Hamish Gill
Tech Support (and Marketing)
As you might know I recently bought a Sony RX100, great camera! Crap little strap! I do like a leather strap, so I went on ebay and searched for a leather one for this camera and nothing came up. Searched for "leather camera strap" and Footprint Straps came up.
I thought they looked good so ordered one that looked like it might be similar to the little one that came with the camera. I soon noticed that the chap (Clive) who sells them is from Worcestershire just like me ... It had to be the right choice!
It turned up the next day, brilliant!
Not quite as brilliant was the fact the the loop part to attach it to the camera was far to big, I wouldnt thread through the loop hole on the side of the camera...
I only had my self to blame as I ordered a strap for a Fuji X100 and not Sony RX100.
Anyway, in with the parcel came Clive's card with his phone number on... So I rang him!
After a brief chat he had offered to send me some thinner cord that would fit in the tiny loops of the Sony. We then worked out that the little bit of cord that he uses to attach his his little leather branded tags to would be the same as what he might send me. As it turns out he used to use it for this purpose but had started using the thinker stuff. This thin cord in his words is "so strong he could never break it", sounds good to me!
So with a little bit of fiddling, that's what I used ...
And here we are, my new beautifully made leather Footprint Strap for my RX100!
Despite my ringing him out of working hours Clive was incredibly helpful... He offered a solution with what I had to hand, offered to send me some cord to try if what I had wasn't quite long enough and offered to take the whole strap back and change it to suit my needs!
Overall, I couldn't be happier with what I have and would definitely recommend both strap and dealing with Clive!
Just looking forward to the strap ageing and getting a bit soft now!
I thought they looked good so ordered one that looked like it might be similar to the little one that came with the camera. I soon noticed that the chap (Clive) who sells them is from Worcestershire just like me ... It had to be the right choice!
It turned up the next day, brilliant!
Not quite as brilliant was the fact the the loop part to attach it to the camera was far to big, I wouldnt thread through the loop hole on the side of the camera...
I only had my self to blame as I ordered a strap for a Fuji X100 and not Sony RX100.
Anyway, in with the parcel came Clive's card with his phone number on... So I rang him!
After a brief chat he had offered to send me some thinner cord that would fit in the tiny loops of the Sony. We then worked out that the little bit of cord that he uses to attach his his little leather branded tags to would be the same as what he might send me. As it turns out he used to use it for this purpose but had started using the thinker stuff. This thin cord in his words is "so strong he could never break it", sounds good to me!
So with a little bit of fiddling, that's what I used ...
And here we are, my new beautifully made leather Footprint Strap for my RX100!
Despite my ringing him out of working hours Clive was incredibly helpful... He offered a solution with what I had to hand, offered to send me some cord to try if what I had wasn't quite long enough and offered to take the whole strap back and change it to suit my needs!
Overall, I couldn't be happier with what I have and would definitely recommend both strap and dealing with Clive!
Just looking forward to the strap ageing and getting a bit soft now!
