Shoulder strap, belt ideas for a camera and telephoto lens

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I am looking for some ideas for carrying around a Nikon 780 and 70-200 f2.8 lens when I am on a walk up to an hour. Just got the lens and just with the camera strap and the lens swinging around, when walking, it's not very comfortable. Want something relatively simple that will take some strain off the shoulder and hold it more firmly.

Thanks.
 
I am looking for some ideas for carrying around a Nikon 780 and 70-200 f2.8 lens when I am on a walk up to an hour. Just got the lens and just with the camera strap and the lens swinging around, when walking, it's not very comfortable. Want something relatively simple that will take some strain off the shoulder and hold it more firmly.

Thanks.
I really like a Black Rapid sling style strap for walk around photography. I have one I outfitted with an Arca Swiss clamp that I either clamp onto my camera body plate when using short lenses or clamp onto the lens foot plate on longer lenses with tripod collars. It's very comfortable, easy to swing up into shooting position and the camera/lens hangs comfortably around my hip level without swinging around when I walk.

I use one all the time when walking around with my D500 with the 500mm PF lens mounted and used it just yesterday with the D5 and 24-120mm zoom to shoot a local charity event.
 
Like DR above, I like the BR strap with a arca clamp but I also dislike the BR as the first one I had almost wore thru the D ring. New versions seem a little less prone to wear but they all must be inspected on a regular basis. I should say my rig is over 12 lbs and I would have no issues with a D5/D6 and 70-200 f2.8. My biggest gripe is with BR customer service, my first strap had the wear issue less than a year after purchase (I'm only out shooting once a week) and they would not do anything for me except sell me a new one.
 
My biggest gripe is with BR customer service, my first strap had the wear issue less than a year after purchase (I'm only out shooting once a week) and they would not do anything for me except sell me a new one.
Gotta say they'd better be careful, there's already a slew of copycat products out on the market. If they can't treat their customers well folks will just buy the cheaper stuff at a fraction of the cost.
 
Had a similar issue with wear on the BR D Ring.

For a single camera I'm now using the Magpul strap and QD fitting now that RRS and Kirk do compatible plates/ lens foot. Had no issues at all with the Magpul system in its "non photographic" original usage over the years;)

Now looking at adapting the BR dual sling with QD fittings for use with 2 x cameras.

EDIT: Forgot to say the other big advantage is with the QD I can remove the strap and go onto the monopod without having to unscrew the BR eye.
 
Take a look at the Cotton Carrier Skout or the larger CCS harness. They might look like overkill, but I use the harness with my larger lens and it is really comfortable and saves my shoulders and neck.
 
Like others, I also use a Black rapid Sport strap for camera and lenses with tripod collar mounts. I add a quick release clamp and attach it to the BR "screw". That way I attach the tripod collar mount on the lens to the QR clamp.

Another alternative is a full size strap from Peak Design using their proprietary attachment loops. Check out their website to see what might be needed for your specif lens and camera. Their product are very well made.
 
I use Peak Design and quality wise, they are good and I highly recommend them. However, my favourite walk-a-round method is wrist strap and to date haven't found one that satisfies me. In my quest to get something that does, I bought a couple of el-cheapo Chinese knock-offs and have butchered them to re-design something to suit me. Recently I found a strap company here in Victoria (Aus) that are prepared to help me fine tune it and develop it. It's a small one man show, but they do make quality gear and if anything goes wrong, you are dealing directly with the boss. Check them out here. https://luckystraps.com/. If you do get in touch with them, tell them Peter from Melbourne sent you. They will probably charge you double after that but you never know... :) :) :)
 
In addition to what I wrote above, just now received a very timely email from Justin, the owner of Lucky Straps advising me of a recent addition to his YouTube channel and I believe it may have a couple of good ideas in it regarding shoulder straps. Worth having a look at.

 
I have settled into using these straps simple design but the strap is stiff enough where it needs to be, to spread out the weight. https://www.peakdesign.com/products/slide
The handle is not a clamp it is just a handle to pull on the adjustment slide and it never is actually locked in place so they name it correctly
 
I'm a long time Black Rapid R user and am very pleased with, but find it uncomfortable when I'm also wearing my backpack. I find that the top of the backpack straps pushes the BR up onto my next which quickly gets sore. I have tried putting the BR on first so the backpack straps are on top of it but that restricts the movement I need when bringing the camera up to the eye.

Does anyone else have this problem or suggest a solution?
 
I'm a long time Black Rapid R user and am very pleased with, but find it uncomfortable when I'm also wearing my backpack. I find that the top of the backpack straps pushes the BR up onto my next which quickly gets sore. I have tried putting the BR on first so the backpack straps are on top of it but that restricts the movement I need when bringing the camera up to the eye.

Does anyone else have this problem or suggest a solution?
BR has a backpack strap that attaches to the existing backpack straps.
 
I use the Cotton Carrier vest sysyem (Cottoncarrier.com). The vest allows for bettter weight distribution and carrying two cameras plus a lens. The harness distributes the weight and does not pull on one shoulder or my neck. Given some physical limitations I have, this harness has worked wonders. I have used it to carry a Nikon D750 with the 200-500 lens. I have also used it to carry both a D750 and a D600 IR conversion at the same time. It works for me and I have worn it under a winter coat too.
 
I use the following: PIXEL RACING HARNESS with a steroid speed belt. PRO SPEED BELT looks like it replaced the steroid. With LENS CHANGER™ 75 POP DOWN V3.0. All think tank products. It is a modular system. Your lens can be attached to body and fit in bag with hood reversed.
At a moments notice, you can grab camera from bag. This works with my d500 and my sigma 70-200 f2.8 I don't know the size of d780. I always went to camera store to make sure my cameras and lens would fit attached. That is the safest bet. I am a petite female and the harness and belt keep the weight off my back and on my hips.
 
I use Peak Design and quality wise, they are good and I highly recommend them. However, my favourite walk-a-round method is wrist strap and to date haven't found one that satisfies me. In my quest to get something that does, I bought a couple of el-cheapo Chinese knock-offs and have butchered them to re-design something to suit me. Recently I found a strap company here in Victoria (Aus) that are prepared to help me fine tune it and develop it. It's a small one man show, but they do make quality gear and if anything goes wrong, you are dealing directly with the boss. Check them out here. https://luckystraps.com/. If you do get in touch with them, tell them Peter from Melbourne sent you. They will probably charge you double after that but you never know... :) :) :)
+1 For Peak design. I walk a lot and have found the peak design slide works really well for me. The wide strap spreads the weight well and the length and anchors are easily adjusted so that the camera sits on your hip lens facing down.
 
Based on recommendations, I bought a cheap version of the Black Rapid sling holder (looks identical to the authentic one) on Amazon so I could return it easily if I didn't like it. Tried walking around for a while and the camera and lens moved like crazy so I had to keep steading it with my hand. So it's going back and now I'm trying the Cotton Carrier Skout and will let you know how I like it.
 
Another vote here for the Cotton Carrier. I thought it looked kind of geeky, but I'm too old to worry about the geek factor any more. I also use a Black Rapid-style shoulder strap, but for serious hiking the Cotton Carrier is excellent. JAS covered the benefits well. A raincoat or poncho can be worn over it, too.
 
I have a D850, D500, 300mm PF, 500mm PF, and converters. What I came up with is a day pack with waist belt. With 300mm mounted, I just tuck camera behind the belt,
with the 500mm mounted, I tuck lens behind belt and hang it by the lens foot (have a long lens plate on it). Very easy to slide out when needed in a hurry. This ended up working better for me than everything else I tried and I carry the pack anyway. :) Of course, that said, all this gear is light weight.
 
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