Altura PhotoCamera Neck Strap w. Quick Release & Safety Tether For Photographers - Adjustable DSLR Camera Strap for Sony, Nikon & Canon - Safe & Secure Camera Strap

It has been said that the harness moves around on the strap and never stays in place. That may have been the case when they first came out with this product but since then this harness has been sewn to the strap to keep it from slipping.As for the screw coming loose, the one attached to where the tripod goes I find the BEST way, for me at least, is to affix the metal plate so that when you are carrying the camera at your side this plate is oriented in line with the strap (straight up and down). When I say in-line I mean that the plate is pointing upwards in the same direction were it meets the hook.I find the strap to be a very comfortable fit and it is adustable to suit one's height. I am 5'5" and it works fine for me.As for the equipment I have. I carry a Sony A7RII with a Sony 24-70 f/2.8 GM lens. I find that the strap holds up rather nicely to it with no problems whatsoever. The plate could be attached to the tripod; however, it is somewhat cumbersome when hooking the camera up to a tripod unless you remove the strap first.When it comes to the safety strap I hook it to the camera itself rather than hooking it to the plate. That's just my preference just in case the screw on the plate does come off or the screw holding the the hook to the strap breaks this way the body of my camera will catch the camera keeping it from falling to the ground. It will work if you hook the safety strap to the plate itself but I feel safer hooking it to the camera body since I feel that, that is more trustworthy. My kit only came with one tether safety strap.As for the zipper compartment I find that a plus because with my camera I have to carry several back up batteries with me because Sony A7RII is not known for its battery life and rather than carry them in my pocket the strap makes a nice place for this. Also, because I have this zipper compartment I find that I do not need to carry a camera bag around with me since I keep the camera slug over my shoulder throughout all the time I am or am not taking photos.For the price you can't go wrong with this camera strap setup. I'm sure it has some flaws but I have yet to find anything that is terribly wrong for the price. In time I'm sure things will start going bump in the night but that is the same with anything you buy. If you want something to last considerably longer then you're going to pay for it but for the price of this strap it is worth taking the chance on it and, in my case, it has worked out thus far.One last thing. I find this strap my better than the sony strap that came with the camera. It not only makes taking picutres more enjoyable but feel more comfortable when carrying your camera/lens around all day taking pictures. I LOVE THIS STRAP. Like some of the others I would give it more than 5 stars if I could. Thank you.

Great strap. Works like a charm

This is a first impression having just received it and attached it to my camera, it has a good feel over the shoulder. It feels secure when walking around with minimal movement as compared with a neck strap. Had to remove my pod mounting bracket which doesn’t couple with the strap bracket well. Hence the 4 star rating instead of 5 stars. Other then that, it seems to fit the bill.

I have been using this strap very heavily since I bought it about a year ago, normally with a pretty heavy camera/lens, a Canon 5D and a 24-70 f2.8 lens. Sometimes I've even used it with a massive 150-600 lens, or a 70-200 f2.8. It has never felt as though it couldn't handle the weight.I carry my camera with me a lot, so I've worn it multiple times per week, almost every week, for over a year. It has held up very well, considering how much I've used it. At this point, the nylon strap has frayed and worn just bit from the camera buckle sliding back and forth on it, and the metal buckle/hook that hooks onto the metal plate that bolts to the bottom of the camera has actually begun to get worn through. Yes, the metal hook itself is actually wearing from how much the camera has been hanging off of it. But again, I can't fault the strap for these things, just due to how extremely much I've used it.The secondary strap is nice, as it makes the camera a little more stable when hanging at your side, and gives an extra reassurance that the camera would not fall even if the primary buckle and metal plate ever failed somehow. I will probably buy another one of these soon since this one is getting somewhat worn, but it has served me very well and has always given me confidence in carrying my camera around.A few things I changed to make this strap work better...I saw one review on here showing that the bolt that threads into the camera to hold it onto the metal plate had snapped. You can find replacement bolts made of stainless steel elsewhere on Amazon that will work with this strap. Not a bad investment just for piece of mind, and a multi-thousand dollar camera/lens is probably worth spending another $5 on a better quality bolt to ensure this never happens.If you use the secondary strap that threads through one of the normal neck strap eyelets, this makes the strap much harder to completely install or remove from the camera (you have to undo the buckle attaching the strap to the eyelet on the camera.) To fix this, I cut this strap, and sewed in a plastic quick release buckle in the middle of it (I think it's technically called a "parachute buckle",) so I can easily connect and disconnect the camera from the strap, even when using the secondary strap. This is also helpful because the camera slides up and down the strap much easier when not using the secondary strap. So, sometimes when I'm actively taking photos, I disconnect the secondary strap.I also used a couple safety pins to pin the strap to the shoulder pad. Without this, sometimes the strap slides back and forth through the shoulder pad as you slide the camera up and down the strap. Pinning the strap to the shoulder pad keeps the strap in place relative to the shoulder pad, and ensures that when the shoulder pad is positioned on your shoulder, the part of the strap that runs across your chest is free of buckles and obstructions, allowing the camera to freely slide up and down it.Finally, this is probably a little overkill, but I ran a thin, vinyl coated steel cable along the whole strap, through the buckles that hold the camera, through the shoulder pad, and crimped it to itself. This is basically just a redundancy for the strap itself. Since the camera and lens I hang off of this strap is worth nearly $4000, I wanted one more redundancy so that even if something crazy happened and one of the plastic buckles on this strap somehow failed, or the strap itself broke, there would still be a steel cable there to catch the camera before it fell to the ground. This is probably not totally necessary as again, the strap itself has never shown any signs of failing.

This strap is very comfortable and the weight is distributed evenly. With the under arm strap, the camera strap stays put where you need it

To be honest, I purchased this camera strap because I left on vacation and forgot mine at home. Amazon came through with this economical camera strap at about 1/3 the price of the top of the line sling. So the good point is that this is a good value for the price. It fits and functions the same as the best sling in the market. However, fit and feel of the strap and the fittings are ok but not great. Probably he most critical is the main attachment of the camera to the strap which is a spring-loaded clamp that is easy to put on but not fail-safe. Good camera slings have an attachment to the camera that will never come open by accident. Altura does provide a safety strap from the sling to the camera which acts as a backup. The other comment I have is that I extended the sling to almost as large as the strap adjustments will allow in order to make it fit me comfortably. The catch is that I'm only 5'4" tall and 150 lbs. It would be very snug on a six-footer.