Hand strap...neck strap

[clickcanon40]

Does anyone (or can you even) use both a neck strap and a hand strap? If so how (would you or do you) set the neck strap away and use the hand strap? I dont want to go to a clip off neck strap so I am talking about a neck strap like the one that came with my 40D.

I find times I love having the neck strap and then some more intense action situations where I would like the hand strap and dont want the neck strap flying all over the place.

[RPCrowe]

I always use two bodies usually having the 17-55mm f/2.8 IS lens on my 40D hanging from my neck on an OPTECH Reporter strap and a 70-200mm f/4L IS lens on my 30D in a holster case at my left hip using a hand strap.

[clickcanon40]

I mean on the same body, I only have one camera... (I dream of more than one though, but alas I am a poor college student)

[gool]

You can buy a small metal piece that will allow you to use both.
http://www.filmnara.co.kr/shop/data/459/puleme_str201_1.jpg



http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh308/gool_77/potn/cam.jpg



I have a hand strap on my 10D with the base plate. It also came with a little metal piece where you could have both the neck strap and hand strap.

Some pictures of the metal piece here.

http://www.filmnara.co.kr/shop/super/member/web/data/film_web/0_20051008102246.jpg
http://www.filmnara.co.kr/shop/data/459/puleme_str201_1.jpg
From this page http://www.gmarket.co.kr/challenge/neo_goods/goods.asp?goodscode=110622578&pos_shop_cd=SH&pos_class_cd=111111111&pos_class_kind=T&search_keyword=herringbone

[ben_r_]

Yes it can be done, I do it on my ungripped 5D, you just have to have some where on the bottom of the body to attach the strap. Either an L plate, a hand strap plate, or a battery grip.

[fxk]

I have both on my 1dm2n. Overall, I like the setup, but there are times I wish one or the other would "disappear". The hand strap does negate the use of the portrait grip controls - but as this is my forst camera with those controls, it doesn't really matter.

[JBillings]

I've got the hand strap on all my camera bodies. I've tried shoulder straps and have never been happy with any of them. Well that changed last Friday night. I shot my first football game using the R-strap ( http://www.blackrapid.com/ ) on my second body. What a huge difference it makes. I no longer have to keep pulling the strap up on my should. The camera is easy to access when needed and quietly out of the way when I don't need it.

I just wonder why it took so long for someone to come up with this idea!

[sunbeast]

If you're using the grip to attach the hand strap, here's an old thread with instructions for attaching same....

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=57766&highlight=hand+strap

[Jamie Holladay]

I have both on my 40D. I love the hand strap and hate the neck strap. I just keep the neck strap for when I need my hands to be free.

[AiGTs]

I use Camdapter for my 20D w/o grip. I love it, I only put the neck strap on my shoulder when I am not shooting, most of the time I use the hand strap.