Standard neck straps included with Fujifilm cameras are notoriously thin, often digging into your shoulder after just two hours of navigating urban crowds. When you’re carrying an X-T5 or an X100VI for ten miles through the city, the weight distribution and friction of your strap become more important than the camera itself. I spent three…
The Ricoh GR series is a masterpiece of pocketable engineering, yet most owners ruin its greatest strength by attaching a bulky, intrusive neck strap that snags on pocket linings and tangles in the hand. After carrying the GR III and IIIx through 40 miles of urban street shooting and testing 14 different attachment systems, I’ve…
Carrying an $8,200 medium format powerhouse like the Hasselblad X2D 100C for a full day of street photography or landscape trekking quickly reveals the inadequacy of the thin, “included-in-the-box” strap. That 895-gram body, when paired with an XCD 55V lens, exerts significant pressure on your cervical spine, turning a creative session into a physical chore….