i went through this last summer. we went on a five day hiking trip into the yosemite backcountry and i wanted to bring my d300. after a lot of inquiry, i settled on a thinktank holster in front with their auxiliary straps which hooked onto the front straps of my backpack. i also used a small bungee cord on the bottom of the holster (again strapped to my backpack somewhere) to keep the entire thing from moving around. the setup worked perfectly. it took me literally 3 seconds to access the camera and it was very well balanced and comfortable. i saw others on the trip who kept their cameras inside their backpack and they hardly used the cameras since it was such a pain to access. i took almost 600 images on the 5 days and never had to even stop to get the camera out! all i ended up taking was my 18-200vr and sigma 10-20. this worked out well as we were at altitude the entire time and didn\'t see much wildlife. it was much more about the scenery.
i went through this last summer. we went on a five day hiking trip into the yosemite backcountry and i wanted to bring my d300. after a lot of inquiry, i settled on a thinktank holster with their straps which hooked onto my backpack. i also used a small bungee cord on the bottom to keep the entire thing from moving around. the setup worked perfectly. it took me literally 3 seconds to access the camera and it was very well balanced and comfortable. all i ended up taking was my 18-200vr and sigma 10-20. this worked out well as we were at altitude the entire time and didn\'t see much wildlife. it was much more about the scenery.
Nov 08, 2009 at 02:17 AM
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