Strap for a K10/K20

Well I wouldn't beat yourself up. The strap you get with camera isn't much cop, I'd guess it costs all of 50p in some Chinese sweat shop. I may be being unkind but it strikes me as a very poor strap although it does the job well enough.

Mike

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Please don't apologise for trying to be helpful, it would be a far worse place if you wasn't!

We had the same issue in the mobile market, and because they are designed to use the original fonts, this leads people to believe they are genuine. They believe they can get away with it by putting 'for' in front, but believe me, if you asked Pentax, I'm sure they wouldn't approve!

Oh yeah, forgot, if we are recommending straps, can I put my vote in for the leather one that comes with the K10 Grand Prix bundle!

Anyone know if they can be bought seperately?

No apologies needed.

It has been a useful thread which has made me think about replacing my strap(s)

I robbed the strap off my old z50P, it has pockets built into the ends of the wide parts that are big enough to take an SD card (just). Have to say, the grippy bit on the inside of the K10D standard strap has more friction than the older strap.

Duncan

I use the original Pentax stap off my LX (swaped it with supplied K10D strap) as it's much longer, well loved, broken in and comfortable also reminds me of the old days.

How sad am I

Safest place for a camera is in the bag.
Second safest place, in your hand.
Place where it's most likely to get damaged? Dangling around your neck.

The strap it came with is fine if you heed my advice and leave it unattached to your camera 95-99% of the time!

not sure if i agree with you , if its in the bag you cant take pictures with it there and if its in your hand and trip or have a moment the cameras on the floor

if you trip, explain to me how you could fall down, without the camera hitting the floor first? (try doing a pushup or two with the camera on a strap around your neck, you'll see what I mean) You're more likely to have a moment, like knocking over a coffee with your camera, smacking a car door with it, reach down for your child and have a swinging camera crack'em in the head or chipping a tooth...
crack your lens on a rail or ledge. get tangled in the bushes, grabbed by a mugger and used to choke you....your lcd screen rubbing across zippers, and buttons scratching it up...

hip pack/ slingbag/ backpack much safer. In your hand forces you to think about it, and therefore it's safer.

With respect i still disagree, i only use my strap when taking a picture when the picture has been taken it goes back in my lowepro slingshot not round my neck when getting in a car, having a coffee, i dont have children, muggers dont worry me im bigger than the average hoody! and if you were mugged its easier for a "steaming" mugger to rip the camera from your hand and be gone into a crowd than goto the hassle of getting the strapped from around your neck.
Your arguement regarding the "trip" is a little bit of a strange one , if the cameras in your hand and say you trip up or down a set of stairs your natural human reaction is to reach out and protect yourself with your hands therefore i would imagine the camera would bounce either up or down said stairs ouch , it might just be that if the same happened with a strapped camera the unit might be in better condition once said "trip" had completed"

you don't have to imagine...try it! anywhere, anyway you fall down if your upperbody hits, or comes close to hitting the ground or steps/ground, the camera will hit.

put yourself in a push up position on the steps/ground, and you'll see that if you had slipped and caught yourself with your hands, the camera still hits the steps/ground.
If you fail to catch yourself with your hands, the camera still hits the steps/ground, before your sternum/stomach comes crashing down on top of it.

and if you are in a bad neighbourhood, having the camera strap around your wrist, (that would be one of the rare places/times where I'd use a strap) will give you something to hold onto if you want to play tug-o-war with a robber, without giving him the leverage to pull you off your center of gravity, and strangle you.

I can't actually remember the last time I fell over (touch wood - don't want to tempt fate) but I do have a habit of dropping things, especially heavy things like expensive cameras. Hence mine is either in my bag, secured to a tripod or 'round my neck, without exception.

I admire your bravery Don, but the idea of using my camera without some sort of "safety net" personally fills me with horror!

I use a strap, but not round my neck, I wear it over one shoulder so when not in use it's safely round in the left side of my back. The OP/Tech Pro straps are well long and comfortable enough to do this.

Another idea (not got round to trying this yet though) is a piece of fluffy Velcro stuck to the back of the camera and the corresponding hooky bit stuck to your belt, should stop the camera from flaying about but always ready with a quick tug.

This is an occasion where I'm totally in agreement with Don.

Never got on with neck straps. Always used to narrowly miss clonking things with the camera as it swung about.

I had it over a shoulder sometimes, as McBrian does, and that was a bit better, but you still have to hold on to it, or hold it still by squeezing your arm against the strap.

I used to wrap the strap round my wrist - and now I use a wrist strap. Easy to attach and detach, impossible to drop, you don't get tired fingers holding it all the time - and you still get the extra awareness as Don says, of having it in your hand.