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Camera wrist strap

  • This project first appeared at @ma3ke@hachyderm.io on .
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I made a new wrist strap for my camera.

I'm holding my camera with the new strap attached. The rope is around 5 mm thick, and red with blue and yellow details woven around a fiber core.
I'm holding my camera with the new strap attached. The rope is around 5 mm thick, and red with blue and yellow details woven around a fiber core.

I stitched together the ends of a piece of rope and then put heat-shrink tubing around them to nicely finish them. A small stainless steel carabiner attaches it to my camera.

Sewing the melted cut end of the rope around the standing end and into a small loop to create the wrist loop. A long needle with a sturdy white thread sticks through two layers of rope. The black heat shrink tube is already on the loop, to be moved on the sewn section later.
Sewing the melted cut end of the rope around the standing end and into a small loop to create the wrist loop. A long needle with a sturdy white thread sticks through two layers of rope. The black heat shrink tube is already on the loop, to be moved on the sewn section later.
The loop after sewing. The ends are firmly attached, slightly bowing it in the center. In some places, I have wound the thread around the outside then through, as well.
The loop after sewing. The ends are firmly attached, slightly bowing it in the center. In some places, I have wound the thread around the outside then through, as well.
Shrinking the black tube around the sewn joint, which is held at the tip in a big bench vice. A heat gun is pointed at the halfway shrunken tubing, which is starting to conform to the shape of the joint.
Shrinking the black tube around the sewn joint, which is held at the tip in a big bench vice. A heat gun is pointed at the halfway shrunken tubing, which is starting to conform to the shape of the joint. Such a satisfying process!

I am very pleased with how it turned out.

I used it for quite a while with my D7000, and continued to use it with my Z6. At some point, I started to just not use a strap of any kind, at all. I think I am just was comfortable handling my camera, most of the time. When I wanted to take my camera with me on the bike more frequently, again, I would repeatedly attach and detach the basic shoulder strap. This was quite frustrating. Now I have a Peak Design strap that I can very quickly attach and remove. I am very happy with it. This means, though, that this beautiful wrist strap does not see much use at the moment.

The finished loop strap around my wrist.
The finished strap around my wrist.

When I made this, Bauke asked whether I could make him a strap like this, too. I never got around to it. Bauke, I'll give it to you, soon.