Photography Vest

[Zholl]

after a bit more research, I'm considering a camera belt. anyone here have any experience with those? I know Tamrac sells them, but they're a bit more expensive. They are modular, though, which is why I'm starting to consider them

[purduephotog]

Originally Posted by Zholl

after a bit more research, I'm considering a camera belt. anyone here have any experience with those? I know Tamrac sells them, but they're a bit more expensive. They are modular, though, which is why I'm starting to consider them

I've used them and don't like them.... but that's me. When you try to fit through a door you can smack your gear into the walls- it took ALOT more training and I never got the hang of knowing where my gear was in proximity to my surroundings.

With a vest your gear is spread out and is logically placed- with the belt- unless you have suspenders- it's going to sag... plus if you ever do find yourself able to sit you aren't going to like the idea of your 70-200 2.8L smacking into the floor because it's on your left hip

BUT- get one and try it out What worked for me works for me- what works for you may / is something totally different.

[Zholl]

Originally Posted by purduephotog

I've used them and don't like them.... but that's me. When you try to fit through a door you can smack your gear into the walls- it took ALOT more training and I never got the hang of knowing where my gear was in proximity to my surroundings.

With a vest your gear is spread out and is logically placed- with the belt- unless you have suspenders- it's going to sag... plus if you ever do find yourself able to sit you aren't going to like the idea of your 70-200 2.8L smacking into the floor because it's on your left hip

BUT- get one and try it out What worked for me works for me- what works for you may / is something totally different.

Thanks for the info. The biggest issue I'm having choosing either way is the fact that I don't want to 1) figure out how to return something to a retailer I'm not familiar with or 2) find I'm stuck with $80 worth of something that won't work because the retailer won't take it back.
So while I'd love to be able to just try stuff out, there's not exactly a place in town that sells this stuff and can let me try it in store, and I'd rather not deal with #2 right now. So I guess I need to check Amazon for some of this stuff, since I'm pretty sure they'll take stuff back. But until then, I'm basing my decision on what info I can get out of everyone who's tried these already and can tell me what they liked and didn't.

[Dick Linn]

Cabelas has all kinds of fishing vests and packs:

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...tId=cat2016 6

So does Gander Mountain:

http://www.gandermountain.com/modper...owse&aID=501B7

[Matt Howard]

OP, how many bodies do you have? When I shoot an event I typically load my primary lens on my best body, and my less used lens on the other body. I then throw one over my shoulder and hold the other in my hand. (Never ever around the neck)

Any other things I need I keep in a fanny pack.

Sometimes my Father uses a harness he set up, but its a glorified fanny pack really, in the only extra thing it has is a lens bag to carry an extra telephoto.

[Zholl]

I've got two, and a third in the mail. I'm also looking at picking up a flash unit, and I've got a couple filters as well. Add to that a couple bits of hardware, as well as a few other miscellanious items (cell phone, radio, clif bar, etc.). I found at competition I needed a small pack to carry everything, but a lot of it I wanted easy access to without having to take the pack off, hence this thread. I figure a vest is a pretty good way to distribute everything comfortably without having to take off and dig through a backpack or shoulder bag of some sort.