Do any of you NOT use your neck strap??

anyone do a mod, kind of a hybrid between r-strap and the factory strap? Hooked to factory location on the left and the tripod socket on the right? Just been thinking of this lately when I tried to shoot portrait and sometimes have to fight the strap.

I juggle (almost literally) 2 cameras when I'm out. Without the neckstraps, I'd be slowed down when I couldn't afford to be. Handstraps or strapless carriers like the Cotton Carrier just won't cut it.

fotoworx wrote in post #9832822
Without a strap....one day you''ll watch it tumble to the ground.

On the upside, you'll have a good excuse to buy that new body you've been lusting after.

fotoworx wrote in post #9832822
Without a strap....one day you''ll watch it tumble to the ground.

Thats what happened to me. Luckily I was shooting a gymnastic meet and standing on a large foam mat at the time. Now I always use a neckstrap.

I actually just got my R-Strap in today (RS-7). (yesterday now I guess, got it 3/19). after wearing it all day, it's everything I was hoping it would be. I am in love with it!

Mark1 wrote in post #9832809
Ordered one of these yesterday.... We'll see how it works out....
http://www.adorama.com​/CZPOP9.html
http://bgrip.com/

Let us know how you like it!

So glad I started this thread I never knew I'd get so much input! I am definitely going to research some of the alternatives that have been posted here.

peterlcole wrote in post #9833157
On the upside, you'll have a good excuse to buy that new body you've been lusting after.

You need an excuse?

I shot PJ back in the days when zooms were lousy and every serious PJ shot with at least two cameras on his neck and shoulders with different primes on each camera. We "zoomed" by dropping one camera and grabbing the other. Straps, straps, straps.

I always have a strap on my cameras, and every time I pick one up for any reason, I'll loop the strap over my wrist. That even included my Mamiya RZ67 cameras, even though I mostly used them on tripods. When I attach a camera to a tripod, I will have the strap looped over my wrist until the quick-release is firmly attached (and I've checked it).

If I'm going to back up my cameras, why would I not back up my butter fingers?

I tried using a neck strap, wrist strap and a cotton carrier. I kept avoiding the R-strp thinking that there was no way I was going to like it.

Now I cannot figure out why I waited so long.

My biggest problem now is that I have to adjust the length of the strap if I have the strap attached to the lens tripod mount instead of the body tripod mount.

I carry two cameras...

I always carry two cameras and use the OPTECH Dual harness which distributes the weight over both shoulders and positions the cameras at my sides ready to pick up and shoot. This strap is pretty efficient and doesn't cost a king's ransom.

http://optechusa.com/p​roduct/detail/?PRODUCT​_ID=87

I have added a pair of carabiners, one to each side adjustment strap of my photo vest. I clip the carabiner onto the camera straps to prevent the cameras from swinging when I am running or traveling fast. If I am not wearing my photo vest, I clip the carabiners to the side belt loops of my trousers. If I need more protection for the cameras, I wear them under my vest or a jacket if I am wearing one.

I use my tripod for Macro quite a lot, and the neck strap got in the way too much. I ditched it for a hand strap and i love it. Snug against my hand, it's great.

Only had a little trouble adapting between them. Almost let the camera go while swapping lenses, no strap to hold it anymore, and I almost dropped it. Learnt not to do that real quick.

=)

Mine is used only as a 'shoulder' strap, when idle. When I am actively using the camera, the strap is looped once around the forearm of the right hand. Been that way for years, for me.

The exception to that is carrying two actively used bodies...one on each shoulder and the active one is brought up to the eye. The two-shouldered approach is how I can deal with keeping the two bodies from colliding with each other, if both are idle for a bit. If I have to run somewhere to take a shot, one hand grabs both straps and collects them at my chest, while the elbows keep the two bodies to the sides.

fotoworx wrote in post #9832822
Without a strap....one day you''ll watch it tumble to the ground.

My experience is just the opposite. With a strap...one day you'll watch something catch it and drag it to the ground. Every camera "disaster" of mine has been caused by the strap catching on something, or swinging from my neck and hitting something. Now it's in the bag on the tripod or in my hand.

Just drop a camera one time and then ask that question. If the strap isn't around my neck it's wrapped around my wrist so if the camera slips from my hand - no damage. I even put the strap around my neck when walking with the camera tripod mounted. Again no problems if the mounting plate somehow comes loose from the tripod.