I'd keep it in a small Pelican knock off case from Harbor Freight. The range finder prisms are fragile. As Eric said, *"I dropped a Leica M4 from a few inches, and ended up with a $175 repair when the old glue inside gave way."*
On Friday, June 28, 2019 at 10:39:56 PM UTC-4, Philip Williamson wrote: > > What’s the best way to carry a valuable/sentimental/fragile film camera on > mixed terrain bike rides? > > I have a Leica iii(d) I inherited and refurbished that I very much like to > shoot. When I’m walking around, the best setup seems to be running both > ends of the metal snake strap to the right lug, and tucking the camera into > my jacket’s zippered outside breast pocket. I can imagine getting an > old-style jersey with a kangaroo boob pocket, but I don’t have one now. > > I’ve seen sliding harness “systems” in my flickr days, but I was too poor > to consider them then. If there’s a quick-draw strap that keeps the camera > close to the body and stable, I would consider it now. If the same thing > can be rigged up for cheap, I’m interested in that, too. I’m happy to > basket or frame-bag carry, too, but it seems/feels like my body would damp > road shock better. > > I was super-impressed with a Rivster’s basket net rig to transport a heavy > Mamiya (?) safely offroad, since I have a C3 and a small Graflex. This > question is more for carrying the little Leica, though. > > I don’t imagine there’s a better place to ask this question. > > Philip > Santa Rosa, CA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4dc87e57-0dd9-4769-9fe2-6ae036238d4d%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
