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This may seem like (actually it may well be!) a question that has been beaten to death.

But while I've been doing photography for years, it's usually been with a single reasonably lightweight camera-lens combo (even in my old SLR days).

The E-5 is a bit heavier and I'm a lot older, so there is a bit of a new challenge.

I can go with a Camdapter wrist strap, in which case I need to use a bag (not a backpack tho) with quick access. I'd prefer one that will hold the camera with one lens attached, and maybe one extra lens, lightweight.

It will not be used for travel purposes, only out of my car and for street shooting.

My other option is to only use a bag to transport the camera and lenses in the car, and then use a shoulder strap or neck strap for walking around with the camera and lens. Walking around extendedly with just the hand strap doesn't seem like a great idea.

What's your preference? Specific recommendations welcome and appreciated.

Marco
 
I have both variations and use whichever suits particular situation. It works this way: there is wrist strap permanently attached to the camera, and I have two rings (kind of small key rings) on the camera, to which I can attach a nicely padded neck strap with snaphooks at the ends, so hooking and unhooking the camera is a matter of seconds.

If I have no targeted shooting in mind and just for a walk with some possible use for a camera, it's in the bag. If and when I need it, wrist strap it is, and it goes back in the bag when I am done.

If I go somewhere where I know I'll be shooting for a long time, I hook the neck strap so I don't have to keep it on the wrist for hours.
 
Good idea.

What neck strap and what hand strap do you use?

Marco
pris said:
I have both variations and use whichever suits particular situation. It works this way: there is wrist strap permanently attached to the camera, and I have two rings (kind of small key rings) on the camera, to which I can attach a nicely padded neck strap with snaphooks at the ends, so hooking and unhooking the camera is a matter of seconds.

If I have no targeted shooting in mind and just for a walk with some possible use for a camera, it's in the bag. If and when I need it, wrist strap it is, and it goes back in the bag when I am done.

If I go somewhere where I know I'll be shooting for a long time, I hook the neck strap so I don't have to keep it on the wrist for hours.
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Regards a shoulder bag for one zoom lens or two modest sized primes (eg: E-5 with 11-22 or E-5 with 35/3.5 and 50/2 macro), I use a Billingham L2. It's a very nice bag for a minimal kit. You can get the 11-22 and 50/2 macro into it too, but with the 50 on the camera and the 11-22 upright (with a divider in place), camera on its side. Or it can just fit the camera with the Summilux on it, hood in place ready to grab and use.

I most often use it when I'm carrying just one lens, whichever. Come to think of it, I haven't tested whether I can get the 50 + Nikkor 85 into it yet.
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I use the OpTech neck strap on my ThinkTank Digital Hoster 20 or 40 V2.0. I then have a similar set of short connecters on my E5. They are long enough that they will snap together over the external flash connector. When I want to use just the camera, I take the OpTech from the Thank Tank and connect it to the short connectors placed on the E5. Gives me maximum flexibility. The Think Tank allows me to add lens pouches to teh sind of the case for even more flexibility. Works for me.
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Do any of the wrist straps connect well to the loop on the side of an "L" bracket
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It's not a 'bag', but for just walkabout with the camera and a spare lens, considered the Cotton Carrier? (the vest system, just checked their website and they have a lot more stuff now) http://www.cottoncarrier.com

My wife says it's the goofiest thing she's ever seen, and refused to buy one for me for Xmas...but eventually relented in the face of Stubborn Geek Syndrome (TM). They now have a wrist-strap option that's compatible with the mounting disk, although I switched to a wrist safety loop that just connects to one shoulder strap ring and not the tripod mount personally vs. buying theirs.

I climbed a pyramid in Belize at the border of Guatemala with an E-30 and 14-54 II mounted on my chest, and a 50-200 SWD at my hip (using the second cotton carrier clip on the lens's tripod bracket in the 'pistol' holster) and a thinktank belt-type bag on my other hip (threaded thru the vest's waist strap) with a 7-14. Even having to lean forward and kind of 'duck-walk' on hands and feet up 2.5 foot rough stone stairs that were a bit slick with rain and humidity, I never worried about the camera. Just myself (or dripping sweat onto it). I've also done some fairly sporty hiking with it that involved some slopes as well. The only downside is the camera on your chest blocks your view down a bit when descending; might prefer a backpack in some cases.

I call the carrier my "Tactical Camera Assault Vest" (shades of the old movie "Stripes" where the RV was the "Tactical Urban Assault Vehicle" or something like that.

View from the top (downsrezzed for upload, unfortunately, although it looks better at full size): http://www.flickr.com/photos/rtrski/4772293361/sizes/l/in/set-72157624321581387/

Other than that, you might consider some of the sling-type backpacks that can rotate around to your hip for stowing or deploying the camera and lens changes. Think Tank seems to make some of the best bags out there (but they're not bashful about price). For a simple at-the-hip carry bag with a shoulder strap, I still use a plain old cheap CaseLogic holster I bought for like $20 back when I got my E330, which is perfect unless I'm using a really big lens (the 50-200 just barely fits!). It's something similar to this one on their current website: http://www.caselogic.com/slr_camera_holster/product_detail/index.cfm?modelid=136690&productid=1354489
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I also use the Cotton Carrier system, with the handstrap fixed to the tripod socket using the carrier's mounting hub. To that hub I screw in the California Sun Sniper neck strap. Or I wear the Cotton Carrier vest on long walks. I travel with the Kata DT-213 torso pack. It all works for me.
 
Cotton Carrier looks great for trekking.

But for my frequent street shooting and other local shoots I might find myself taking a lot of shots of laughing people! Not a putdown of the Cotton Carrier at all. As you guys use it it sounds like a good idea.

Marco
 
You live in California, right? Most people should have seen much, much weirder than a Tactical Camera Assault Vest in their lives, there. ;)

Wear a light jacket and you just have a magical levitating camera hanging off your chest when walking around. When taking pictures, the chestplate is essentially invisible. Not significantly more obtrusive than the pectoral weight distribution strap on a good backpack.

Still, it's not for everyone. My wife still mocks me whenever I grab it if we go for a walk....
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