Lowepro Transporter Camera Strap
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Lowepro Transporter Camera Strap
Customer Review: Strap
Summary: 4 Stars
The strap came free with the purchase of the camera and I put it on when I got the camera. It has a pouch for an extra CF card. Nice.Customer Review: Good replacement for OEM
Summary: 5 Stars
The reason I bought this strap is because of the quick release snaps that lets you take most of the strap off the camera. When you remove the strap, what remains is 2 or 3 inches of strap along with the snap/buckle on each side of the camera.
I give this product 5 stars because overall it does a good job. My only nit is that when I use my camera on a tripod with the strap "clicked off", the remaining several inches do get in the way of making camera settings,etc. So now I leave the strap connected even when the camera is on the tripod. This keeps the short ends of the strap out of the way.
I've had no problem or concern about the buckles coming loose at the wrong time. So far....it has worked fine.
Customer Review: Not a good choice for the general single camera user
Summary: 3 Stars
I received this strap as a free Amazon promotion. I'm glad it was free; I would not have wanted to have paid for it. I got it to use with my Olympus E-510 DSLR but after putting it on and trying it out for a couple days, I switched back to the original Olympus strap that came with the camera, mainly b/c of two reasons.
1. The extra cushioning pad on this strap is definitely very comfortable, but the problem is that it gets in the way of the strap adjustment buckle so that you cannot shorten the strap by too much. I'm almost 6' tall, and at the shortest length my camera still dangles down by my belly button, whereas I prefer my camera higher up so it doesn't swing around as much while I'm moving.
2. The quick release buckles may be useful for those with multiple camera bodies, but if you only have one camera, the buckles are just one more hard object to bang against your camera and face, whether you're shooting or the camera is inside a camera bag. Also, the buckles release a bit ~too~ quickly, requiring not much pressure at all to release.
So if you don't mind having your camera hang low or really want the quick release system, you can consider this strap. But if you're just looking for a simple, comfortable strap for a single camera, you may want to look elsewhere.
Customer Review: Sent it back
Summary: 1 Stars
The strap is decent enough, but the only reason I was interested in it was for the included media card pouch. The pouch is too small for a CompactFlash in a CompactFlash case. If your camera uses SD cards, you would probably like this strap more.Customer Review: A different strap?
Summary: 5 Stars
Self evidently, some of the reviewers here are being sent straps different than the one I received. I find this strap to be excellent, it's great for when doing telephoto and tripod work as well, since the strap can be so easily detached for those circumstances.
Having read some of the eternal "ONE Star Whiner" reviews, my daughter and I set out, with open mind, to test these hypothesis. First we recruited the help of our god-baby along with a number of lead ingots I use for casting bullets (no, we did not combine baby and lead bars). Said baby bodes to be a technical wizard assuming he retains his infantly gained knowledge, as NO fastener in this home, no matter how clever, is safe from his grasp. We set the strap up in various configurations that were designed to say "you can't go there" so as to guarantee piquing his interest. After 48 hours of intensive escape effort, the strap/snap buckles still held.
After this test, Daughter and I rigged the strap so we could place lead weights on the strap with a direct pull on the snap buckle, then a 45 degree pull. Both, on a SINGLE buckle, held up to 100 pounds of lead before we abandoned the experiment.
I have no fears in using the unit as it came from the box.