Dangling a thousand-dollar Ricoh GR III from a flimsy stock strap is a recipe for a repetitive strain injury or, worse, a shattered lens on a cobblestone street. After spending three weeks pounding the pavement in Tokyo and Lisbon with a GR IIIx glued to my hand, I’ve realized that the “perfect” strap must balance…
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…
Dangling a heavy, itchy stock strap around your neck is the fastest way to ruin a day of street photography with your Fujifilm X-Series camera. Most factory straps are either too bulky for the compact X-E4 or too flimsy for a gripped X-T5, leaving you constantly readjusting or worrying about security. Over the last four…