These Accessories Are The BEST Ways To Carry Your Camera in 2024!

[@Toxinator3]

I've been using the PGYTech for a couple of months and it's a no brainer for me. From Tripod to gimbal to strap in seconds !! Love the video, peace dude 👌🏻

[@dunnadidit]

BAM! Love it!

[@Princeton_James]

Same. I Love PGYTech. My only complaint is that their items are a little bigger than the competitors (capture clip is pretty big and bulky, their quick release plate is a little bigger than the falcam.) it doesn't matter through, the build is very reliable and secure.

[@dunnadidit]

Nice! Thanks for sharing!

[@TheFlashyWeasel]

Does it fit a siriu VA5 video head? Anybody?

[@Toxinator3]

@@TheFlashyWeasel I'm pretty sure it can fit !

[@LaloRacer1]

Dunna Did It Again. This was very useful. I purchased an A7IV last month and have been carrying a 740g 24-70 on it all the time. It's very front heavy and has me stressing out about whether the E-Mount will wear out or break over time from how front heavy it feels. Then I see people carrying their cameras like shown in this video, and I think... well, the mount must be strong enough to withstand the weight! Thank you.

[@dunnadidit]

I've been carrying it that way for years now and everything is still good on the mount... honestly, I'll carry a 200-600 or a 100-400 that way too and its totally fine haha.

[@LaloRacer1]

@@dunnadidit I think it's the curse of being new to mirrorless systems with heavy glass. The stage of babying new gear until you get imposter syndrome for not maximizing its potential and finally growing out of it. 🤣 Thanks for the peace of mind. 👊

[@dunnadidit]

Haha I hear that! I still baby my gear pretty significantly... it's expensive stuff!

[@MarcusSortijas]

So many great practical gear recommendations. Being able to quickly attach and detach your camera makes shooting so much more convenient. Love the tip at 5:39 on the PGYTech quick release plate clamp. I’ve been looking for something like that but could only find products for other brands. I already use the PGYTech beetle clip on my backpack strap. I plan to use that QR plate clamp on my Ulanzi MT-47 compact tripod. It’s one of the few mini tripods that can support heavier camera rigs. With that clamp I can quickly put my camera on that tripod and jump into group pictures with family when we’re at restaurants. No more having to tighten the plate to the tripod. Excited to use it that way. Appreciate all you do to help creators.

[@thekrolli95]

I discovered camera chest rigs that and a wrist strap is all I need. Great review I love your content.

[@dunnadidit]

Nice! Which chest rig do you like best?

[@emptypixels]

I loved your first hack for the neck strap bit constantly encountered loosening on the clip, so I super glued them together. I like these new clip designs a lot better! Thanks for the update!

[@dunnadidit]

Haha love the super glue fix! I wasn't bold enough to do that lol.

[@duffeyboy]

Falcam F38 Strap Attachment has been ordered! Thanks, Dunna!!🤘🏼

[@dunnadidit]

Nice! Hope you love it!

[@kumasenlac5504]

Absolutely perfect when it doesn't rain.

[@stkuj]

I've actually moved to an even more sleek system (but requires you to use SmallRig base plates - needed anyway if you want ARCA Swiss and grip extension for pinky) that is used to hold rifles to straps by the military. It's the QD (quick detach) system. I use a Magpul strap and QD swivel that attaches directly to the SmallRig base (I've attached a safety tether too).

[@dunnadidit]

Very cool! Thanks for letting everyone know!

[@BA-om4ec]

Thx for this! Did not know these exist. I recently took amateur video of my daughter's wedding and just happened to have a soft cotton purse with an exterior zipper which made carrying the camera a breeze. Will definitely keep these in mind for future videos

[@dunnadidit]

That's awesome! I love the problem solving!

[@Shunjut]

0:21 totally coming back to see what changed with carrying a camera. Totally love the PD strap and quick release. Also, had to try out the Melin hat that you have been wearing in your videos. Have been enjoying that as well!

[@dunnadidit]

Funny enough, that hat isn't a Melin. It's a company called AGheadwear that was the first company I saw doing that style. Since then, lots of other companies (like Melin) have popped up doing it too!

[@Shunjut]

@@dunnadidit I’ll have to check them out!

[@dunnadidit]

Definitely! Canadian company too I believe.

[@benjhaisch]

My kids started saying “dunna” instead of “dunno” and I have to keep correcting them because “dunno” means know nothing, but “dunna” means you know *everything* 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@dunnadidit]

Haha this is both adorable because of children, but also because of how peak dad this comment is. I appreciate it a lot.

[@benjhaisch]

@@dunnadidit PEAK dad mode indeed

[@dunnadidit]

Oh you caught what I did there...😏 no kids needed... pun game strong.

[@benjhaisch]

@@dunnadidit you get to a certain age and they just start coming regardless

[@dunnadidit]

Truth has been spoken here.

[@MakeTheShots]

Great minds think alike. Just put together this very setup myself. Works seamlessly.

[@dunnadidit]

Love to hear it!

[@lisap5615]

Thanks for all the helpful tips! I like the idea of the Falcam strap clip system with the Peak Design Strap or whatever strap works best for you. I watched a video on placing one of the Peak Design anchor connectors onto a tiny little plate mounted on the bottom of the camera to put the camera in a better position against your body. However, that method means you can't quickly connect it to a tripod when needed. This system would make all of that a breeze, while still keeping the camera in a better position against the body.

[@MatthewLourey]

Big fan of UIanzi, and their Falcam F38 range has worked great for me since switching at the start of the year (from Peak design, predominantly). Both the Falcam backpack clip and the shoulder strap clip have been solid and highly recommended - usually with full frame and 24-70 hanging off them. I May need to check out the PGY Tech clip/plates though.....

[@dunnadidit]

Definitely worth looking into! Any of them work pretty well though!

[@aestheticdetailstudio3939]

I love all of these and I added them all to my cart from your links can’t wait to put them to use

[@aratafreecs3445]

I will definitely try this! I never really hit it off with the straps, even though I have the PD Slide and Leash. I just don't like the camera dangling around on me and having the anchors on the camera is annoying. So I've just put a PGYTech clip on each side of my backpack and that is the most comfortable way for me to carry my camera(s). I just don't want to run around with a backpack 100% of the time.

[@jerrym8140]

So cool! Thx for sharing

[@MerwanH]

I used to look for a universal quick release system and bought PD, ulanzi falcam 38 and pgytech. Pgytech is the handiest system of them all. You don’t need to turn your camera sideways or whatever to jump from the gimbal to the tripod to the backpack. I didn’t know about the falcam strap thingy being compatible with pgytech base plate so I will try it out. Hopefully I’ll get rid of the noisy danglys too 👍

[@dunnadidit]

Say goodbye to dangly's!!!

[@hexagonvn8744]

The falcam shoulder strap is compatible with pgytech plate.

[@dunnadidit]

Correct

[@MerwanH]

After a couple of months trying pgytech + ulanzi falcam strap lock, this is the ultimate quick release system for my needs. I can use all of my gear seemlessly

[@gckelly68able]

Great review and information ~ thank you ☺️

[@bothhemispheresphotography5031]

I am heavily invested in the Falcam (aka Ulanzi? Not sure) system, but one issue with their F38 plates is that not all of my arca-swiss tripod heads (I have many) can close far enough to lock on to the plate (but they all lock on to my over 20 arca-swiss plates and camera cages). This is a particular issue with my Falcam camera cages (with built-in F38 plates), on them I have to sometimes attach an arca-swiss plate, totally defeating the interoperability between the Falcam and arca-swiss standards. A bit maddening. My emails to Falcam on the issue have been ignored, and my review of the system on their website, which they _asked_ for, was deleted by them (it was full of praise for the system, only this one flaw).

[@dunnadidit]

I hear this 100% The falcam plates are SUPER small compared to some of the others, which can be frustrating and another reason why I really like the PGYtech plates, but it's frustrating when Falcam comes out with something cool (like the adjustable modular cage thing they made thats super cool) but it ONLY works with f38 plates and everything else is too big.

[@bothhemispheresphotography5031]

@@dunnadidit perhaps a not-so-subtle effort to become the new "standard" (taking it away from arca-swiss?). Or just an effort to lock us in to their f38 system (see what I did there? ;-) )

[@zoltanpaulik2812]

Pgytech tight-fitting screw one of the best solution I've ever seen, otherwise I have to use Loctite 242 threadlocker (for F22 or F38)

[@tender.branson]

Thanks man! Was using your PD hack, and now would probably buy this plate with ears.

[@OmWaWa]

thx

[@dunnadidit]

My pleasure!

[@VoroVene]

Blackrapid+Sirui plate has worked decade of very changing situations for me. I got bigger camera and from landscape to action shooting it handels everything.

[@RJ-wy6cx]

The best way is to use a well-fitting camera bag as a holster and try to keep your camera in that all the time to keep it clean

[@wherezthebeef]

Good one, we need to pay more attention to the nuts and bolts of the physical side of carrying out cameras, nice overview. All great options, I went with the piggy-tech, but whatever works. 👍👍🙏🙏🙏

[@outofthecommonphotography5503]

Really happy I found this video. I just upgraded to the Nikon ZZ6ii and was looking for straps. I have a SmallRig cage around it but still want a strap. Since I also got the FALCAM TreeRoot Quick Lock Travel Tripod I'll look into more of their products. I wasn't aware they even made things like this. So, yaaaaaay! 👻

[@stanleystevens6278]

I find the Falcam F38 Quick Release Strap plate have the 2 anchor points so close to each other that when I sling my camera behind my lower back, the camera will pivot on that point and roll left and right as I walk. Very uncomfortable. I prefer to put an anchor to the bottom QR plate and an anchor on the left eyelet. Much more stable and comfortable.

[@JasonZais]

The more I try to use a strap and clip setup, the more I go back to my black rapid. I’ve been happy running a PD Clutch and capture clip when I don’t want to use a strap, but when I am doing a lot of shooting from a strap, the black rapid always ticks all the boxes. I’m okay with the slide light on my smaller m43 setup, but the Black rapid gets it done with my Sony gear.

[@bossfei]

Does the f38 base plate sits on the PGY beetle clip?

[@walterreil4001]

Excellent video. I too am using the Peak Design clip for my camera backpack shoulder strap. BUT -- I found their clip to be TOO small, as my backpack shoulder straps are wider and thicker than what the Peak clip is designed for. SO -- having a strong "make-it-work-no-matter-what" mentality -- I went through some agonizing effort to get the backpack strap to fit inside the Peak clip. I'll admit the Peak clip is on the strained side. The Peak clip needs an upgrade to enlarge the shoulder strap screw-on clip.

[@Choom42]

You have the rose anvil strap too that looks like a good product for a camera.

[@mikefermin2530]

Need this!

[@FleetingMoments-2]

I have tried the capture clips and I just don't get on with them, so I've just gone back to PD Cuff if in an area for a while taking photos, or while walking to take the strain of the camera weight off, use a Black Rapid Strap. If I need to use a tripod BR make an Arca Swiss plate that allows you to still use their strap....

[@LucasJohnsonVisuals]

Is there a way to have a setup that can go from strap or backpack to gimbal? Definitely want to pick up that Falcam F38 attachment along with some sort of quick release plate that can also work with a tripod/gimbal.

[@benjaminwhatever]

I used to use the Polar Pro one but didn't love it so I gvaa up on these styles of products, maybe I'll give another one a go after watching this

[@dunnadidit]

I did the PolarPro one for a while too and while I didn't have any issues with it, it tended to make me a bit nervous after I heard of a few people dropping their cameras when it wasn't locked in right. Definitely feel more secure with these styles, even though the PP was a cool idea!

[@alnoormeralli]

Can you comment on the clipping / unclipping mechanism? Does it feel reliable enough to support a heavier body such as the Nikon Z9 and 24-70mm lens?

[@dunnadidit]

I'm not sure which mechanism you're specifically referring to but I use all of these pieces with my Sony Full frame bodies and really big lenses like the Tamron 35-150, or my 100-400, 200-600 and so on.

[@kiathaolee5040]

hihi can i just check does the falcam clip really work with any brand of base plate?

[@dunnadidit]

I can’t 100% say ANY brand. But it works with all of the square arca Swiss base plates that I own, which includes peak design, pgytech, falcam, and Ulanzi.

[@kiathaolee5040]

@dunnadidit alright thanks for your input anyways 🙏🔥

[@dunnadidit]

My pleasure!

[@ginamiller928]

Is there a plate that allows you to use a monopod and strap without removing the plate from the tripod mount?

[@benxytokyo118]

Falcam my favorite system

[@dunnadidit]

Nice! Lots of accessory options too!

[@arabianjules]

love the look of the falcam, i have just got a Sigma 150-600 lenses, what mount can i put on my mono stick to link up with the falcam if i attach one to the tripod mount of the lenses please?

[@arabianjules]

Anyone?

[@ken9576]

I’m curious if anyone leaves an arca Swiss L bracket on their camera to ease portrait to landscape positioning on a tripod, and if there is a way to incorporate the quick release backpack system you mention here? Thanks for the excellent advice and tips

[@stanleystevens6278]

There's no way to mount a QR plate to the left side of the L bracket. My suggestion is to look at a Smallrig rotating bracket that is made for your camera. Then fit a PGYtech QR plate on each of the 2 base plates on that rotating bracket. I attach an anchor link to the rear QR plate as one of the points for my neck strap.

[@martink8080]

I like to have an L bracket on my camera mainly because the left leg of the bracket gives my left hand something to grip when shooting in landscape mode.

[@sonycemedia]

One of the issues I found with the Peak Design was attaching it to a cage... Is the Falcam F38 any different?

[@dunnadidit]

It's the same deal, you still need to put the baseplate into one of the 1/4" 20 threads on the bottom of your cage.

[@BugBobsWildWorld]

Great job, Dunna! (sigh, autocorrect keeps changing your name to Donna, so I have to correct it; sorry if one sneaks through). I use Peak Design's, been wondering how the other types fare. Thank you.

[@dunnadidit]

Haha that’s a pretty common one for me! Glad to hear that the video was helpful!

[@ifell3]

And its prime day soon 🤞🏼

[@dunnadidit]

Is it? I should probably know lol.

[@dillpickle1547]

Hey dunna can you use the falcam f38 plates in the pgytech quick release base?

[@jeffbrown8117]

Damn. The strap mount isn’t even available anymore with the link you gave. I ditched my neck strap 2 years ago in favor of a PD clutch. Strap kept getting in my way. Hated the dangling. But this could work for me since I use a capture clip as well and also like straps that are anchored to the bottom of the camera. Now I just need to find one.

[@Fite1989]

Yeah the new alternatives look nice and I‘ll probably take a more detailed look into them but for me that won’t get rid of the Ankers on the Camera. Because if I use the clip i use those to attach a safety lanyard anyway. First it’s acting as a failsafe in case the baseplate gets loose (already happened and it was expansive) and second it’s securing my Camera when I‘m holding it outside of the Clip. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@dunnadidit]

Love that!

[@drbdrbrobertdrbdrb]

Awesome informative video Dunna! I've been trying to find a good backpack attachment for the Shimoda camera backpacks. Love the bags, but they have these (normally very convenient) strap pockets exactly at the place you would normally attach the backpack clip. Thus they are too wide and bulky and clips won't fit. Are you familiar with them and have you found a solution to this? Cheers!

[@ChrisBishop0303]

Do any of the systems work with an L plate?

[@michaelcohen6177]

I use L brackets on my cameras. Will any of these clips work with an L bracket? Thanks for the info!

[@JasonLorette]

Now I just wish someone would come out with a clip that allowed me to leave my L-Bracket on my camera and use that as the mounting option instead. 📸😎

[@dunnadidit]

I mean... you could get the Three Legged Thing L-bracket with the peak design plate on the bottom... that VERY LOOSELY solves your problem haha.

[@JasonLorette]

@@dunnadidit ha ha, indeed…loosely, lol.

[@dunnadidit]

LOL I have one and they're great but it's not really any different than screwing a baseplate onto my L-bracket except I can never take it off haha.

[@vagrantpistol]

Peak design is still PEAK.

[@gamebuster800]

You can attach the anchors to the capture clip's bottom plate directly. With the attached anchors, you can still put it in the capture clip and in a tripod

[@dunnadidit]

I kind of agree and kind of disagree. That definitely helps the camera to sit nicer against the body like what I showed in the final setup... But I tried it like that for a long time and found that about 70% of the time, the anchors got in the way of working with the tripod. Especially if you use a quick release clip for a tripod like I do. It wasn't so bad with a typical arca swiss head but anything else was problematic.

[@gamebuster800]

@@dunnadidit I have no problems with my non-quick-release tripod :) but I can totally imagine there will be issues with many

[@dunnadidit]

100% depends on the style of the head... for a "standardized" thing, arca-swiss seems to be kind of all over the place haha. Glad your method is working for you though... if it ain't broke, don't fix it!

[@alwinbenjamin]

👏🏻👏👏

[@mishelmudryk]

Where can I get it?

[@youknowwithMartyKauffman]

goog stuff

[@IanSAbraham]

The thing that you may have to be careful is having to make sure your base plate is screwed in well. You have loose plate, you lose all your camera gear.

[@dunnadidit]

That’s one of the reasons I like the pgytech plates so much. They just work better than the others I’ve tried

[@IanSAbraham]

@@dunnadidit do you have a review on it? I’d appreciate if you can make one otherwise. You’re doing a great job.

[@dunnadidit]

Not a complete review no, I’ll definitely consider it

[@kqschwarz]

This all sounds great, but what prevents me from using any of them is they cannot be used with a camera that has an Arca-style L-plate attached. One would either have to take off the L-plate, carry that around separately, and then remove the capture clip accessory and reinstalling the L-plate, if one wanted to use it. Sure, one could screw the capture clip accessory to the bottom of the L-plate and leave it there, but then the advantage of a sturdy L-plate is lost when photographing in landscape mode and the nice flat surface on the bottom of the camera is lost, making the camera always sit crooked when setting it down. For me, the ideal capture accessory would work with any Arca-style L-plate and not require a separate capture clip plate. All the best.

[@cameraprepper7938]

After 45 years of experience, the two best ways to carry a Camera are either in your hand without any kind of strap and/or in a bag !

[@dunnadidit]

Haha I love that! Whatever works for you is best for sure! I like that first one (in the hand) but I find the second one (in the bag) actually stops me from using the camera... or it makes me miss the moment. So I like to have my camera out and ready... but handsfree makes life easier too. Each their own!

[@cameraprepper7938]

@@dunnadidit Well, I always carry TWO Cameras, one in my hand and the other one in my bag, one Camera with a wide angle prime Lens and the other with a short tele prime Lens.

[@dunnadidit]

Nice! We have a similar setup. I generally will have one camera on my backpack strap and one on the strap. Mine is usually one wide and one tele but generally they are also one photo and one video as well haha.

[@cameraprepper7938]

@@dunnadidit I only do photography, never video.

[@dunnadidit]

@cameraprepper7938 sometimes I’m a little jealous of that when I’m up a mountain with both video and photo gear on my person lol

[@stayuntilforever]

Sony rx100 fits in my pants pocket, Fujifilm XE1 and 35mm1.4 fits in my jacket pocket😊

[@DougDavis]

i like the idea of using the plate on the shoulder strap, but if the camera is coming off with a quick release plate why would you buy the magnetic release type of shoulder strap? like what's the point of removing the baseplate from the shoulder strap? I get getting the camera off of the plate but why didn't they just create a strap with zero magnetic attachments since quickly removing the base plate from the shoulder strap isn't really necessary... it's removing the camera off of the baseplate without having dangly stuff on the sides of the camera... Or am i just not understanding? I feel like the only reason to do this setup you show is to switch from one shoulder strap to another shoulder strap. I'm wanting a system to go from a shoulder strap to a backpack, and then maybe to a ronin without attaching anything to the camera other than the bottom baseplate.

[@dunnadidit]

You can use ANY type of shoulder strap with this accessory. I just use ones that I already had around. I'm not 100% sure which "magnetic" shoulder strap you're referring to as I don't think I mentioned anything magnetic. But from the last part of your comment, I think this setup would be perfect. You put a plate on the camera, it attaches to the strap clip, your backpack clip, and to the tripod. You can put it on any strap you'd like by attaching the strap to the accessory the same way you would normally attach the strap to the camera. I don't know if that cleared anything up but here's hoping.

[@JohnnyX504]

Oh maaan, so sad you can't find that strap anymore:( honestly it's the reason why I watched the video 😢

[@mrphraner]

I guess these will be better price than peak design

[@photosquare7]

It does not work so good with small lenses, or a flash attached

[@sonycemedia]

The Falcam F38 link brings me to a ULANZI F38 Camera Shoulder Strap Mount Quick Release page?!?!

[@RelMyers]

Falcam is a Ulanzi product, I believe.

[@dunnadidit]

Yeah, ulanzi and falcam are different but the same somehow. Falcam sells all of it's stuff through ulanzi so the names are ALMOST interchangeable at this point.

[@RelMyers]

@@dunnadidit Ah okay, got ya. Thanks for the clarification.

[@dunnadidit]

My pleasure!

[@benjaminwhatever]

I use my hands

[@dunnadidit]

That’s what she said

[@mrkat547]

I like to use the strap to wrap around my arm until I cant feel my fingers.

[@dunnadidit]

🤔

[@mrkat547]

@@dunnadidit its a kink. I dont recommend people do this

[@dunnadidit]

Well alright then! Be safe and have fun!

[@kukasr]

Pgytech has tendency to unclip.

[@dunnadidit]

Definitely never run into that issue unless I didn’t put it in securely. Interesting to hear.

[@hexagonvn8744]

The Pgytech clip has plastic backplate, and there're some report on reddis that it can be broken after a while => need to regular checking The Falcam cord also has to be regular checking I still trust the PD clip design the most LOL.

[@dunnadidit]

Interesting... I am pretty sure my PGYtech clips are all metal but now I'll have to check. Definitely do whatever works for you though for sure!

[@hexagonvn8744]

@@dunnadidit the back plate's not gonna break in half but the place that connects to the front plate with a very small metal rod, which is handling the pressure. Mine hasn't broken yet but I'm feeling unsafe and planning to switch to PD one.

[@dunnadidit]

Interesting! Thanks for sharing.

[@Couldyoubeanymoreignorant]

Funny, you can attach a PD plate to an Arca Swiss receiver, but you can't attach an Arca-Swiss plate to a PD Clip. Go figure

[@DavidBcc]

The Falcam clip is terrible. The plate doesn't stay in place, it rattles In the clip, and the whole thing is known to spontaneously disconnect. There are just too many KZbinrs sponsored by Ulanzi with biased advice. I wonder how many _actually_ use the PD...

[@jameskelson1891]

This looks like a long paid advertisement!!!! Aside from that why in the world would anyone want to routinely carry their camera hooked onto a backpack strap? I rarely carry a backpack and if I did I could not easily access the pack with a camera hanging from the strap. I long ago switched to using a Cotton Carrier harness which can be used with a backpack if needed.

[@dunnadidit]

If it were a paid advertisement, it would say so. But no, it wasn’t. And as for who would want to carry a camera on their backpack strap… I guess me and hundreds, thousands of other photographers who regularly carry backpacks. The peak design capture clip is one of the most sought after camera accessories of all time. To the point where camera backpack manufacturers have started putting specific places for those clips to make the process even better. I’m glad you found something that works well for you though. That’s all I ever want for anyone who watches my videos. If your thing is different from my thing, that’s totally great. To each their own.

[@arunphillips6977]

In your hands...all straps are crap and a pain!

[@JohansVenneri]

I think it's a bit outrageous for people to be walking around a big city with a $10,000+ designer bag on their arm, you might as well hold up a "please rob me" sign. Secondly, I really don't feel sorry for these brands, they raise their prices at least twice a year, so basically they are driving any potential customers into buying fakes *luxrul*