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Review: Stroppa Flat Camera Strap (So Gorgeous, Yet So Simple)

Chris Gampat
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09/03/2018
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Last Updated on 09/05/2018 by Mark Beckenbach

With the Stroppa Flat Camera Strap, you’ve got an option that is bound to stand out.

I’ve always been more of a leather and canvas guy when it comes to my camera straps, but after I was given the Stroppa Flat Camera strap I was pleasantly surprised. The material looks like a lighter version of the sailing rope style bindings that you’d find at Home Depot, but this is softer and quite durable. The Stroppa Flat Camera strap isn’t exactly low profile depending on what color you get. I was given both black and red; the red is arguably the more stylish of the two. For the photographer who doesn’t want leather or canvas, the Stroppa Flat Camera strap could be an affordable and versatile option.

Tech Specs

Taken from the listing for Stroppa Flat Camera strap website

“Its new, lightweight construction is very durable and the strap is more flexible than any rope strap on the market.

This allows you to carry your camera comfortably, no matter if you’re carrying a pancake or a telephoto.

The main focus of the Stroppa Flat is flexibility. It’s aimed at the mirrorless cameras but can easily handle a medium format beast.”

Ergonomics

The Stroppa Flat Camera strap is mostly some thin, flexible sailing rope that is attached to leather holders which have a split ring. That’s really all that there is to it.

The webbing, as I like to call it, is porous and not as thick as typical sailing rope. Instead, you can scrunch it up and almost put stuff through it. However, the design is twisted and threaded enough that I’d trust it for most applications.

Mounting the Stroppa Flat Camera strap onto your camera basically just means that you feed the split rings into the camera strap lugs. That’s about it.

Build Quality

The Stroppa Flat Camera strap is built very well. The split rings are standard but a tad heavier than normal. They’re not the Holdfast Gear or TAP and DYE split rings that I’m convinced could probably hold my weight for a few seconds, but they’re very strong – especially on a Leica CL. When you sling the Stroppa Flat Camera strap and a camera around your neck, you’ll be amazed at how much natural padding there is. Because it’s designed to be so incredibly solid and thick, it allows the skin underneath it to breathe. When walking around Coney Island recently with the Stroppa Flat Camera strap around me, I didn’t have many issues in regards to sweat forming on my shirt.

Ease of Use

The Stroppa Flat Camera strap is pretty straight forward: attach it to the strap lugs on your camera and you’re all set. There is no padded shoulder area and so for that reason you’re going to want to keep your camera and lens lightweight lest it get weighed down and the package starts to point downwards. What’s also quite nice is that when you wrap the Stroppa Flat Camera strap around your wrist, it’s comfortable and breathable.

Conclusions

The Stroppa Flat Camera strap is highly recommend if you’re a user of old film SLR cameras, rangefinders, or more modern mirrorless cameras. They’re very comfortable, and I can easily see myself wanting to use them more and more. Are they as sexy as the American leather and canvas straps? No. But they’re damn close.

The Stroppa Flat Camera strap receives four out of five stars.

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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.
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