Comfortable Way to Carry Heavy SLR: I'm always plagued by the weight of my SLR/lens around my neck while traveling and walking about all day. I want the camera handy so a belt case...

sabresailor

I'm always plagued by the weight of my SLR/lens around my neck while traveling and walking about all day. I want the camera handy so a belt case isn't going to work. Does anyone know of a strap arrangement that will ease the back pain that I get halfway through the day and still leave the camera ready to shoot?

Thanks!

preachy Loc: Dover Plains, NY

Try one of the Black Rapid straps or the Spider Pro belt system

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

sabresailor wrote:

I'm always plagued by the weight of my SLR/lens around my neck while traveling and walking about all day. I want the camera handy so a belt case isn't going to work. Does anyone know of a strap arrangement that will ease the back pain that I get halfway through the day and still leave the camera ready to shoot?

Thanks!

I myself HATE neck straps, so I went with an R strap by Black Rapid a year or two ago. It does well for me.

There are several variations of sling straps nowadays.

http://www.blackrapid.com/products/straps

SX2002 Loc: Adelaide, South Australia

sabresailor wrote:

I'm always plagued by the weight of my SLR/lens around my neck while traveling and walking about all day. I want the camera handy so a belt case isn't going to work. Does anyone know of a strap arrangement that will ease the back pain that I get halfway through the day and still leave the camera ready to shoot?

Thanks!

Black Rapid RS4...
Hangs at you side out of the way...camera just slides up the strap when you want to take a shot...
Takes the weight off your neck.
I have had several cervical spine surgeries (plates and screws) and cannot tolerate anything on my neck and this solved the problem nicely...

JimEaco

I don't have one, but looking at:

http://joby.com/camera-straps/pro-sling-strap

Joby

Would like any info if anyone has one or knows how they work...
Black rapid seems to be the popular choice.

donrent Loc: Punta Gorda , Fl

I have a sling type I made myself and it is very comfortable for long periods of carrying an slr....

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

JimEaco wrote:

I don't have one, but looking at:

http://joby.com/camera-straps/pro-sling-strap

Joby

Would like any info if anyone has one or knows how they work...
Black rapid seems to be the popular choice.

The black rapid uses a carabiner clip to connect to the camera, The FastenR clip can screw into the tripod socket, then you just attach the carabiner clip to the FastenR clip... I added a plate to the bottom of my D7100, that has a round hole, so the carabiner clip just goes thru the hole.

The plate attaches with a knurled knob, and my tripod QR plate is mounted last...

They also sell QR plates with a FastenR built in.

I do like the locking Carabiner.

Super sturdy and super easy.

Wallbanger Loc: Madison, WI

Another + for BlackRapid.

They seem expensive - until you get one and try it.

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

Wallbanger wrote:

Another + for BlackRapid.

They seem expensive - until you get one and try it.

:thumbup:

Agree... took me almost 10 minutes to appreciate it and agree it was worth the cost ;)

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Cotton Carrier or Movo (both on Amazon) make a carrier vest the distributes the weight to both shoulders by using a stud that screws in the tripod mount of the camera and slides into a slot on the vest front. (My Movo also has a second carrier the fits on the waist for a second camera or a lens that has a tripod collar to mount the stud.)

sabresailor wrote:

I'm always plagued by the weight of my SLR/lens around my neck while traveling and walking about all day. I want the camera handy so a belt case isn't going to work. Does anyone know of a strap arrangement that will ease the back pain that I get halfway through the day and still leave the camera ready to shoot?

Thanks!

Wallbanger Loc: Madison, WI

Dngallagher wrote:

:thumbup:

Agree... took me almost 10 minutes to appreciate it and agree it was worth the cost ;)

No kidding. I always thought I wanted one, but never pulled the trigger because "they were expensive". Then my Dad asked for one for Christmas.

My wife was smart enough to order one for me after she saw me walking around the house "testing" my Dad's Christmas present before I gave it to him!

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

Wallbanger wrote:

No kidding. I always thought I wanted one, but never pulled the trigger because "they were expensive". Then my Dad asked for one for Christmas.

My wife was smart enough to order one for me after she saw me walking around the house "testing" my Dad's Christmas present before I gave it to him!

:thumbup: :thumbup:

lloydl2 Loc: Gilbert, AZ

take a look at the spider pro camera holster and also the peak design straps and capture clips.. I love the holster as it gets the camera off your neck, out of the way but readily accessible.

http://spiderholster.com/

https://peakdesignltd.com/

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

lloydl2 wrote:

take a look at the spider pro camera holster and also the peak design straps and capture clips.. I love the holster as it gets the camera off your neck, out of the way but readily accessible.

http://spiderholster.com/

https://peakdesignltd.com/

I looked at Peak Design's SLIDE recently - looks good.

plessner Loc: North Dakota

I have one by optech that I love. Forms an x over my back and no weight on my neck. It was very inexpensive and easy to shoot and use while wearing it.