These have gotta be the best camera straps there is….
Sunday, April 20th, 2008I thought I had a wrist strap for my Canon G9, seems I did then I didn’t, I’m not sure, but ends up I don’t. You really need a wrist strap for these compact hi tech digi cameras that don’t have a decent viewfinder. Having a wrist strap means you can make images while holding your camera at arm length with the comforting feeling of knowing that if your finger grip gives out your camera isn’t going to land on the concrete or fall over a bluff.
I’d rather a decent viewfinder, but it seems that isn’t going to happen any time soon, and anyway, you can make some pretty cool images while waving your camera around at arms length.
I got on to these Gordy camera straps and liked the look of the simple, no gimmick, no logo, no bling design and build. Looked good to me so I ordered one and it arrived from the other side of the world a bit over a week later. I was a little excited about opening the bubble wrap envelope when it arrived and I gasped when I got a healthy smell of real cured leather when I opened the envelope flap.
First impressions – simple, solid and quality. Fitting the strap to the camera reaffirmed all these things, Gordy obviously hand builds these straps with a lot of pride and quality control. They are as tough as the proverbial leather hide, the leather is none-slip on your wrist, they are as comfortable as grandma’s old leather sofa and I reckon will probably outlast 1/2 dozen Canon G9s.
If you need a camera strap I would seriously suggest checking these out at Gordy’s web site.
As for the Canon G9, yeah that’s not bad either. I’m going to write a users review of that soon too, as if the internet really needs another self appointed expert G9 review!
