When I carry two cameras, I usually have the preferred lens on the #1 camera in my hand, the second camera on my left shoulder is used maybe 15-20% of the time for an alternate view. E.g., #1 might be 16-50mm, #2 might be 14mm or 77mm or 100/macro. Or #1 might be 50-135mm, with the 21mm on #2. So the relatively infrequent use of #2 means that the extra hassle of using it from left-shoulder position doesn't become that big a deal. If I get into a situation where I am using #2 for more than a few shots, then I do relocate it to around the neck.
As far as the security of the on-the-shoulder position, when I am using two cameras it usually is when I am also wearing my camera backpack. I hook a largish carabiner to the camera strap and the pack's shoulder strap - if the camera does slip off my shoulder it doesn't hit the ground. But my basic approach is that the camera I am shooting with is in my hand, and secondary camera(s) are in a comfortable albeit not the most accessible spot. And I can carry a K10D with grip attached, with heavy lens, in my hand for a lot longer than I can tolerate the weight around my neck or even on my shoulder. stan On Jan 25, 2008, at 5:31 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > My cameras always hang from my neck. Yes, I know it's not cool, but > it's efficient. > Why? > First, the camera can't be dropped unless my neck or the strap > breaks. Not true on the shoulder, unless your body is notched. > Second, it's always in position to shoot. Don't have to take it off > the shoulder and wrap it around the wrist or whatever. I just shoot. > Back some thirty years ago when I shot a lot of motorsports, all the > photogs hung their cameras from their necks when they weren't on a > tripod. But that was in the days before a camera around the neck > became evocative of a tourist and therefore very unhip. > Paul. > On Jan 25, 2008, at 1:03 AM, Stan Halpin wrote: > >> If I carry a camera via strap, it is almost always on my shoulder, >> hardly ever around my neck. Feels better, less obtrusive. >> >> One camera setup: camera on right shoulder when basically just moving >> from point A to point B, and then camera in hand (well, kinda hanging >> from two fingers and thumb) with strap wrapped a couple of times >> around my wrist when within obvious range of photo ops. >> >> Two camera setup: main camera in (dangling from) right hand as above, >> second camera on left shoulder. When I use the second camera, the >> first just dangles from my wrist. If I am going to be on a bus, >> subway, in a car etc. then the second camera goes into the backpack. >> >> I really liked the "grip strap" on the Pz-1p but haven't found >> anything with the same comfortable secure feel that I can use on >> *ist- >> D, K10D etc. >> >> Back on the Subject topic, I really want the DA*60-250. If it looks >> like that will keep getting pushed back, then I'll go for one K20D >> body to replace one of my K10's. But if the lens and body were both >> available now, I would buy the lens first with no hesitation. >> >> stan >> >> On Jan 24, 2008, at 11:38 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> In a message dated 1/24/2008 9:31:27 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >>> Something I've noticed is that a lot of photographers, myself >>> included >>> until a few years ago, pay a ton of attention to the weight of >>> their >>> gear and the size of their bags and such like ... but no one ever >>> seems >>> to pay attention to the character of their strap. I'm here to >>> tell you >>> that, at least for me, the stretchy "foam" straps, for both camera >>> and >>> bag, seem to distribute the weight a lot better. I can carry a >>> lot more >>> weight for a lot longer with an appropriate strap. >>> >>> -- >>> Thanks, >>> DougF (KG4LMZ) >>> >>> ============== >>> Hmmm. I'll look into that Doug. >>> >>> I just use the strap that came with the camera. The ones with the >>> brand >>> logos. >>> >>> Marnie aka Doe :-) >>> >>> --------------------------------------------- >>> Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL >>> Music. >>> (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy? >>> NCID=aolcmp003000000025 >>> 48) >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >>> and follow the directions. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >> and follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
