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Originally Posted by shelltree
... Also wanted to ask you the name of the supplier on ebay you used for your strap again, I've completely forgotten!
Cheers!
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Hi Shelley
The USA manufacturer of the Bino/Cam harness is
OP-TECH and details of the harness can be found
here.
There are 2 types;
webbing (non-stretch) and
elasticated (slightly stretchy). I ordered from overseas (either B&H or Adorama I think?) as the local distributor,
Michaels in Melbourne, had a 3 to 4 month delivery! They may have received a batch by now, so it might be worth contacting them.
I actually ordered both the webbing and elasticated versions with some extra
Uni Loop connectors for our binoculars and just in case I purchased a 2nd body, which I did with the 7D! The
Uni Loops are the short tails fitted to the camera or binocular body – the nice thing is that the tails are short so when you un-clip the camera from the harness, you’re not left with a long strap dangling from the camera body.
I didn’t like how the elasticated version “bounced” up and down as I walked, due to the stretchy material, so I exclusively use the webbing version although my wife occasionally uses the elasticated version for our binoculars.
I can walk around all day without any neck or shoulder fatigue as the weight is distributed across one’s back and another nice feature is that the camera doesn’t swing out as much as the typical camera strap allows when you bend over to get gear out of your bag when it is lying on the ground.
Cheers
Dennis