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Stowed Safely, to Shooting Freely
Go from having your camera securely cinched up, for easy mobility — to slung low, for unhindered portrait and landscape shooting — just by pulling the F1’s adjustment tab.
Instead of tacking-on over-engineered hardware, it’s made from the same strong, flexible, lightweight fabric as the strap — plus a simple yet secure sliplok that won’t budge under load, no matter how heavy your camera.
One Strap That’s Up for Anything
To be clear, the F1 functions beautifully as a neck strap, but it’s much more versatile than that.
Quickly lengthen the F1 to use as a cross-body/sling strap, or loop the webbing through the D-rings to make a wrist strap — all without carrying (or remembering to carry) extra stuff.
We’ve heard tales of photographers literally tying their F1’s onto things, and attaching the D-rings or adjustment tab to carabiners for peace-of-mind. Use your imagination — F1 can take it!
Light, Strong & Built Tough in USA
A lot of camera straps are stuck in the past … unnecessarily bulky, made from traditional low-tech materials and metal hardware.
We take a different approach, using materials found in modern expedition gear, where strength-to-weight ratio is critical, and exposure to the elements is a given.
If you’re looking for a faux-heirloom made of leather and steel, you’ll have to look elsewhere — because we won’t make camera straps that rust, rot or crack after a downpour (especially for today’s weather-sealed cameras).
Sleek Where it Matters Most
Not all cameras are the same, so we’ve got two optimized mounting options, reducing bulk around the hand when possible.
For cameras that require a “traditional” flat mount, we use hardware developed by aerospace engineers, for cameras being sent to … you guessed it … space. And to tidy up the loose ends, we developed a streamlined installation method.
The barely-there lug mount version (shown here) comes with our proprietary Standard Split Rings, made from a steel and magnesium alloy that’s 25% stronger than stainless steel. It’s almost like holding a naked camera — but much more secure.
Marcus –
The strap is wonderful for all the reasons others have mentioned: simple functional design, no bulky hardware, tasteful aesthetics, quality materials. However, I want to elaborate on my experience with the clever quick adjustability feature, since that was the primary reason I was willing to pay the premium price.
I typically keep the strap diagonally across my chest with the camera tucked against my back above the hip. The F1 design lets me keep the strap short and then pull the loop to lengthen it for easier shooting, but in my experience the loop is usually behind my shoulder, which can be slightly awkward to reach (I’m a skinny 5′ 10″ male, so I like to tighten the strap almost all the way). Once I do grab the loop it’s very easy to lengthen the strap. However, it’s somewhat difficult to quickly tighten the strap to get the camera tucked away securely again. I can’t easily use the loop to tighten the strap because of how the camera’s weight pulls though the strap hardware. Instead, I need to find the “inner” layer of the strap to pull through the hardware, let the weight of the camera pull the strap through the D-ring to “reset” the strap, and repeat once or twice more.
I want to emphasize that the strap is wonderful and it’s far superior to any other I’ve used. If you don’t plan on constantly adjusting the strap length like I do, then these nitpicks won’t be an issue at all. Even though the adjustment feature isn’t quite as effortless as I had hoped, I’ve adapted quickly and find myself adjusting the length on the fly. The wrist strap feature is great too, especially to keep things tidy in the camera bag. I have no regrets about buying the F1, I’ve recommended it to friends, and I intend to use it until a new version comes out.
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