Renowned for both the beauty and functionality of its bags and accessories, ONA recently announced several new additions to its catalogue. Four bags–the Leather Bowery, the Bolton Street Backpack, the Dark Truffle Leather Brixton, and the Smoke Bowery–and one camera strap, the Presidio Camera Strap, comprise the new summer lineup. Head on for a quick look at ONA’s latest offerings. [click to continue…]
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The Mini Ruck and a Yashica. A perfect match.
With its older brother, the RuckStrap, geared towards all cameras, the Mini Ruck walks onto the stage for a smaller audience. That is to say, it was designed with the Leica-toting, Micro 4/3rds-loving, NEX-shooting, and rangefinder-focusing crowds. Where the RuckStrap has pockets, the Mini Ruck has a clip-on wallet, and it’s even got a hoop for your glasses. I’ve had the Mini Ruck affixed to my Yashica Electro 35 GSN for a number of weeks now, and I am thoroughly taken with its design and functionality.
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Figosa is an extremely new company in the camera strap world. Based in Italy, and manufacturing their products from genuine Italian Leather, they are initially targeting users of film cameras and mirrorless digital cameras. Italian leather has always been known for its excellent quality and it is often always worked with by hand. This leather lends its qualities to their first strap designed for vintage cameras and mirrorless interchangeable lens cams as well. It can come in different colors, but we went for the conservative black look. The overall quality and look earned the strap a special mention in our recent camera strap roundup.
But should it be the next strap on your camera?
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With the rise of vintage appeal and retro looks, there was also a parallel stir in the photo accessories market. Suddenly, we began to see an outpouring of lots of new camera straps appealing to those that are going for the old-school style with their kits. Lots of these straps involve the use of leather–just the way that older cameras used to. And while there are lots of brands out there that may appeal to photographers, here’s a list of certain brands that tickle our vintage fetish just the right way.
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We all love beautiful camera straps–this is evident in the sheer amount of emails or comments that this blog receives simply asking what straps I use on my cameras. Figosa is a new company based out of Italy and working with genuine Italian Leather to give you heart palpitations when their work is paired with beautiful cameras. The strap above is called, “Tracolla in cuoio stile vintage per macchine fotografiche analogiche e mirrorless” which translates to “Leather Vintage Style Shoulder Strap for Mirrorless Cameras”–but it probably sounds a heck of a lot sexier in Italian. That strap can be picked up on the company’s Etsy store. At the moment, they only have one camera strap but they pledged to us that they’re working on more. So when a refresh comes, you’ll be the first to know.
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It is always cumbersome to have to deal with your camera strap during a photo walk, especially the traditional ones that hang around your neck. I personally hate having to use a camera strap because most of the time, it just gets in my way and can become quite uncomfortable during an active photo walk or a hot summer day as the rubber grip likes to stick to my skin. I’ve always preferred to just go strap-less to avoid the hassle. However, I never thought to consider a shoulder strap until Joby sent us the Ultrafit Slingstrap for review. After around a week of testing, I have found a lot of good things to say about it but also some bad. Head past the break for the full review.
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