Tamrac N45 Brown Leather Padded QuickRelease Camera Strap (Brown)

by Tamrac

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 50 x 0.8 x 2 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00023JL1O
• Item model number: N4511
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 26, 2006

Product Description

The Leather Padded Camera Strap is the ultimate in carrying comfort. The thick foam pad absorbs and distributes the weight of the camera. The non-slip suede leather keeps the strap from slipping off the shoulder. The quick-release buckles allow flexibility and are interchangeable with all other Tamrac quick-release systems. Adjusts to 50-Inch in Length.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great strap for light-medium weight cameras, April 13, 2010

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Ray Pringle - See all my reviews
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Overall I found this strap to be sturdy, comfortable, stylish, and a great alternative for light-medium weight cameras. I had a 5 year old opteka foam strap on my D80 but I found that it was getting worn out. I also recently added a battery grip and 70-300mm VR lens to my D80 which brought it's weight up to 4-5 pounds. I was worried that my aging opteka strap would snap, I was constantly holding onto the camera instead of letting it hang free.

I looked around and there were many recommendation for tamrac straps. I looked around and the N45 seemed to be the best compromise between comfort, price, and durability. I don't know what the max load is on this strap but I imagine it would be able to support a camera up to 8 or 9 pounds at least. The strap itself is made of a single piece of 1.5" nylon with a suede pad sewn over it. I like that it's one piece instead of 2 nylon straps sewn to the pad. The plastic buckles look sturdy and they positioned so you can't accidentally release them but they're easy to unbuckle when you want to.

The only gripe I have with the strap as another reviewer mentioned are the metal buckles near the camera. WHY are these here? They don't hold anything together, they don't secure the excess strap because it just slips around anyway. Needless to say before I put it on the camera I used a pair of wire cutters to snip them off. I found no adverse affect to this, the strap still holds onto the camera tight without slipping at all. The entire strap seemed secure and now there's no risk of the metal fasteners scratching my $1000 camera. I'm sure it voids the warranty but heck it's only a $20 strap.

My advise before you put it on the camera cut the metal things off, all they'll do it scratch your camera body. This won't affect the straps functionality as they don't do anything in the first place.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Tamrac: Why the extra metal clips???, January 12, 2008

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Bogus Exception (Norwich, Connecticut United States) - See all my reviews

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Great 3/8" mounts.
The strap can be extended long enough for a shoulder carry (barely).
Nice build quality/feel for the price.
I threw away my Canon OEM strap. Yuk!
The strap disconnects very close to the body, but not close enough... This brings us to the negative issue...

Why on earth is there an extra METAL strap grip on an otherwise perfect nylon product? It serves no purpose at all, except to tie off the extra nylon strap that was needed to give the clip something to do!

I'm going to go get my wife's PAS canon Elph and take a picture of this, sending it to this site's picture section so you can see what I mean. If they would have just elliminated this frivolity, it would have made an outstanding strap, as when disconnected the parts "left over" wouldn't even been long enough to reach the LCD on the Canon 40D...

Tamrac: Please try these ideas out on a real camera, r at least ask someone to evaluate it for you. Now I will still have an extra long strap leftover when I take that useless metal (bad for LCDs, remember?) clasp off with my wire-cutter.

(still beats the pants of the canon strap, though!!!)

:)

5.0 out of 5 stars What is not to like., September 22, 2010

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AWBoater (USA) - See all my reviews

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Its made by Tamrac, its comfortable, nicely padded, its secure, and it has quick disconnect snaps. Not much else to say.