cotton carrier

[Chewi00]

Anybody have any expierience using a cotton carrior chest harness for DSLR? I am going to try my buddies Sunday on Dial/Nippletop...I really have found no good way to carry my DSLR and get shots the entire trip. Its a PITA to get it out of the pack other than a couple times and on the summit.

[Alpine1]

I have tried several ways to carry a Rebel XT and found nothing that worked comfortably so it lives at home most days:cry:
I don't plan on printing large pictures so I opted for a compact point-n-shoot which I'm on my third now trying to find the PERFECT one.

[Neil]

You want to find something like what this guy has (http://adkhighpeaks.com/neil/outdoor%20pursuits/narao/Lake%20Louise%2008_0301.html). He took tons of pics on our scramble and was able to whip the camera out and get it back in quickly and easily.

[Edelweiss]

I bring my Canon 7D DSLR exclusively on hikes. I use a Lowe holster-type camera bag. I put the bag strap over my left should and under my right arm so it sits on my center-right side. The camera bag goes on first, then the backpack (I use an Osprey Aura 35). I use a small carabiner to secure a D ring on the camera bag to a fastener on the backpack for stability. I put the camera strap around neck for security. When I'm finished taking a shot, the camera goes back into the holster. I can partially close the camera bag with two zippers on either side of the top flap. This "system" works well for me.

[Chewi00]

You want to find something like what this guy has (http://adkhighpeaks.com/neil/outdoor%20pursuits/narao/Lake%20Louise%2008_0301.html). He took tons of pics on our scramble and was able to whip the camera out and get it back in quickly and easily.

This actually looks good. I have a small little case that I could rig up to my pack in front. The harness is pretty comfortable, but it feels like it will get very hot and the camera has no protection. Thanks for the idea, ill see what I can engineer up.

[daLunartik]

I don't have a DSLR, I have a "Tweener", a Fuji FinePix S1600. Body of DSLR, single non-removable lens like a Point and Shoot. Thus I am faced with some of the same bulk issues of a DSLR. Because I didn't have to deal with a long lens, I was able to get away with a smaller LowePro case that is meant to be worn on a belt or slung from it's shoulder strap.

I sling my camera on my left hip, almost gunslinger style, suspended from either the belt of the fanny pack I also usually carry or from a separate belt. Like Joanne, for added stability, I then clip it to my pack, which incidentally takes some of the weight off the belt. Having my big camera readily at hand has helped me capture quite a few animals in the woods that would have escaped undocumented if I'd had had to do anything more than pull it from my hip.

I have also used the chest mounted LowePro case with harness when I still carried my 35mm SLR. Hot, bulky and obscures your feet from view. After the second or third hike we started calling it the Baby Carrier.

[Chewi00]

follow up. Went with something similar to what Neil shows in the picture using a small case logic case that fits my Nikon with 18-55mm or 35mm prime....worked out very good and I think i'll keep using this setup. Small enough to not be too hot and in the way and camera is more protected (i.e. peace of mind) than connected naked to the cotton carrier. Thanks....saved me many $$$ also!