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Need advice protecting gear
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Divawithguns
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30 August 2018
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I have a Nikon D5300 with a few lenses.
I have MS so my walking abilities are not always very good. I stumble and fall lots.
The other day I took several bad falls (5) and the one I seriously thought my camera was hooped. 🙏 thankfully it is working fine. Phew
I'm needing ideas and suggestions on what I can do to better protect my gear. I've tried neck camera holders but those don't seem to work well. Camera still flops around so much. Tried a chest piece where the camera sits higher on your chest and more closely to your body. Not very comfortable when you fall on it.
Any ideas what I could use for carrying the camera that's accessible quickly and easily (nice part of common beck strap)? But don't want something where the camera has a lot of distance for the camera to wonder off if I fall.
Any ideas even DIY for protection on the camera body, plus the lenses on the camera for when I fall?
Thank you very much for any suggestions you can give.
I have MS so my walking abilities are not always very good. I stumble and fall lots.
The other day I took several bad falls (5) and the one I seriously thought my camera was hooped. 🙏 thankfully it is working fine. Phew
I'm needing ideas and suggestions on what I can do to better protect my gear. I've tried neck camera holders but those don't seem to work well. Camera still flops around so much. Tried a chest piece where the camera sits higher on your chest and more closely to your body. Not very comfortable when you fall on it.
Any ideas what I could use for carrying the camera that's accessible quickly and easily (nice part of common beck strap)? But don't want something where the camera has a lot of distance for the camera to wonder off if I fall.
Any ideas even DIY for protection on the camera body, plus the lenses on the camera for when I fall?
Thank you very much for any suggestions you can give.
Do you think some kind of a toploader bag on a tactical vest could work? It should be possible to add straps that use either the Molle system or D-rings to hold it steady around where the camera normally sits with a short neck strap. I have no idea what is currently out there, but both Lowepro and Tamrac used to make toploaders that could be closed with a quick strap instead of the zipper when using them as shooting bags.