Pacsafe Carrysafe Anti-Theft 150 GII Camera Sling Strap, Black

I purchased a new Sony a7iii with 2 small lenses for a trip to Rome. I wanted a secure cross body strap and I have several Pacsafe items and I like this brand. The strap is well made and solid. I am not sure I like the connector for the camera, which is a little awkward and came loose a few times on the trip because of how I had to hold the camera. It was just a small annoyance as I felt comfortable that my camera would not be stolen. The strap really is stiffer than the regular straps I use for my pro camera equipment, but I was willing to use this strap being much more secure. I would recommend it!

So this one felt like a third arm, but at least I felt no one would grab my camera. It got in the way quite a bit, and since it won't then fit in my camera bag (of course), I had it bouncing on my chest everywhere we went.

It does the job.

The BASIC idea here is good - a cut proof shoulder strap. This could have been SO SIMPLE... a strap with metal cables running through it, a simple way to attach a camera to a 360 degree mount to that strap... done. A good idea. Instead we have a strap with an over engineered (and not in a good way) piece of hardware. See the first pic. Problems... 1. It's heavy, I guess because steel is safer than plastic and steel is heavy, except this is a metal base that screws into the camera bottom. It's not the place thieves cut. 2. Because it's a metal base that sits against the camera, it has to be positioned very precisely - it's big, about 135 mm. And to keep it from moving around, you need to screw it in more than finger tight. It's an effort, and it tends to slip around no matter how hard you screw it in 3. I guess they made it a plate so it could contain another hole so you can screw your camera into a tripod without having to remove the whole thing. Fair enough... except the reason this is hard to remove is because of the plate! See the second pic, a piece from another manufacture that does the same thing as this steel dogleg, but more elegantly and lightly, and enables 360 spinning much better. I bet I could get it off and my camera mounted before you could mount your camera to a tripod with the plate attached and strap attached. 4. The entire thing is metal, except for the lock on the lower right hand side of the photo, which is plastic. If you are going to use metal on this thing, isn't the lock be the obvious place to start? 5. The piece also includes the black and white herringbone strap to connect to your camera, but it can not be removed except by cutting it off. I have a very nice wrist strap on my camera, thank you. I you don't want this, but my only option is to cut it off. Seems... silly. 6. The black metal strap with the two steel cables running through it seems find, but even there, they made it so it can not be undone and redone, which would have been nice. That way I could have used the handy piece of hardware in the second picture. As it stands now, I'll just go to the marine hardware and get a dohicky and make it work. So, buy it for the cable, and find the other parts on your own.

Best camera strap period. Very comfortable and smart design. Attaches to tripod with ease. The design is very understated as to not attract unwanted attention.

I bought this because I wanted a long pacsafe strap. I did not realize that it attaches to the camera on the bottom tripod screw. It's ok, but I find it a bit odd to carry since the large metal connection point on the strap is a bit awkward. I still use it and am trying to get used to it but I wish it just connected the traditional way using the side rings.

Fits well, feels great. My camara is safe now

While heavy and somewhat stiff, the sling works well. Problem is with the device that mounts to the camera. It can get in the way when using the camera's viewfinder.

I purchased this camera sling for my trip to Europe. I wanted to make sure that the camera was going to be safe that is why I wanted something anti-theft. Worked great. Carrying the camera on my side rather than on around my neck was much more comfortable. There is padding on the strap for on your shoulder, but the strap can slide around, so sometimes the padding is not always in the correct spot, but you just pull on it to put it back in position.

positiv: - Verarbeitung des Produktes negativ: - die sehr große starre Befestigung an der Kamera, stört beim fotografieren und bedienen der Kamera (D7500) - Gurt verrutscht sofort, ab dem ersten mal fotografieren - (Schuld von Amazon) Artikel kam in ungeöffneter Amazon-Verpackung, aber bereits geöffneter original Verpackung an. Zusätzlich war ersichtlich, dass der Artikel bereits gebraucht war. Artikel wird zurück gesendet

Great produce. Arrived as it said it would.

Da ich mit dem Schulterpolster meines auch schon etwas in die Jahre gekommenen Sun-Sniper-Tragegurtes nicht mehr zufrieden war (verrutscht dauernd, wenn man die Kamera hochzieht), habe ich den neuen Pacsafe Carrysafe 150 GII Sling Camera Strap bestellt. Das mit dem Gurt festverbundene Neoprenpolster und die Sicherheitsfeatures klangen vielversprechend. Und der Gurt an sich, d.h. das Neoprenpolster und das in den Gurt eingearbeitete Stahlseil wie auch die Möglichkeit, den Gurt von dem an der Kamera angebrachten Metallteil zu lösen und ihn schnell z.B. durch eine Handschlaufe von Pacsafe zu ersetzen, gefällt mir auch gut. Leider macht die Konstruktion des am Kamera-Body zu verschraubenden Metallteils den Gurt jedenfalls an einer Nikon D5300 vollkommen unbrauchbar. Das Metallteil ragt nach hinten über den Kamera-Body hinaus und zwar genau an der Stelle, wo der Handballen an der Kamera anliegt, wenn man sie in der Hand hat (siehe Bilder). Das beeinträchtigt nicht nur die Bedienbarkeit der auf der Kamerarückseite angebrachten Bedienelemente, sondern drückt auch in den Handballen. Ein absolutes Ausschlußkriterium. Es kommt noch hinzu, dass man das Metallteil an einer Nikon D5300 nicht wie in der Anleitung beschrieben mit dem vorderen Teil des Metallteils ganz parallel/gerade zum Objektiv montieren kann, weil man ansonsten das Batteriefach nicht mehr aufbekommt (siehe Bilder). Zu der Verwendbarkeit an anderen Kameramodellen kann ich nichts sagen, aber für die Nikon D5300 ist der Gurt wegen der Art der Befestigung komplett unbrauchbar. Schade. Nun werde ich weiter meinen Sun-Sniper nutzen. Ich wünschte, ich könnte das Verbindungsstück des Sun-Sniper an den Pacsafe-Gurt anbringen - das wäre die perfekte Kombination. Ich frage mich in diesem Zusammenhang ernsthaft, warum Pacsafe eine so eigenwillige (und unnütze) Konstruktion gewählt hat, anstatt sich an der bewährten Befestigungsmethode von z.B. Sun-Sniper oder auch Blackrapid zu orientieren.

Hooked up to an older Nikon D3100, the Pacsafe sling promised to offer a comfortable carry, easy camera repositioning for shooting, longevity and superb anti theft properties. While I’m sure most of these points could be checked off in actual use there were a few ergonomic considerations that ultimately meant the item was returned. Perhaps the biggest complaint is the metal camera lug that screws into the base of the camera. If rotated too far it rubs against the camera housing. If tightened using a coin on the screw head some rotation is prevented but eventually loosens and juts out annoyingly and can even interfere with your lower face. There are other weaknesses with the d-ring slide not gliding up smoothly when you go to shoot, not to mention the strap can be unfastened from behind you quickly defeating the anti theft functionality. Thank goodness for Amazon Prime’s easy return, cost-free process. My wife and I love Pacsafe products but this one missed the mark.