Home-made detachable camera straps

Home made affordable detachable camera and equipment straps using generic Peak Design compatible buckles and anchors c/w some 25mm nylon webbing stuff (as in the “featured image” above). Again not the world’s poshest colour. But at least I can always find them. Besides, I have another 20 metres of the stuff kicking around in the garage doing nothing. And for a cheap fabric, it actually feels remarkably nice in the hand. It has a 2000kg breaking strain too, allegedly.

I actually like the basic Peak Design design itself. I just don’t like the horrendous price! Hence my interest in Chinese “PD-compatibles“. So far I’ve been able to covert to “PD-compatible“: 5 DSLR/MILC or bridge-sized cameras, 2 point-and-shoots, and about 25 assorted pieces of other kit (radios, torches, compasses, pocket-watches, penknives, MP3 Player etc.) all for less than the cost of one genuine posh Peak Design strap. Granted all but one item weighs well below 1kg. And my Pentax K20D c/w 16-40mm lens only weighs 1.3kg.

Whilst most of my camera straps have involved fitting PD-compatible buckles to existing straps, I really like the idea of making one’s own and doing so literally for a few quid.