California Sun Sniper One-Padded Sniper Camera Strap - Black

This really is a big improvement over the standard camera strap. I was worried that I'd end up ramming my camera into things if it were hanging around my posterior, but my camera is much much more likely to hit stuff if it's just hanging around my neck on the standard camera strap that comes with pretty much all cameras out there.I've managed to carry my camera with this strap along with a backpack and a bunch of lighting equipment without any problems with stuff running into the camera.The fact that it attaches to the tripod hole is great since it can very easily be removed, which is highly desirable if you are placing your camera on a tripod. The standard strap is a serious pain to remove and would constantly get in my way when my camera was on a tripod. I was initially worried that the tripod screw might not be secure enough, but it appears that it's quite secure if screwed in tightly with your fingers. The strap has a very low friction swivel connected to the tripod connector, so if the camera ends up spinning around it doesn't end up applying any torque at all to the tripod screw. I feel quite secure with this arrangement.The only inconvenience I find with the tripod screw connector is that I usually leave this arca-swiss quick release plate on my camera so I can immediately put it on a tripod when I want, but I have to take that off and store it away in order to use the strap. If my QR plate had a tripod hole on it though then I could just screw the strap to the QR plate, so this is really more of a limitation of my QR plate anyway.I don't see any way anyone could go wrong with this strap. It's highly adjustable with a rather large size range so it seems unlikely that there's anyone it wouldn't fit.I have had the shoulder pad creep down my back before, but this doesn't usually seem to be a problem for me (so far anyway). So I'm subtracting a star because I think they could have done more to secure the shoulder pad.

I got this item, and have not had a chance to fully test it, but somehow, I am not convinced the tripod screw will stay in the camera and I feel a bit unsure of this thing. When I ordered it, I thought there were going to be ball bearings in it to spin as the camera was used and to keep the screw more secure in the camera. However, when I got it, I see I got the basic mount, which does NOT swivel. The ball bearing screw is available for $32 more, making the whole thing approach $90. There was no indication of this in the advertising, however. I thought I was getting a swiveling screw, but did not. Consequently, I worry that the thing will unscrew and dump my very expensive lens and body on the concrete at any minute.Not a good feeling. I guess I will give it a test, and see if my fears are unfounded. I hope so. I'll try it out with an old camera I have laying around...and update this review.

I don't know anybody that has gotten fond of their camera strap unless that have also gotten in the habit of holding onto their camera. I can't speak for everyone, but everyone I know has a problem with a Nikon D? hanging from the strap around their neck. It doesn't take long for you to want to grab the camera and take the pressure off of your neck. A full day of this is hell for an older person, while younger people just get use to it.Here is the solution to the age old camera strap. The SunSniper doesn't work like an ordinary camera strap in two important ways. The first is that the camera isn't fastened to the strap. The strap is very comfortable, and the camera has a very sturdy part made of three metal parts that are securely connected together. At one end it attachés to your camera through the tripod mount at the bottom. Thee parts are engineered very well, and are very strong. At the other end of the metal parts is a D ring, but it's not really a D shape, it is a rectangular shape, as it goes around a flat strap. The camera is free to move all long the strap.The strap has padded shoulder pads that are very will designed and can be adjusted to be anywhere on the strap. The idea is that everyone will have to adjust the strap to suit themselves. The strap is a sling type, so it goes cross from your shoulder to your opposite side, more like a seat belt.Your camera can ride anywhere along your side, or on your backside, it's up to you where the camera sets when you are not using it. The main thing to note is that you won't be holding it, this is because the weight is not pulling on your neck.When you want to take a picture, you simply reach down and grab your camera, as you raise the camera up it is sliding up the strap with ease. You will feel not resistance from the strap as you take your pictures. When you are done, you just rest it back down the strap and let it rest.A video might be in store to demonstrate the ease of using this Sunsniper strap. I have tried to carry my camera will all kinds of straps, but this is the one to end that search for the perfect strap. There are others like it, and I won't dear say that they are not as good, but the design will be similar. I can tell you that I am a fan of fine engineering, and the Sunsniper was not made in any cheap way. It is rugged, comfortable, simple and easy to use.