Customer Reviews

Lowepro Large Street and Field Shoulder Harness (Black)

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I have been trying to find a way to easily carry a lot of camera equipment for quite some time. I have tried backpacks, shoulder bags, duffel bags, but none of them really worked all that well. Then I saw the Lowepro Street and Field system with completely customizable pouches, vests, belts, and accessories. It works great, you only get the pouches you need so there is no waisted space and you can organize them however you want according to how often they are used (put frequently used items in easier to access places.)

The variety alone of this system is worth the investment, but the quality and ease of use is also very high which is a big plus. You can get a case for any lens, camera body, or accessory you have. I even have cases for my cell phone and water bottle. One word of caution, be sure to measure your lens with the lens hood on backwards if you use them to make sure that the entire thing will fit into the pouch, because sometimes the lens will fit, but then the lens with the lens hood will not. I often carry 5-6 lenses, extension tubes, teleconverters, extra memory cards and batteries, and a bunch of cleaning supplies and other gadgets, which weights a ton. But when they are evenly distributed on this vest/belt Lowepro system it is actually very manageable.

The only down side is that everyone will be staring at you because you have thousands of dollars of camera equipment strapped to your body. But if you can overlook that, this is the way to go. I have used this system at many zoos without ever having problems, in fact just unzipping a single lens and switching seems safer to me than opening an entire bag of equipment every time you want to switch lenses. Many of the cases also come with a built in rain/snow cover so if the weather changes all of your equipment is not destroyed. You can also put just a few pouches on a normal belt when you are just going to take photos in the back yard or don't need to take all of your equipment, which is nice. I really can't say enough about how much easier this makes traveling with a lot of equipment, if you have been hopelessly searching for a better solution, consider this, you won't regret it.

Got it, love it.

I use a small carabiner in combination with the rings on the chest strap to actually hold the weight of the camera. This means the camera is pulling on the harness not my neck. This makes shooting for hours in the sun a lot lot easier on the muscles and joints. Just thread your regular strap up through the rings and then clip the carabiner through the loop. Takes two seconds, and releases in two seconds. Plus all the pouches are awesome.

As was said this piece of gear definitely separates the functional shooters from the fashionable. It's dorky but check it out: you got your sunscreen, your Dr Scholl's Gel pads in your shoes, a good hat, and your harness and belt with pouches full of extra batts, memory cards, maybe an extra lens or two, all distributed evenly... and you're a photo trooper. Dorky, yes, but armed for serious shooting and you just feel geared up.

Once one get's over looking like a camera geek.. you actually feel a little pimp about it and I wouldn't do a serious shoot without it.

This is a very good product. It is quite versatile, very comfortable to wear. The beware is that you need the Street and Field Waistbelt to go with it. The harness just has straps at the bottom and cannot be used alone. Also the pouches shown in the picture are not included. If you are into hiking etc. and have alot of gear to carry this is for you. I have made some shock cord hooks the attach to the rings on the front at the shoulders and to the camera that take the weight of the camera off the neckstrap.

This harness is confusing. If you go to the amazon site you will see a picture with the shoulder harness and the belt together so I got really confused....I couldn't decide whether to buy the belt or not and guess what I didn't. When I got my order, it's really just the harness......take a look at the picture at amazon.....they show the whole system....this picture should be changed!!!! I give this 2 stars because of the misleading picture from amazon. If you are there planning to get one better get the belt as well.