The Best Two-Camera Strap Setup Yet – Part II
I humbly offer the “T-Strap”, a method of joining two R-Straps together. We loop the straps into each other so that the assembly resembles a gun shoulder holster. The padded portion of the R-Straps are fixed to each other in the back between the shoulder blades. The bottom of each strap (where the camera hangs) may be connected to the belt. Pictures are probably helpful at this point.
This guy is carrying two cameras – can you tell?
Aha. Check that out!
Where the straps cross in the back, four snap fasteners are attached at the corners of the junction.
Full R-Strap functionality is maintained
Look, Ma, my shirt doesn’t wrinkle!
Let’s put the T-Strap together, shall we?
Separate your two R-Straps so that they each form a straight line. Use the slide-lock to constrain the sliding eyehook connector close to the padded part of the strap, we want it out of our way for now.
Loop the strap from the first R-Strap into the padded portion of the other. Do not loop or twist the strap.
Now loop the strap from the second R-Strap into the padded portion of the first, twisting the strap once.
When you cross the rear part of padded portions over each other, your assembly should look like this.
To hold the two R-Straps together, I sewed on snap fasteners at the four outer corners of the junction. I want the two straps to not be permanently joined and I wanted the adjustability of the straps preserved. Behold my awesome sewing ability!
Once connected, your strap should hang like this:
I’ve got one thing to fine-tune and that’s optionally attaching the bottom points of the straps (just behind where the camera hangs) to my belt. It doesn’t feel completely necessary as the inter-looping of the straps keeps one side supported when the opposite is lifted but it feels better having them attached – just like a gun holster.
How can we (or Blackrapid?) improve this idea? Using two individual straps is great and since they’re detachable, we can still use them one at a time when appropriate. But the double layer of padding at the crossover point in the back is unnecessary for a purpose-built dual strap. I’d like to see a specially designed “X” pad arrangement to reduce the bulk of the padding. The low point/belt connection is also important – getting the strap to lay against the body in the optimal position may require some adjustments.
Check out my search for the best two-camera strap in Part I.
