I recently got my hands on what I think is the most incredible camera strap on the market today; the RS7 from the good folks over at Black Rapid. This strap is legit. I could just stop there because if that statement is true, then what else do I need to say really!? The weight of the camera is then transfered to your shoulder instead of around your neck. And when I do use a strap for client and portrait work at least before the RS-7 I always find myself not even utilizing it and I wind up simply hand holding the camera without the strap around my neck anyways.
It almost makes you want to choose once and for all whether or not you will ever use the strap. The RS-7 is a game changer when it comes to carrying around your camera. I can honestly say that it has completely changed my outlook on this sort of thing. I actually look forward to carrying my camera around now because this strap makes it so easy. With my factory strap I could still carry my camera around on my shoulder or around my neck, but it was such a pain. With the camera around a shoulder I get get to the camera relatively quick, but the camera was never really secure.
I always felt that at any moment it could slide off my shoulder and fall to the ground. And when I picked it up to take a picture the camera really was fully exposed to the possibility of being dropped. The RS-7 fixes all this nonsense. It goes around your chest and the camera simply hangs from the carabiner. The camera travels up the strap in a quick and fluid motion while the strap stays in place the entire time.
The strap is very comfortable. As comfortable as carrying a camera around your shoulder can possibly be, I would say. Walking around with the camera at your side is a breeze. The strap is extremely well built. I feel very confident with the RS-7 strap. The cameras not going anywhere.
The camera can twirl around in circles when dangling from the carabiner so there will never be enough tension to start unscrewing the fastener from the camera body. The strap itself is made of ballistic nylon so I have no concern that the strap will ever wear down or break.
