DIY — Mamiya RB67 lug and strap

I am not exactly miserly, but I hate when I am expected to pay a lot of money for things that are not worth it. For exam­ple my used Mamiya RB67 came with­out a strap, and even it is is mounted to a tri­pod most of time a strap would be nice to have. But the ones you can get on ebay are too expen­sive IMHO — around 40 €.

So I had a closer look at the fit­tings on the cam­era and decided to tin­ker a lug myself. I used a 25mm mount­ing angle. It already had two holes. I drilled one a lit­tler larger for the cara­biner and filed the other to the shape of a key­hole, the smaller part with the diam­e­ter of the inner fit­ting. I made it a tad smaller, so that it sits tight on the fit­ting and doesn’t slide up and down — which could end dra­matic. Then I bent the upper part 90° upward and ground the cor­ners — finished.

Because I don’t want the cara­biner scratch on the edge of the cam­era, I slaugh­tered a small key-pocket made of leather and cut two flaps as spac­ers. Per­fect ;)

ps. Might work with other cam­eras with a sim­i­lar fit­ting as well!

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