Borough Leather Camera Strap (Brown) – SECOND

Please note: this is a second. Photos above are of brand new, saleable stock. This has cosmetic imperfections that would not qualify it to be sold with new stock. Rather than throw it away like some other luxury brands, we prefer not to waste anything. And instead, to offer our seconds to you, in order for you to get use from them. And at a steep discount to buying new.

We cannot photograph each second as it is too time consuming. We only sell seconds that have cosmetic blemishes. Usually on the soft side of the strap, where the colour has bled through, or has changed in the tanning process. These cosmetic imperfections do not in any way affect the use of the strap. We sell them at a 40% discount in order to allow those that would like our products, but do not want to, or cannot spend the money on them. The trade off, is that you do not know what the cosmetic imperfection is. Sometimes it will be very small and sometimes it will cover most of the soft side of the strap. The imperfections are almost always on the side of the strap that is not visible when wearing the strap.

• All seconds are sold as-is.
• No returns/refunds will be allowed unless the product is faulty.
  
• All seconds are constructed in the exact same manner as our current new stock and we wouldn’t hesitate to use them as normal.
• However, no warranty is given with any of our seconds.

Borough Leather Camera Strap

We tried dozens of leathers before settling on Horween Chromexcel for our leather camera straps. We were looking for a leather that was durable and could take daily abuse, but that was soft on the interior of the neck pad. Some leathers seemed to work, but had terrible colour-transference. Our white shirt collars were left with stains. Horween Chromexcel is, in our minds, the only leather worth using for camera straps.

• One size fits all. Strap is adjustable from 100cm – (39 3/8″) to 130cm – (51 3/16″).

• Width: 8mm (Neck Pad – 4cm)

• Two colours available: brown and black.

• Horween Chromexcel leather. Known for its durability and softness, as well as its lack of colour-transference. Meaning, the dye will not rub off on your clothes.

• Each strap is riveted at stress points. Recommended max weight is 5lbs. Although straps have been tested to support weight up to 30lbs without breaking or splitting.

• Flat mount. Fits most flat mount cameras, including Canon and some low to mid-range Nikons. Can also fit all lug mount Nikons and vintage 35mm cameras fitted with a v-shaped split ring. We’ve also used these on vintage Rolleiflex cameras with great success.

See a full list of compatible cameras here.

Ensure you care for your strap. Follow our care guide and read our FAQs page for further details.

About the Borough leather camera strap

There are very few companies making leather camera straps for flat mount cameras, i.e. Canon and some entry level Nikons. There are even less making them using exclusively leather. Generally they will have leather straps and a canvas, or synthetic neck pad. The bulk of brands out there make straps for lug mount cameras, for instance, Fujifilm, Sony and prosumer and professional Nikon cameras. The construction methods used in lug mount straps are less labour intensive than flat mount straps. There are less pieces and there is more leather surface to work with on a lug mount strap.

When we developed our range of camera straps, the Borough and Westminster straps were the first ones to get produced. The reason being that we shot with both Nikon and Canon. And even though it may be more difficult to produce a leather camera strap for flat mount cameras, we knew we had to do it.

Why is it more difficult to produce leather camera straps for flat mount cameras? Because the average flat mount on a camera is less than 1cm wide, you need to make a leather camera strap that is slim enough to fit in to the mount, while being strong and durable. There are a host of leathers one could use for this purpose, and they would work. But a strong leather doesn’t necessarily mean a comfortable leather. Which is why we use Horween Chromexcel leather for all of our camera straps, including the Borough strap.

One of the great benefits of these flat mount straps is that they are adjustable. This takes the guesswork out of trying to figure out what size you need to get for your body and the way you use your camera and strap. With a range of between 100cm and 130cm the Borough camera strap gives the user a great degree of flexibility when it comes to the length of the strap.

Click here to find out more about how our leather camera straps are made.