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Tap and Dye’s LEGACY Shoulder Camera Straps Now Come With Spring Clips

Chris Gampat
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06/24/2013
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Last Updated on 06/24/2013 by Chris Gampat

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Tap and Dye makes some seriously fashionable camera straps at an affordable price.  Their LEGACY straps were designed to adorn mirrorless cameras and vintage film cameras. And today, they’re announcing a pretty big evolution. The previous straps (such as the LEGACY wrist and shoulder straps that we reviewed) used a split ring that was a tad frustrating to attach to the camera. Their newest addition to the LEGACY line is the same as the previous shoulder strap in nearly every way except for a brand new brass spring clip–that actually attaches to a split ring. This clip will probably not give as much security as the split ring (we’ll have to test that in our review) but it surely is a heck of a lot easier to attach it and detach it. That means that it will be easier to use with a Sony NEX camera or Micro Four Thirds.

The straps themselves are still made from leather treated with natural oils and dark amber beeswax for extra protection.

Antique Tan and Dark Amber Beeswax are launching now and Black & Natural along with Royal Navy Patina will be launching in beginning of July. You can currently snag one for $74 if you check out their product page. Tech specs and more images are after the jump.


Tech Specs

  • Each strap is made from Full Grain, Cowhide leather. All edges will be left unfinished and distressed for a vintage antique look.
  • Each strap features durable, high quality antique nickel plated solid brass rivets.
  • Each strap length is dimensioned without protective strap bumper. Strap thickness is 8/9 oz and width is 1/2″ Measurements: (.5″ x 40″ x .125″) {12.7mm x 965 mm x 3.15mm}
    • Each strap is compatible will ALL ROUND – LUG strap mounts: Film SLRs, DSLRs, Rangefinders, EVIL cameras, Micro 4/3, Compact Mirrorless.
    • Canon FILM SLR: Canon AE-1, AV-1, EF, AT-1, Canonet models
    • Nikon FILM: FE, FE2, FM, FM2, F100, F3, F2, FM2N, F6
    • Nikon DSLR: D300, D700, D200, D3, D3S, D3X, D4, D800/E, D7000, D600
    • Nikon 1 Compact: V1, V2, Coolpix A
    • Olympus Micro 4/3: EP1, EP2, EP3, EPL-5, OMD-EM 5, E-PM 1, E-PM 2, EP5
    • Leica: ALL M rangefinders: M2, M3, M4, M5, M6, M7, M8, M9, MP, M240, ME
    • SONY NEX: NEX6, NEX5R, NEX 7, RX1
    • Fuji: X-E1, X100, X100S, X-Pro 1, X10, X20
    • Panasonic LUMIX: DMC-GH2, GH3
    • Voigtlander Bessa M Rangefinders: RM2, RM3, RM4

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.