Neck straps and hand straps. I don't like them!

Just wondering if anyone else feels the same? I have a shoulder/messenger bag I use which I can easily take the camera out of and dump back in...... Have tried neck straps and don't reall like having the camera banging around my neck...... also tried the hand strap and didn't like that either.

I even bought a fancy padded neck strap to have a go with and see the benefits of having the camera "ready" but just hate shooting with it on. I reside myself to the fact it takes me about 5 seconds longer to get it out my bag..... I'm happy to hold it for a few minutes or I'd just put it away.....

try black rapid, q-straps etc.....

I use the Luma loop with my MK IV and lenses, except the 500. For me it works well.
Ed

Are you hanging the camera around your neck? Try wearing it across your shoulder the way you wear you bag. Makes all the difference.

Sling strap here. And also use a hand strap.

I always feel like I might drop my camera without a hand strap. For a while I didn't have one and in crowded places people would run into me bumping my camera. Hand strap helps it quite a bit. I actually don't need to fully grip my camera with my hand when I have my hand strap on

I have a neck injury, so neck straps are out. I bought the cotten carrier Pro system and it is great. The weight is evenly dispursed, tha camera's do not move around, and it's comfortible, and built to last. The best prices I found were at amazon.com, thats where I bought mine. I also bought three extra batteries for my 60D, and all work great hold a charge, and work exactly as the original does with the camera. at 1/3 the price of a Canon Battery.

I only keep my straps on because when I shoot weddings I like to have two cameras at the ready during the ceremony, other than that, I usually hold my camera, even with the shoulder strap attached to the camera...

I agree completely about neck and shoulder straps. I do like haveing a handstrap though, especially when using a larger lens.

In some circumstances I will use a strap clipped to the hand strap but that is really just as a lanyard so I don't drop it over the over the side of a cliff or anything like that.

same here, i dont like either one of them. They are just annoying and get in the way. The hand strap makes your hands feel trapped. I dont have winpy hands either.

V-Wiz wrote in post #11725238
same here, i dont like either one of them. They are just annoying and get in the way. The hand strap makes your hands feel trapped. I dont have winpy hands either.

Depends on the strap and how you have it setup. Some of these wrist straps I've seen look like a wrist brace that clips to the camera and those would drive me nuts.

Thats why I recommend the Cotten Carrier Pro system. You can carry two cameras, they don't bounce around at all, and the system is comfortible, and built really well.

V-Wiz wrote in post #11725238
same here, i dont like either one of them. They are just annoying and get in the way. The hand strap makes your hands feel trapped. I dont have winpy hands either.

Neck strap clove-hitched around the wrist, then a wrap around to take up the slack and your hand is not encumbered, but the camera is still tethered to your wrist should you lose your grip. I've shot RollerDerby trackside and had skaters end up in my lap, knocking the camera loose in the process. This saved my bacon and 70-200L.

bsmotril wrote in post #11726320
Neck strap clove-hitched around the wrist, then a wrap around to take up the slack and your hand is not encumbered...

I'm sorry, but 10 pounds of camera and lens attached to your wrist with a short tether is a pretty good working definition of the word "encumbered."

you could try one of the belt clips, you screw it in the tripod mount and then that clips to a belt clip

I have a RS-7 and a handstrap. But when shooting street photography I unscrew my battery grip, I remove the handstrap and I unhook my RS-7.

Everything to make it smaller and less noticeable. Heck I even bought the nifty fifty just for street photography because of it's size.