Have a look at the Lowepro Toploader range...
jez
On 6/11/07, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Yesterday I departed from my normal event shooting scenario where I
> simply meander around some church or synagogue or banquet/dance hall for
> hours on end. For the first time ever I took the 5D with 100 pounds of
> lens attached (Tokina 80-200/2.8 and 1.5X Kenko converter) and hiked up
> and down the hills of the local zoo for a couple of hours.
>
> Apart from suffering the humiliation of exceedingly poor photographic
> accomplishments I was also struck by the need for some better way to
> carry this camera/lens combo. As it was, the whole contraption was akin
> to wearing a pendulum around one's neck and I kept thinking that the
> poor 5D was going to have its lens mount physically torn from its body.
>
> Is there a device that allows attaching the neck strap to the tripod
> mount on the lens? That would better balance the whole affair and take
> the load off the camera's lens mount. Or maybe some other solution
> that's even better?
>
> Maybe I just need to carry the whole thing on a monopod slung over my
> shoulder. A monopod would likely have improved a lot of shots.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
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