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I know a few folk here take their good cameras with them when they go for a pedal. I've just ordered a new Nikon D3100 from my works long sufferance awards scheme partly as a way to motivate me to get out on the bike, "go nice places take nice pictures". It'll probably be at least some off road as well as on road.
Whats considered the best way to carry them? I don't suppose slinging it in the Carradice and riding off is the best solution.
Hmmm, probably not...
For day-to-day I've got a Crumpler camerabag, although it's messenger stylee strap, so off-road probably not so good. Off-road I'd likely use my Camelbak, in the knowledge that it's not padded and so any fall would knacker the camera.
Oh that is the camera I have, it is really cool. :-) I have a camera case for it and just stuff that in my pannier but I could sling it over my shoulder as well.
Round your neck, unbagged, ready for action shots.
Lowepro sport (if you're feeling flush): http://www.lowepro.com/photosport
I've just got a rubbishy bag that I put inside my courier bag and use.
I've got a lowepro slingshot 202aw that I won in a comp and don't want, but haven't got round to putting ebay yet. I don't think it would be suitable but you never know.
And check out Velovision magazine, issue 28, for Peter Eland's review of the Heavy Duty Camera Harness Strap. It looked like a pair of rucksack straps, to which he attached karabiners, from which he hung his DSLR on stub straps. The advantage was that the weight was supported by the shoulders rather than the neck.
Personally, I use a LowePro Inverse 200 bumbag, which has a massive waist strap and a stabilising shoulder strap.
Shoot what you see:
get one of the old fashioned plungers for the shutter - or a remote (my old pentax had one) - attach this to your handlebars then...
strap camera to the top of your helmet...
runs away
I've been tempted to try this setup:
to try this setup
I've bodged something similar for my wee camera. Vibration makes it useless for a photography platform on the move.
@Steveo in answer to original question, Ortleib sell a range of SLR-specific inserts for their "Ultimate" range of wateproof bar bags to keep the camera and some lenses / accessories safe. It can be "worn" also as comes with a shoulder strap.
It's that compromise between accessibility / usability and protecting the thing. I always err on the side of accessibility and the state of my camera shows it.
Most days I sling it in the pannier. I have a woolly hat it nestles in for "protection". If I was out on the bike with photography in mind, I'd put it in a bar bag (same hat). Easy to access when stopped without even getting off the bike.
Just so happens I had this idea last week and was committing it to screen today;
Was wondering how best to carry the slr myself too. I have a lowpro orion (I think) backpack which would normally be used to cart a couple of bodies and lenses around on foot, but a single body with g.p. lens might work weight-wise on a bike as long as the camera was secured and didn't bump around too much. Not sure I'd risk a top-dollar slr in that set-up though...
I wouldn't bother with the Minoura handlebar-mount; it looks very similar to the Minoura handlebar bottle-cage mount which can unexpectedly shift when carrying an approximate cameraworth of weight of water.
I'm very bad at not stopping and taking pictures these days but am trying to change this by keeping the camera out of the pannier in a shoulder-strapped Crumpler (Ben's Pizza XL - stores a DSLR and up to three smallish (i.e. prime) lenses - bought in 2003 but modern equivalents exist) which I prevent from swinging round to the front (as would otherwise always happen with my riding position/back shape) with a hooked bungee cord, attached to a belt-loop:
It stretches round enough to retrieve the camera without having to unhook the hook and doesn't usually result in skewed shorts (and, so far, no ripped belt loops).
The only way of getting decent quick-reaction shots is to sling it round your neck and shoulder on a decent strap at a length where it's just long enough to swing forward under your armpit and up to your eye. I used to use a padded Calumet strap but reverted to the simple strap which came with the camera as it meant two fewer snap-buckles to potentially fail or snap unexpectedly open at an unfortunate moment.
I keep my "good" camera in my camelback/rucksack, in a polly bag ! but also carry cheapo point n squirt in my pocket, jacket if winter or shorts or proper cycling top (ugh ! )if weather dictates .Ive also used my phone for some rolling video, but its pants !I do have a lowpro bag that was a custom fit (almost ) for my old hi 8 camera, but its a bit archaic now ! Incidentaly, anyone know how to transfer hi 8 to digital ?
thanks folks, I'm trying to avoid putting it in a rucksack because if its too much hassle I'll never use it and my experience off road with panniers where one went tumbling down the side of a path, it luckly only had a sleeping bag in it which is slightly more resistant to impact damage.
I'll look at the crumpler style, for shorter journeys it looks ideal. My riding buddy pointed me to his which uses carabiners to attach to clip points on his camelbac and sits across the chest, thats probably ideal for off road since if you come off you rarely end up chest first.
"Whats considered the best way to carry them?"
Round your neck, always available -
http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4454
Though mine is probably slightly lighter than a 'proper' SLR - random review.
Round your neck, always available
Made much more comfortable with an air-padded strap such as this one:
http://www.calumetphoto.co.uk/eng/product/calumet_aircell_straight_shoulder_strap/rm2002
Works as effectively on a D2x as a D40.
Shame Carradice haven't caught up with their imitators
http://www.ecovelo.info/2010/03/04/zimbale-leather-and-canvas-11-liter-saddle-bag/
Oh, that Zimbale bag's nice. Anyone sell them in the UK? Santa's looking for ideas.
I had a look a while back when I first became aware of them, there were a couple on ebay.
However I'm not sure one should be looking out side of the UK for such merchandise, especially not in these bleak times. :D
On a similar note, just came across these. Bargain... probably.
No affiliation etc just thought i'd share.
You're getting that fluorescent cape, are you Steveo? should make you easier to spot.
Take only... Leave only... by kaputniq, on Flickr
Ordered a Lowepro toploader which can clip on a camelbac for off roading, going to investigate a side hip mount for normal use.
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