two . I love to have my cam hanging at the waist area. I don´t want to have that bulky thing hanging in front of my chest. I never understood why camera manufacturers and many photographers like it that way? I love to grab my camera with my right hand and switch it on (the power-switch is mostly on the right) while dragging the whole thing to my eyes. It looks better and in packed situations or light rain you can cover the...

Today my new strap and shutter-release-button have arrived! My X100s definitely needs some extra magic to make it look more personal. If you use your camera often it becomes a part of you. ;-) I have chosen an Artisan & Artist RED LABEL in red/greed made of acrylic fabric and a very tiny amount of leather (I try to keep this little because I am a raw vegetarian). And I ordered my favorite red aluminum shutter-button again. The strap also has a little Velcro covered lens-cap-holder that comes in very handy. You can also use it to hold other things like the lens hood etc. So you never gonna miss an important part of your equipment lost in your bag.  BTW: I don´t get paid by Artisan & Artist. I just looked for nice straps without too much leather and vivid colors. And this extra feature to store your lens-cap or other little things made me buy this one.

Back in my Nikon-days I bought me a Crumpler backpack to store all that heavy stuff in it. I still own this bag. It´s great to carry your whole lens-park and stuff for bigger adventures. But for every day use I am more the messenger-bag type of guy. I own a classic crumpler bag that goes everywhere with me. I can throw my x100s (in its leather case) into it and everything is fine. But for my other cameras I like to have a bag that is made for storing lenses etc. So I did some testing by shopping a Matin  ballade bag . This bag is a cheaper copy of the retrospective-thinktank-series and was a little disappointment for me. The canvas with that zipper on the back was a bit aggressive to my clothes and the whole bag looks very used after only one year of normal use. What I need is a nylon-messenger-bag that is made for camera-use. And I found a promising one (also) at Artist & Artisan (no sponsoring!) here . You can use this one as a simple messenger-bag. There is an option to ...

A look into my inbox and the heartbeat gets stronger. My new strap and shutter-release-button are ready to brush up my newest addition to the Fuji-park. Red is my favorite color. So I ordered a red strap and button. For the strap I´ve choosen the Artisan & Artist RedLabel. It is very bold in width but soft at the same time. It feels great around the neck. And it also has a little holder for a lens-cap. What a great idea. I hate to put the lens-cap into my pockets or back into the photo-bag. With this strap you have it right where you need it. Red fits perfectly to this black beauty for my taste. What kind of strap, button or case are you using? And what kind of lens-hood should I use? Is there a better one than the one from Fuji? You will find more information about this wonderful strap  here . It is not a sponsored link. I don´t want to make money from this blog. It is a link to the manufacturer (no shop).