Camera Straps

Hi,

I've got a 5D, but this question is relevent to any SLR user who regularly puts their camera in and out a housing.

When using my camera above water, I always like to use the neck strap on my camera. When putting the camera in the housing clearly the neck strap has to come off.

When I go on holiday I'm going to be putting the camera in and out of the housing everyday, and don't really want to have to keep attaching and detaching the standard Canon strap as it's a little fiddly and takes time to do. After all, it's not been designed for frequent attachment/detachment.

Has anyone found a better strap mechanism allowing for quick attachement to and from the camera?

Thanks,

Greg

Hi ,

I had the same problem and I found a solution I use 2 neck straps olympus offers as a give away for the smal mju mini this is a solution with a plastick snaper

and a smal fixing rope ... I tested the plastic part ..... it is not posible to crack with

human force using your hands the parts are short fixed to the cam and the normal neckstrap is connecktet to the plastic part ..... it is only a second to put away the neckstrap ....... and it is also no problem to fitt into a housing .......

I have looked around but never found such smal clipp parts anywere

Michael

Optech makes professional camera straps that connect and disconnect very easily available at BH Photo

I attached one small key ring to each slot on the camera where the straps normally attach. I then attached the camera strap to a small mountaineering climbing type clip. Now I simply click the traps to the ring and I can use the camera with straps, and easy clip releases the straps from the camera for housing use. You just need to make sure that your housing has the clearance for anything you attach to the camera. I have attached a similar type of clip that I use, but its much smaller and cheaper.

Gord