Camera harnesses and equipment are a photographer necessity. For any photography professional whose camera has slipped out of your hand or strap broken, the split second that you see your camera fall to the ground can be a nightmare. From limiting your work at the moment to potentially sidelining your profession for weeks if not months of repair, camera injuries can be career damaging in terms of work lost and credibility damaged.
Camera harness equipment can be critical to those with expensive equipment. Most photographers have multiple cameras, but many only have one of their top of the line camera, many of which cost thousands if not tens of thousands of dollars. To protect that investment, having a professional camera harness is imperative. Camera harness equipment also give you more hands free capabilities due to the extra storage it can provide.
When working with camera harness providers:
1. Make sure that the model of camera harness equipment they are selling you matches the brand of camera you are sporting.
2. Consider camera harnesses more for their quality than their price. Added benefits can include additional storage.
3. Find out if the retailer or manufacturer offers any guarantees on their camera harnesses and harness equipment.
Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done
Purchase chest load camera harness equipment for active photographers
Active photographers should invest in the inexpensive chest load camera harness equipment available for activities such as snowboarding, skiing or climbing.
I recommend: Sell N Send, LLC is a Colorado-based photography accessory site that offers camera harnesses for Topload Zoom AW, Toploader 65 AW, or Zoom 2 or Zoom 1 Bags.
OneCall sells the Lowepro Chest Harness Strap for Topload Zoom holster-style packs.
Use camera harness equipment for hands free storage
Have everything you need easily at your fingertips with shoulder camera harness equipment.
I recommend: Look at the hands free storage
Lowepro can provide you in their S & F Shoulder Harness. Check out the Nylon harness system for ORTLIEB camera bags available through
Velomakak. With the harness, the camera bag remains firmly attached to the body, which can give you fast and easy hands free access to your camera.
Use camera harness equipment for a wide array of needs
Camera harness equipment can help you with stabilization, with weight distribution, with camera protection from bounce and more. So finding the right professional camera harnesses is important based on what your critical needs are.
I recommend: Look at the camera stabilizing film and digital camera harnesses available through
Kinesis Photo Gear, who also offers a full array of camera harness equipment. Look at professional camera harness for better weight distribution from
WillCAD. Stop your camera from bouncing around with the
OP/TECH Binocular/Camera Harness. Check out the camera harness options from trusted source
B & H Foto & Electronics Corp.
Tips & Tactics
Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide
- Video camera harnesses are just as important as camera harnesses. Stabilization of video footage is even harder to obtain than single frame photography needs, so purchasing the right video camera harness is critical to obtaining great raw footage.
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