Camera Strap While Snowshoeing
Oct 27, 2015 22:13:29 #
I am an avid snowshoe'r and am looking for ideas on how to better carry my camera (7d mark ii) while out on snowshoeing. Typically, I used to keep it in my backpack, but I find myself not taking shots because of the hassle of unpacking it. I am looking for something that isnt going to allow my camera to bang around, or get in the way of the trekking poles.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Oct 27, 2015 22:50:42 #
Have done some snowshoeing and photography -- even at the same time. Two issues -- temp and sweat. I suggest finding / making a small chest pack -- possibly something like a Thinktank Urban Disguise 5 -- modify it by adding strap around the torso -- running the existing shoulder strap diagonally,cross body. Always amazed me, no matter how much I had been working out, snowshoeing always got me in the Glutes!
Oct 27, 2015 23:05:30 #
MarkintheHV wrote:
I am an avid snowshoe'r and am looking for ideas on how to better carry my camera (7d mark ii) while out on snowshoeing. Typically, I used to keep it in my backpack, but I find myself not taking shots because of the hassle of unpacking it. I am looking for something that isnt going to allow my camera to bang around, or get in the way of the trekking poles. Thanks!
Mark, I don't even remember what snow looks like, but I'm no stranger to being very active with a camera. I'm also a pretty big believer in the KIS genre(yes, w/o the being stupid part!!).
I'm not into fancy crap either, etc.
Here's what I do when I'm bobbing hills on my Mtn bike and with my camera hanging from my neck.
I shorten the strap so it's at the chest. I also always have on a pack when I'm out shooting, either a camera pack or a Camelbak if I've got just the camera. Either way, any pack I own has a chest strap. So I simply snap the chest strap over the camera straps and it holds the camera very securely in place. The closer the camera is to the chest strap, the more secure and less sway.
Sometimes when shooting a cycling event, I also do that with my 200mm 1.8. And that lens is big!!!
To shoot, simply stop, unbuckle the chest strap and shoot, then simply re-snap and your on your way again.
And yes, I just use stock cameras straps. My cameras have the freebies sent out by CPS which have the wider foamy/stretchy neck part, otherwise I have used to OEN stockers a lot.
Anyway, it's always worked for me.
If you need to protect the camera from the elements, simply put a small, draw corded stuff sack around it!!
But then again, I don't need no steenkeen bogdes either!! :lol:
SS
Oct 28, 2015 06:54:09 #
A front mount baby sling that new mothers use might work and I'm sure they are not very expensive.
Oct 28, 2015 07:20:05 #
Look at a Blackrapid Sport sling. You can have your camera on your ribcage, either outside or inside your jacket / shell. You can stop and bring to eyelevel almost immediately for shooting. The connection is a screw into the tripod mount at the bottom of the camera.
Oct 28, 2015 07:43:26 #
MarkintheHV wrote:
I am an avid snowshoe'r and am looking for ideas on how to better carry my camera (7d mark ii) while out on snowshoeing. Typically, I used to keep it in my backpack, but I find myself not taking shots because of the hassle of unpacking it. I am looking for something that isnt going to allow my camera to bang around, or get in the way of the trekking poles.
Thanks!
Thanks!
I love shooting with a DSLR, but I often use something more practical. In a snowshoeing situation, I would use a "tough" camera, like my Nikon AW100. Falling and getting wet don't matter.
Oct 28, 2015 08:13:37 #
Leitz
Loc: Solms
MarkintheHV wrote:
I am an avid snowshoe'r and am looking for ideas on how to better carry my camera (7d mark ii) while out on snowshoeing. Typically, I used to keep it in my backpack, but I find myself not taking shots because of the hassle of unpacking it. I am looking for something that isnt going to allow my camera to bang around, or get in the way of the trekking poles.
Thanks!
Thanks!
An avid photographer wouldn't consider unpacking the camera to be a hassle!
Oct 28, 2015 08:45:05 #
SS[/quote]
"pack I own has a chest strap. So I simply snap the chest strap over the camera straps and it holds the camera very securely in place."
That's what I do Hiking/Walking around the city. Bob.
"pack I own has a chest strap. So I simply snap the chest strap over the camera straps and it holds the camera very securely in place."
That's what I do Hiking/Walking around the city. Bob.
Oct 28, 2015 11:33:20 #
Ive used a chest pack that enclosed the whole camera and lenz,so all you have to do is unzip or unclip it.
Oct 28, 2015 16:34:43 #
akretiree
Loc: Anchorage
You might want to check out the Mind Shift Gear Rotation 180 pack on Amazon. The bottom part of the backpack that holds your camera rotates 180 degrees to your front so it is easily accessible.
Oct 28, 2015 19:52:27 #
Leitz wrote:
An avid photographer wouldn't consider unpacking the camera to be a hassle!
We have a place up here called the "Devils Path." You start snowshoeing on that, and I dont care who you are, there will be times you just dont want to unpack.
:) :)
Oct 28, 2015 19:53:09 #
SharpShooter wrote:
Mark, I don't even remember what snow looks like, ... (show quote)
I like these ideas to start with, thanks Sharpshooter
Oct 29, 2015 11:04:04 #
I tether mine to a nylon strap around my waist (strap has a common squeeze-release buckle). The strap has a sewed-on "D" ring to which a small carabiner is attached. A little (3") nylon strap (from a small LED flashlight) is linked to the camera's carrying bracket. To use the camera, I can either release the carabiner or, for quicker access, release the buckle of the waist strap.
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