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Canon E1 - Hand strap | 
| Brand: Canon
List Price: $30.00
Buy New: $22.99
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New (5) from $22.99
Rating:  29 reviews
Media: Electronics
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 63 x 37.8 x 9.5
MPN: STRAPE1
Model: STRAPE1
UPC: 082966561207
EAN: 4960999561202
ASIN: B0000C4G79
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Hand strap for EOS digital cameras. | | • | Compatible with models: EOS 10D, D60, D30, 1DS, 1D and others |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 24 more reviews...
Good grip, but hey...! just for big cameras only... September 29, 2005
Marcelo A. Soto Quiroga (Maracay, Venezuela)
94 out of 94 found this review helpful
I bought htis accessory because I do not fancy pretty much the neckstrap. I hate to feel my neck aching after a while due to the weight of my 10D plus battery grip and lens. I rather to carry it in my hand instead. So I thought this handstrap would give me the extra safety feel I was needing.
After receiving it I noticed it is only intended to be used with "grand cameras" , like the EOS 1 series (film or digital) or to those other series cameras that already have a battery grip attached to them. Fortunately that's my case in which I always carry my 10D with its BG-ED3. I tell this since a 10D, 20D, DRebel or 350D body does not have a strap eyelet on its base. Only their compatible battery grip has it.
So be aware that this nice, safe and comfortable accessory could not be attached to your prosumer camera if you don't have the corresponding BG.
 Great strap, but....Hello Canon....wheres your brain ??? July 30, 2004
Mrmsbhvn (Layton, Utah)
38 out of 46 found this review helpful
I owned the Canon EOS 1-d, which I sold to obtain the "latest-greatest" EOS 1-d Mark II. My first model(1-d)came with this handstrap, and I found it to be VERY, VERY useful, and incrediby imporant me, being an action-sports photogropher-
Imagine my dismay and anoyance at discovering that this item which was so useful and,(IMHO)absolutely necessary as my wonderful handstrap (WHICH WAS INCLUDED in the previous model)..... had been left out of the "newer and so much improved" version.
I've called and emailed Canon repeatedly(WHICH I STRONGLY SUGGEST ANY/EVERYONE DO)trying to bring attention to this issue, which, to me, is unexpected, and a completly unacceptable discrepancy.
Then consider the 30 plus dollars that Canon is TRYING to charge for it, and well here I go, off to my old fateful Amazon to GET ME ONE !! Actually, its from Adorama, and only about 20 bucks, instead.
As for my review of the strap itself, if you haven't yet gathered; Considering the cameras weight, and me constantly running up and down dirt hills chasing motocross racers and the like, I found it literally, indespensible!
Highly recomended !!
Bob W.
MoXioN Digital Productions
Almost a must, if you use the battery grip January 12, 2006
Chris Hann (Alameda, CA United States)
20 out of 20 found this review helpful
I wouldn't be without this. When I first bought the 20d it was my first digital SLR and I spent a few weeks adding and removing the battery grip and this strap. In the end I settled for using both and wouldn't have it any other way. With the battery grip and hand strap in place I find the camera much more secure and comfortable to hold. That's all there is to it, that's what it does and it does it well.
On the down side, and it's a small and transient down side, actually fitting it to the camera and getting it adjusted to the exact right length for your hand is a bit fiddly and you'd sort of expect it to be insecure. I think the trick, security wise, is to make sure the bottom strap goes through the center buckle first, then it is locked in by the top strap which is already held securely at the junction with the neck strap (if used). I also don't like the attachment to the neck strap, I don't like having a fairly sharp edged piece of metal where it can rub against the chasis of the camera in normal use.
I use this on a 20d which typically has a 24-200 or 80-400 lens attached. You can only use this if you also use the battery grip, or buy a third party plate which attaches to the tripod mount and provides the lower mounting location. But since I always use the battery grip I don't have an issue.
If Canon read this, you could do with a better solution for the attachment and adjustment on an accessory of this price, you normally pay close attention to detail and it's a bit lacking here.
Usable but not perfect. March 13, 2006
Svend Tang-Petersen
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I originally bought this for my 20D with the BG-E2 batterygrip and when it arrived found that no instructions on how to safely attach it were included. After a bit of googeling I found those (in the MKIIN manual downloadable from Canons web site) and it felt pretty secure. It certainly helps when you are using larger lenses and its good value for the money. I have now upgraded to a MKIIN and have moved the strap to that body. If you find it hard to use the main dial you have probably tightened the strap too much.
Handy for some folks but not for me July 26, 2006
Mark H (Abilene, TX)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
My opinion will probably differ from other reviewers.
This strap works well IF you have the extended battery pack installed on the camera.
As to be expected, it is quality and would be handy for those who like to keep their camera in their hand ready for action shots.
Personally, I went back to the neck strap because, if using the hand strap, the camera is tied to your hand and that hand is unusable for much of anything else without putting the camera down. If you're out roaming around, the neck strap frees your hands up, reducing your fear of dropping the camera, eliminates the possibility of setting it down for a second and having it disappear and, with the neck strap, the camera is readily available.
I have to give it a 5 star due to the fact that it does exactly what it was designed to do and quality made.
Mark H
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