How to best carry a camera (point-and-shoot) for ease of accessibility?
07-02-15, 02:59 PM
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How to best carry a camera (point-and-shoot) for ease of accessibility?
If I come across something interesting while driving, walking and, more recently, biking, I'd like to be able to pull out my camera and take a picture of it.
My carry-around camera is a small pocketable point-and-shoot (a little Sony RX100). If I'm driving, it's often in the passenger's seat. If I'm walking, it's in a pants pocket. Both locations allow for easy access.
When biking however, stopping and digging in a pocket is more awkward, especially tip-toed sitting on top of a seat at the correct height.
Digging it out of a backpack or a seat bag would be even less attractive.
I do not yet have one of those biking jerseys with the pockets in the back. Perhaps that is a solution. Though I'm not sure how reaching around to the back would be less awkward than digging it out of a pants pocket while tip-toed. Also, I'm wondering if the extra hand/wrist gymnastics might result in me dropping the camera.
For those to take lots of pics while biking, how to you keep your camera accessible? On a neck strap would be silly I would think (haven't tried it).
My carry-around camera is a small pocketable point-and-shoot (a little Sony RX100). If I'm driving, it's often in the passenger's seat. If I'm walking, it's in a pants pocket. Both locations allow for easy access.
When biking however, stopping and digging in a pocket is more awkward, especially tip-toed sitting on top of a seat at the correct height.
Digging it out of a backpack or a seat bag would be even less attractive.
I do not yet have one of those biking jerseys with the pockets in the back. Perhaps that is a solution. Though I'm not sure how reaching around to the back would be less awkward than digging it out of a pants pocket while tip-toed. Also, I'm wondering if the extra hand/wrist gymnastics might result in me dropping the camera.
For those to take lots of pics while biking, how to you keep your camera accessible? On a neck strap would be silly I would think (haven't tried it).
07-02-15, 03:11 PM
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I use a handlebar bag. One of the touring types that have a mounting bracket that stays on handlebars and the bag unclips off. I put my rain coat under the camera to protect from bumps. Might be a bit big for a small camera tho. But I like the mounting bracket better than being held on with velcro.
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I keep my iPhone in my jersey back pocket.
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first I would suggest that since you are stopped anyway, come off the seat and stand flat footed.
I just use my phone to take pictures... and I do carry it in my jersey pocket.
I just use my phone to take pictures... and I do carry it in my jersey pocket.
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If you get a cycling jersey (they're not very expensive) with 3 pockets in the rear you could leave the wrist strap hanging out so you could grab that and pull the camera out quite easily. Or you could mount a bento bag to the top tube or a handlebar bag and it would be easy to access.
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07-02-15, 03:37 PM
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I take most of my biking pictures while riding and find the 'Bento' box on the top tube to work well for that. I find it easier to use a point/shoot camera for pictures while riding since I can operate it better by feel than when using my phone.
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I bike with coaches shorts and a belt. I clip my keys on a beltloop to the left. On the right I wear a belt-clip holster for my phone which is my camera. Stop in a a couple of thrift stores and you will find one that fits your camera.
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Thanks all; several good solutions here. I like the bento box idea. Turns out I also have a small camera bag that clips onto a belt that someone else mentioned. Surprising what can be found forgotten in the recesses of a house.
