Strap vs. no strap

The active camera is on your left hand? Am I missing something? I would think that active camera is in your right hand. How are you holding the camera in your left hand?

Hold the lens, hand goes under camera/lens combo when shooting. You do support the camera/lens combo by the lens, not by the hand grip, don't you? If you support it by the grip while shooting, pressing the shutter jar the camera more than if you're supporting it by the lens with your left hand.

Yes of course I do. I thought you were referring to carrying the camera bith one hand only and I did not understand how or why it would be your left.

I absolutely do cradle the lens in my left hand. It makes all the difference.

Yes, and since I'm going to be supporting it that way, that's how I carry it when moving between shots.

I have neck strap on one camera and a wrist strap on the other, both work great for me

TMR Design wrote in post #2137110
I am sure pro's won't go for this but do some of you find that a shoulder bag is better, and more safe? I don't think I would mind having a bag with some sort of lid that opens easily and quickly so I can just open and grab the camera.
I have seen many bags but they don't look like they provide that kind of access and there would be more fumbling around to open and get the camera out.

When my cameras not in my hands taking a picture, it's in my shoulder bag. I have a Bogen / National Geographic Earth Explorer Medium shoulder bag that works great for this. It has a big flap with snaps on it, under that is a zippable cover that can be rolled up and velcroed out of the way, so that just the flap covers the contents. Very quick access to the camera.

From NG's site: http://www.ea-bags.com/

IMAGE LINK: http://www.ea-bags.com …ng-2475close1200x1200.jpg

IMAGE LINK: http://www.ea-bags.com …/ng-2475flap1200x1200.jpg

IMAGE LINK: http://www.ea-bags.com …s/ng-2475man1200x1200.jpg

Can you give me a link. I just went to the NG site and could not find that item. They have one black bag but it is very different from what you are showing.

TMR Design wrote in post #2137810
Can you give me a link. I just went to the NG site and could not find that item. They have one black bag but it is very different from what you are showing.

www.ea-bags.com

then click on Earth Explorer. It's the medium shoulder bag.

Direct to bogen imaging us: http://www.bogenimagin​g.us …sectionid=482&i​temid=3226

and here's B&H's link:

http://www.bhphotovide​o.com …EG&addedTroughT​ype=search

Sure

- why not leave the strap off and just skip straight to dropping it on the floor / hard tiles / bath / river ....

On a positive note, the strap can be very useful to help steady the camera.

You can get quick release straps if you a very concerned

Those NG bags look really nice. So do you open the top and fold it back behind itself so the top is open and you can get the camera or do you flip the top back and forth as you need the camera?

TMR Design wrote in post #2138002
Those NG bags look really nice. So do you open the top and fold it back behind itself so the top is open and you can get the camera or do you flip the top back and forth as you need the camera?

I flip it back and forth as needed. Rather have it covering the camera's back for added protection. Don't have to snap it shut, and you can just lift the flap up to grab the camera. If I had more than one camera I'd take a picture of it, heh It has a small insert in the middle alot like the domke's inserts, but has two divders in there that I have set up to support the body of the camera with the lens facing down. I have my 50mm f/1.8 down one of the sections too. The insert also has a flap with velcro that can be used to cover the lcd on the camera. But with the 70-200 the flap on the insert isn't big enough, so I just tuck it out of the way. The main flap is still fine though.

oh, and the camera fits a bit 'weird' in there when the bg-e2 is on it. The insert isn't quite big enough, so it overhangs the insert a tad.

Simon Harrison wrote in post #2136933
Having had a strap fail on my while carrying my 1D, I simply don't truct them anymore.

Simon.

Was it the strap the failed, or was it the way it was attached that allowed the strap to fail? I don't see how a proper strap, assuming its attached correctly, can just simply 'fail'.

I picked mine up by the strap one time, and it slipped out of one of the eyelets on the camera... Fortunately, the other end held, and the camera didn't drop!

I never use a strap. Then again my 35-350 is always on the camera.
You don't want to hang that thing anywhere. It's either in my holster
bag or on the monopod.

I'm new at all of this, so it felt odd to walk around with the neck strap that came with the 400D, so I was very concious of it. I don't really care for the strap, but that may change as time passes.