The BosStrap hangs your camera from its purpose made strap lug
BosStrap is another take on the shoulder-sling school of camera straps. I’m so used to wearing cameras across my chest — bandolier-style — that even looking at somebody’s poor neck being dragged down by a regular strap makes my muscles ache.
The BosStrap strap differs from most other designs in one key way: it joins onto your camera’s strap lugs instead of screwing into the tripod mount. This is theoretically better, as the lugs were designed to take the weight of a camera, and a tripod-screw can unscrew.
The kit comes in two parts. A BosTail, which threads through the strap-lug like any other strap, and terminates in a metal ring. The other part is an adjustable webbing loop with a locking hook on the end. This hooks into the tail’s ring. The soft seatbelt webbing keeps it comfortable, and the relatively wide 1.5 inch band distributes the load of a heavy camera.
The advantages of shoulder straps don’t end with their comfort. They are usually longer than neck-straps, and the camera is held down at your hip, tucked out of the way. This protects it and stops it bouncing off your belly as you walk. Also, the single-point attachment keeps the strap out of your way when shooting. And in the case of the BosStrap, its free-spinning metal joint means no tangles.
The BosStrap (which should be more amusingly re-capitalized to BossTrap) will cost you $40, and includes one tail. More tails can be had for $7. Available now.
BosStrap product page [BosStrap. Thanks, Tom!]
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