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How do you carry your camera? Jumaring? Hiking? Climbing? Scrambling?
El Duderino wrote: The orange rope? It’s girth hitched to the normal camera strap mount at the top and tied with a bowline into one of these “D ring mount” screwed into the tripod mount. I think I got mine on amazon for $1. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1525219-REG/kupo_kg019812_1_4_d_ring_camera_mounting.html/ Tripod mounts are 1/4”-20 so you might be able to find something similar that will work at your local hardware store. |
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carefully. |
Mikey Schaefer wrote: I'll try and dig up a couple pics of our kits Did these ever get posted? Would love a visual of exactly how tour setup keeps everything safe and redundant, as well as accessible and ready. |
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i’m curious about that patagonia pack mikey was talking about. i used to ski with a sling pack with a waist band that i could turn around to ride the chairs or shoot. i miss it - looks like patagonia makes something similar for fishing thoughtless anyone else have a recommendation for a lift serve ski/ climb pack? |
Mikey Schaefer wrote: I'll try and dig up a couple pics of our kits I don't recall you wearing that hip pack while shooting FreeSolo. I think I'll have to watch the movie again, just to keep you honest ;-) |
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Just stumbled on this bag: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07TSNS51H/?th=1 Says it has a stow-able sternum strap to help stabilize. Kind of looks a bit too wide and maybe a bit too heavy with their signature buckle, when compared to the Patagonia Mikey mentioned but, thought I'd share, just the same. Maybe someone could come up with a climbing specific idea for the U-Lock holster, maybe turn it into a chalk bag |
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This seems like a similar hip pack to the Patagonia Hip Chest Pack. Haven't compared weights but they're both 7l I believe. |
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Has anyone used the f-stop Welded Navin Pouch? I've been meaning to sew up a bag similar to it using xpac fabric, but time is precious and may just pull the trigger on it. |
Sean Anderson wrote: Haven't used it but it looks pretty cool. Thanks for mentioning it. I've always been one to just throw my camera over my shoulder, clip it to the back of my harness, and let it be. The camera body may acquire a few scratches, but with a lens hood, it's never sustained any damage that compromises function. That being said, I've used that method to date because I never found a solution for protecting the camera that I really liked. This one has potential. |
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The OP doesn't mention his camera size nor if there are needs for a covered case (besides your backpack). The most common type of setup I see in the Tetons is a shoulder strap bracket for DSLR. It looks like a PITA to climb with and I have no idea what the drawbacks are in terms of the actual product but it is fairly common for larger cameras with a short lens. Better for some climbs, less so for others. The bracket can be used on a belt, harness.  |
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I'm just an amateur photographer and don't carry a lot of kit or big cameras. I used to carry DSLR's, and SLR's before that, but that just made me an amateur with a big camera. I now have a Sony A6500 with the very compact (but delicate) 16--50 mm kit lens, and sometimes carry a 70--350 mm telephoto. If I bring the telephoto, I wrap it in something soft and carry it in whatever type of pack I'm using (no pack, no telephoto, but I do manage to bring it along even with a light running pack or small fanny pack). I've tried capture clips but don't like them for anything. They obviously don't work for climbing, but I don't like 'em for any kind of hiking either. I'm often using light packs with very thin pack straps, and the clip and camera wiggle and bounce in a way I find very distracting---and that's with a small mirrorless camera. I wouldn't want a capture clip on my harness either, as fixing a camera in one place when climbing is just bound to eventually crunch the camera. Fanny packs don't work for me for climbing, as they interfere with too many loops on my harness. For everything from walking around town to any kind of hiking, a wear the camera on a neck strap. I tie a length of shock cord around my waist (a less than hip urban look) and tuck the camera under it. This keeps the camera from bouncing and I can push it around to my side and/or partly behind me, depending on what kind of pack I might be wearing. When hiking, I usually use a simple neoprene case that comes completely off the camera to provide a little extra protection from encounters with the environment. The case has a little carabiner that I clip to the shock cord when I take the case off.   I find a good trick for getting shots during a climb is to have a Petzl Connect Adjust installed. You can clip it to gear and instantly tension it to exactly the right length go hands-free in mid-pitch. (It has lots of other uses too, but is often the subject of scorn from purists who think any kind of installed tether is a flagrant violation of minimalist principles.) I really have no occasion to Jumar in my dotage, but if that was part of the game then I'd use a fanny pack of appropriate capacity. |
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For climbing shots out in the wild, alpine, etc. I no longer carry my little Canon Elph in a soft zipper case and a shoulder sling. I finally own a cell phone with a high quality camera on it. Compared to the Elph, it takes just as good photos and has a GPS map program on it to assist in the approach hikes and of course can call for a rescue. An extra piece of gear like a camera is no longer needed. I used to be religious about the Canon, but it sits unused for quite some time now. |
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Here’s a camera bag designed by climbers: https://www.dangerbuddies.com/product-page/climb-on-camera-bag |
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Normally bring my phone, forget and leave it in my cargo pocket :-( |
