How do you carry your camera?

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A bit of an odd question, but bear with me

Do you carry yours round your neck, on your shoulder, over your shoulder, in your hand?

I have a bag in which are stored my second lens, mini-tripod, hankies (don't ask), chewing-gum, and a few other odds and sods

I have a shoulder-strap on my camera but I tend to walk round with the strap grasped firmly in my hand, and let the camera dangle

How about you?
 
In my hand with the strap somewhere around my hand or wrist incase i drop it. Or round my neck
 
Andyvalver said:
In my hand with the strap somewhere around my hand or wrist incase i drop it. Or round my neck
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I've tried carrying it round my neck but it weighs me down

The only time I put it round my neck is when I go to the venue's toilet. And I always make sure it's switched off......
 
I also carry the camera in my hand and purchased a wrist strap which makes it much easier!
 
D40 - by the grip, with no strap :|.

D700 - in my armoured limo :D.
 
round my neck but i keep it in my hands, otherwise it's kept away in the bag
 
I carry mine over my shoulder,its a lot more comfy than round my neck
 
I usually just carry it in my hand. I'll put it round my neck if I'm taking lots of pictures, but I can't carry it around like that for very long as the strap irritates me.
 
used to carry the D80 with the strap wrapped around my wrist and holding the camera.
But since I bought the D300 and 17-55 2.8 they weigh to much and I have got a stretchy shoulder strap that I put over my right shoulder with the camera under my left arm.
I just twissle it around for a shot.
 
All of the above depending on what I'm doing and generally dictated by the amount of risk involved. :)
 
towershot said:
used to carry the D80 with the strap wrapped around my wrist and holding the camera.
But since I bought the D300 and 17-55 2.8 they weigh to much and I have got a stretchy shoulder strap that I put over my right shoulder with the camera under my left arm.
I just twissle it around for a shot.
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'Twissle'

Now there's a word you don't hear much in modern-day parlance - I like it! :thumbs:
 
It depends what lens I have on it, but generally if it has come out the bag it is around my neck.
 
On shoulder but the the body/lens pointing inwards rather than outwards.. (handy on the telephotos)
 
adsayer said:
On shoulder but the the body/lens pointing inwards rather than outwards.. (handy on the telephotos)
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I'm trying to visualise that, and all I'm getting is a telephoto lens poking you in the side

That's gotta hurt, surely? :(
 
Round my neck, often swinging wildly whilst I use my hands for X number of other things. I often have the 70 to 200 VR attached, with the entire kit swinging from left to right. One day, I will regret being such a knob :D

Gary.
 
put on shoulder bag first, then one body over each shoulder. If shooting a band or similar, wrap body with wide-normal zoom around arm so that my hand just fits in to the battery grip, means I can 'drop' that body to hang off that wrist to shoot with other body.
 
By handstrap too. I hate neckstraps. I can just about manage to shoot single handed for those snatched shots. But keep it in my bag when not required.

Graham
 
Bandolier fashion on a strap long enough to have the camera just level with my left hand. Quite comfortable walking with it like that.
I can slip it round to behind my left cheek if I need to go through long grass or a narrow passageway.
 
Depends what I'm doing. The best way was as I abseiled down a cliff with my Olympus clipped to the back of my harness :eek:
 
When i'm using it i have a wrist strap and carry it holding the grip.

When i'm not i have an old holster type bag that goes over my shoulder,
no fancy names, no name strap, no point attracting attention to it....
 
Bandolier style over the right shoulder and camera on my left hand side... The D300 with a longish lens on it is yea heavy
 
With a home-made R-Strap so it sits on my right hip. I can't stand conventional neck straps.
 
One round my neck and one attached to a carabiner on my left shoulder - I used to carry both on the shoulders attached to carabiners, but the new regs require us to be armed with a rifle, not just a pistol and the rifle slung on the right smashes against the camera if it's there...I have to wear a thick neck-cloth to cushion the strap as after about 4 hours it gets a bit tiresome...
 
MarkydeSad said:
I'm trying to visualise that, and all I'm getting is a telephoto lens poking you in the side

That's gotta hurt, surely? :(
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nope it rests against you padded area (backside) :D ... to be honest when walking around they don't giggle about and you're less likely to have a kid smash their head into and wipe their dirty kid germs on it
 
I hang mine around my neck for the most part, sometimes i will just carry it in my hand when the endless swinging from side to side annoys me.
 
DarrenToogood said:
Try putting it over your shoulder, backwards. This way the lens is resting again your side/bum and doesn't tend to slip off the shoulder.
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aaaaha... another one.

defo the way forward in camera carrying technique :geek:
 
Neck, shoulder or carry or combination of above if I have two on the go. If I have a back pack on I will sometimes fix one or both to the loop(s) on the front which means I can be mostly hands free and not worry about one slipping off my shoulder. They seem much lighter to carry this way as well although you do need to protect it/them more as you wander around because they dangle
 
Depends where I am to be honest. If I'm using a single body it's usually in the bag until I use it. If I'm at an event, I'll have 2 bodies, one with a long telephoto and the other with the 24-70 attached. The body with the longer lens stays in my ThinkTank modular pouch on my belt until I need it while my main body hangs round my neck. I then just swap the cameras over as need be.
 
Over the shoulder here, also 'backwards'. This is very useful if you are carrying a camera with a flash fitted as the flash will tuck around behind you, sort of in the region of your kidneys, with the lens hanging down beside your leg. Try it the other way around and you are always catching either the lens or the flash with your arm.

When shooting events I quite regularly have a camera hung in this way over each shoulder, one with a long telephoto zoom on it and the other with a short wide-angle zoom. With practise you can swing either camera up, use it, and let it drop back again without having to take the strap off your shoulder.
 
adsayer said:
nope it rests against you padded area (backside) :D ... to be honest when walking around they don't giggle about and you're less likely to have a kid smash their head into and wipe their dirty kid germs on it
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I've just tried it and I see what you mean now

You're not as daft as I look :thumbs:
 
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