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The best camera straps for photographers in 2022

Carrying your camera around is kind of a staple unless you’re a full-time studio photographer, and still then – what do you do with your camera when you need to raise a light stand or adjust a prop? So unless your camera lives on a tethered tripod, you need something to comfortably transport your camera, ideally in such a way that your camera is shoot-ready in the blink of an eye. Here we meet the camera strap: an item that, if anything, needs to be functional.

Wedding photographers can probably relate to the following: you want to move a light stand to somewhere in the back of the room, there are loads of kids running around so you might need to keep an eye on your backpack as well – what do you do with your camera? You might not want to put that 70-200mm 2.8 on the table as you move your flash to the other side of the room, all the while Uncle Dave’s kids are yelling and screaming around the room, fingers equipped with cake frosting, elbows ready to knock things over.

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This simple camera strap trick helps you get steadier handheld photos and video

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DIYP’s own resident travel photographer Dave Williams has taken to the road, travelling (for now) the UK for some off-grid living in a van to explore and photograph as much of it as he can. On his entry into Scotland, Dave came to visit me so I could take him to explore the local river and woodland.

While out, Dave showed me an excellent camera strap tip to help you get steadier videos and photos when shooting handheld. We’ve all seen the trick of holding the camera out right in front of us and bracing the strap against the back of our neck, but this technique is very different and still gives you a lot of freedom of movement. Naturally, I forced him to give me his phone so I could film it to show the rest of you!

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This flexible camera strap turns into a rigid tripod in a second

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There are a few tricks that let you stabilize your shots with a camera strap. But how about actually turning your flexible strap into rigid support for your camera? Frii Designs is soon launching a very interesting piece of gear that will do exactly that. In one flip of a switch, Frii Designs’ Conda Strap turns into a tripod or a vlogging rig.

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Stop hurting yourself: These are the best and the worst ways to carry your camera

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There are plenty of straps for carrying our camera around. However, many of those can cause pain in our neck, shoulders, arms, and back after a long day of shooting. Wes Perry teamed up with a physiotherapist to try and find the best camera strap that won’t only keep your camera safely in place, but also save you from hurting yourself.

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Cotton Carrier’s Skout camera harness lets action shooters wear their camera on their chest

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Harnesses and slings for carrying your cameras seem to have become quite popular over the last few years. And it seems that every few months a new one comes out. Aimed at active and travel types who want to keep their camera out of their hands but ready to go at a moment’s notice, this is the Cotton Carrier Skout. A sling-style harness which lets you carry your camera on your chest when you’re not using it.

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Blackrapid designs a camera strap for women inspired by how they “carry their babies”

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BlackRapid has launched a new shoulder sling camera strap especially for female photographers. The Nicole Elliott strap aims to reduce the pressure on your neck and shoulders and to do it with style. But the inspiration for the strap has raised some eyebrows (including mine). The company emphasizes that “the way women have been carrying their babies for centuries” is what inspired the design of the camera strap for ladies.

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Fotcase is yet another Kickstarter project that promises to be the best camera strap

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There are certainly plenty of different camera straps in the market, and if you ask me, it’s hard to find the one that’s perfectly safe, yet comfortable enough to wear it all day. Fotcase is a Kickstarter project that promises a strap that will bring the best of both worlds. Its creators claim it’s perfectly safe for your camera, but also for your neck and back.

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Five shooting hacks you can do with a camera strap

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If you use a camera, you most likely also use a strap with it (or at least you have it somewhere). Jordy Vandeput from Cinecom.net shows you five camera “hacks” you can pull off using nothing but the strap. He focuses on filmmaking, but photographers can rely on some of these tricks as well.

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Field Test: The Hold Fast MoneyMaker is now available in vegan-friendly flavour

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Introducing…Camera Swagg! (Named after the designers’ name Swaggart). This is the legendary MoneyMaker in a non-leather material. You asked for it and HoldFast has delivered!

You may already be aware and read the blog I did a while back on the really awesome multi camera straps by Hold Fast. But if you haven’t heard of these guys before, they create the awesome MoneyMaker camera straps made from high grade leather and now cotton canvas, complete with metal d-rings, safety straps and a superb versatile design. Most importantly, the straps look the business, keep your cameras secure and feel comfortable even when you’re shooting a 12-hour wedding.

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This quick tip will solve your squeaky camera strap problems forever

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Squeaky camera straps might seem like an odd problem to have. It’s one of those things you often don’t even notice until somebody points it out. Then you’re painfully aware of it, and it annoys you every time you hear it. But there is a simple solution from photographer Neil Van Neikerk. Lip balm!

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