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02/09/2014 09:24AM |
Packs of any sort make access slow and a pain. Straps leave the camera swinging around too much unless you are moving at a more leisurely pace and can stick it inside a jacket.
I would like to have something that allowed me to have my camera reasonably accessible with a shorter lens attached. When I snowshoe or hike I sometimes take my DSLR in a pack of some sort. That really isn't all that accessible. The problem goes beyond just missing shots that are only available for a second. I just don't take it out of a pack and use it much because it is too much hassle. I can go with a point and shoot but that has big limitations.
I am taking the family to southern Italy for 10 days in late March and want to take some quality photos but don't have a good idea to make my camera accessible while not swinging around.
Any ideas?
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02/09/2014 12:18PM |
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02/11/2014 12:43PM |
Right now all I bring along when outdoors on "rugged" trips is a point and shoot digital camera. For years I kept it in a shirt or coat pocket with a ziploc sandwich bag handy in wet situations. Now in the canoe I use this and find it handy enough to still access quickly for unexpected shots and will protect and keep it dry.
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02/11/2014 11:37AM |
quote butthead: "I use a variety of OpTech USA straps and a harness. Nice system approach with interchangeable parts, great quality. I have found I use just the hand strap for 75% of my camera use. For hiking I'll use short straps with clips attached to d-rings on the pack harness. Backpack connector
butthead"
Those look like good products. I think the stabilizer strap is what I was looking for, and the reporter/backpack system looks good too.
Thanks for the help.
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02/11/2014 08:09AM |
butthead