EOS Rebel T7 Camera Strap suggestions

[Canonbassist909]

hey everyone what's up ? 

hope you are doing well.. I wanted to pick your brains to see what you suggest for a shoulder strap , platform is rebel t7 with a sigma 150-600 lens.. 

im wanting to get a strap for weight support.. hopefully something padded

cheers ! 

Alexander, aka, reaper photo 

[Tronhard]

Hi Alexander and welcome:

I have a lot of long, heavy tele zoom lenses and I don't use a strap attached to the camera - this includes FF bodies with the Sigma 150-600c and the heavier 60-600s.   I use a holster that will store the body and lens, and it can be either used with a cross-body strap (not hung around the neck which is painful).   For that I had two solutions:

1. A Lowe-Pro ProTactic TLZ 75 AW II - good for a body and 150-600c without a battery grip. 
ProTactic TLZ 75 AW II - LP37279-PWW | Lowepro Global
2. A Think Tank Digital Holster 5D - this will also work with a battery grip and can be attached to a thick supporting waist strap to take the weight onto the pelvis rather than shoulders.
Digital Holster 50 fits gripped DSLR, 70-200mm with lens hood extended – Think Tank Photo these are currently on sale.  It also takes the Sigma 150-600 with the lens hood reversed.
The benefit of a holster is that one can get the camera and lens out, but not have to deal with a dangling shoulder strap that can get in the way.  Furthermore, the holster provides padded protection (for both user and camera) and weather protection - the holsters come with rain covers.

[Canonbassist909]

those are some good choices ! ill take a look at them a bit deeper , I do like this options quite a bit 

[TomRamsey]

Trevor, how do you carry the 200-800?  I have one ordered and probably have a few months left before receiving it and that is on my mind.  Thank you

[Tronhard]

Gidday Tom! 😊
Well, if I carry two of the bigger lenses, I have one in a holster and the other in my hand.  I never change lenses in the field, so I have one body on each, always with a battery grip.  The RF 200-800 is actually lighter than the Sigma 60-600, plus adapter.  Mind you one has to collapse the lens hood to mount them in the holster, but that's no biggie.

[TomRamsey]

Thank you Trevor, good to know, I have the Digital Holster 30 v2, which is the same length as the 50 but without room for a grip.  Cheers!

[TomRamsey]

Depending on the outing I use a couple of different methods, sometimes combining them both.  I have a couple of Black Rapid sling straps that I attach to the tripod foot.  This works well if you are just walking and not climbing since it could swing with body movement.  Trevor mentioned the Thinktank Digital Holsters, that is the other method that I use, I also have a harness for it that goes over both shoulders and around the waist.  That keeps it against you chest so you can ride a bike with it.  

[jrhoffman75]

If you are doing a lot of walking the Cotton Carrier system might be a possible option.