Camera hanging techniques

Right now I am using the AA silk cords around my neck. Overall a bit short but one great advantge for me is that the silk will both slide easily against my clothing but will also provide a slight amount of grip. Sort of hard to explain until you wear one a while.

Wrist straps for me equal broken cameras.

Long straps equal cameras banging around into stuff and me.

When I have the Mamiya 645AF out I have a small wheelbarrow to cart it around 🙂

I stand out in a crowd...jsut cant help it 🙂 dont think a camera makes it more or less an issue. I dont really like the "stealth" approach. I feel that if I wnat to take a PIC I do so, I smile, non or wave my thanks. Very few times have I had any issue.
 
I got an A&A neck strap that I wrap around my right arm tightly so that the camera stand firmly in my hand... Faster and more stable that having it around my body or neck, for me...
 
All depends on the situation. If you're hanging it over your shoulder, you'll never be ready if something fast occurs in front of you (same with over-one-shoulder-and-across-the-chest -- almost looks like a fashion accessory that way). But, if you hang it in front of you around your neck, you are definitely saying 'I am a camera'. Carrying it in one hand with the strap wrapped around your wrist seems the best 'ready for action' and is somewhat discreet, but then you're holding this thing in your hand all day and it might not be the most secure way of holding it (plus you could knock it against something and now you only have one hand free). Actually you'd probably knock the camera against something if it's over your shoulder too!

So (at least from what I've tried) there really isn't one way that's better or not better than another....really depends on the situation. I probably use all of the above at one time or another.
 
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wiedo,
yes, that's the way I do it as well. Even w/ a TLR or 'blad. With my folders that don't have strap lugs, I have a little side bag and it gets hung the same way. I can pull the folder out and have it unfolded in no time.

Of course I could always carry a DSLR and clutch the zoom lens like it was my own personal body part, and sit w/ my arm over the brand name like it was going to be stolen from me at any moment! Those guys annoy me as much as the guys that walk into coffeehouses w/ their bike cleats still on and dressed like they're off to some race. The wife calls them the one brain people because they look exactly alike. Even their bikes.
 
Hang time

Hang time

Hi, When:

Traveling/family: Lomography bag with necks strap 2 cams, films, 2 lenses.
Alone: Wrist strap, 1 lens, film in pockets.
Alone in dangerous place: snickers, wrist strap, old clothes.

Cheers!
 
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