Bill Bowes Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Hello everyone. Using my Fed's & now the XG-1 more frequently, I find the need to carry an extra roll, or two, of 35mm film with me. The Fed's live in a nice Lowepro case, but the XG-1 for now is solo. So, here is a "quick & dirty" film holder that will go onto/around the strap I have on the XG-1. Surely, adaptable to anything you tote around. Simple drill two holes in the black film can, insert a length of cord that can be looped thru itself on the strap. Enjoy, Aloha Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy Vongries Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Interesting. Simpler still, plastic electrical tape around the film cannister and strap. Remains light tight and dust proof as well. Used the method for decades with no down side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Great idea. I remember (and still have a few) the wide straps that had loops that one could slide a film can in. Never used that feature, but still thought it useful. Your idea, Bill, is a clever update of the original concept. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_hutcherson Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 (edited) Looks nice, but I have to admit an aversion to having things "dangling" off my camera. The old lens cap retainers that every amateur photographer in the 70s and 80s use to buy were bad enough. I have a straps from the 70s and 80s with elastic bands designed to hold film cans, although admittedly I don't use them. I usually find my pockets more convenient :) . Admittedly, though, I've had funny looks pulling foil-wrapped 120 out of my pockets due to their apparent resemblance to a female sanitary product. Then again, I get even funnier looks when I'm shooting black powder out of shot guns as I like to clean black powder residue at the range as such products are an inexpensive, disposable, and absorbent item that can fit both 12 and 16 gauge shotgun barrels almost perfectly. Edited June 11, 2017 by ben_hutcherson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Bowes Posted June 11, 2017 Author Share Posted June 11, 2017 Hello again. Sandy does have several good points of his electrical tape (maybe ducktape?) wrap vrs my idea. I wanted to have the cannister off / on in a jiffy. Ages ago my Nikon straps looked like military ammo belts! Aloha, Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Bowes Posted June 12, 2017 Author Share Posted June 12, 2017 You started it Ben. I still use a condom over the barrel of a shot gun or rifle in the field. . . "nasty" trick from the Army. Snap lens cap on a bunge around the lens barrels is still "kool" with me. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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