OP/TECH USADual Harness

I shoot some events and was using regular neck straps. I have twin APS-C bodies that I use with overlapping zooms, an18-105 and a 70-300 equivalent to 105-450. Each lens weighs more than the body, especially the big 70-300 at 2 pounds. Altogether they weigh about 5 pounds with all the weight on my neck, plus tangling, fouling, banging each other, and sometimes missing a shot because I couldn't get one camera unlimbered fast enough.I read reviews. I especially read the 1 and 2 star reviews first to see what folks think is bad about a product. I do due diligence and I am rarely burned.I love this product! I've posted photos of me with the harness and my cameras. I bought the regular size even though I m tall at 6-feet. It's perfect. I've adjusted everything so the cameras ride about waist level. I see complaints about not being able to move fast with the rig, but I've shown a picture with me just trapping the left and right straps one-handed. Since I have the cameras riding pretty high they don't swing or bang when moving. I don't run, but I can walk pretty fast.I love that I can quickly hang just one camera from the rig with no neck strain. I may never use a regular strap again.I don't quite understand folks complaining about discomfort sitting down (presumably with a backrest). I drove around and to and from a job with no discomfort. For long-distance driving I took the cameras off.I have no problem getting either camera to my eye, and I can lift a camera over my head. Now, I have shortened the rig so right now the overhead reach is limited by the straps unless I unhook something. I so rarely do it that I don't see it as a problem, and if it was it would be easily solved by lengthening the straps, or just unsnapping one. I prefer to keep the straps short to control any banging of bodies and lenses together, but one thing about this rig is its flexibility.I chose the 3/8 because I like the security of having the straps through the lugs on the cameras. I rejected anything using the tripod socket---the specter of a camera coming unscrewing and falling off just raised my hair. I think this is a great rig, great buy, pro-quality.

Works like I need but, I had to get the Unit Adaptor loops (regular) to make it the length I needed. I do notice, when I use it with my 80D and my 60D and a 24- 70 lens on one and a 35mm lens on the other, It does put a strain on my lower back after a while. I do feel it's secure although I did put the velcro straps on the quick connects for added peace of mind but it is strong and secure. I have other OP/TECH straps and they all are strong and secure. This Strap does what I need at an affordable price. I an too fat it the middle for the belt type camera hangers and I have "L" brackets and battery grips ans Monfrotto Tripod mounds on my cameras So I need the bottom free so I can go quickly to my tripod if needed. Over all, I like the product but not sure how much I'll use it really. It's one of those things we all buy because we think we'll use and it's part of my collection of things that look cool and useful but may not be used as much as I think. I'll have to wait and see.

I had been using the Op/Tech Dual Harness for 3 years with mixed feelings about it. But recently I made some upgrades to it that make it a great harness for carrying one or two cameras.I like to carry two cameras while doing nature photography involving butterflies, birds, wildflowers and other wildlife. I typically use the Canon 7D Mark II with 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L II IS lens and a Canon 7D with the 100mm f2.8L IS macro or Canon 24-105 f/4L IS lens. I often use a tripod with a gimbal or ball for either wildlife or macro work so all my lenses are equipped with Arca-Swiss style mounts. The Arca-Swiss mounts allows you to quickly mount and balance your camera setup on the tripod head, and it can also you to balance it upside down on a camera strap..The Op/Tech system gives me the ability to quickly switch between straps based on the shooting situation, so every camera I own has the basic Op/Tech 3/8" system connector attached, which when not in use serve as a handle for carrying the camera. I have been using this standard mounting arrangement with the Dual Harness, with mixed feelings. Using the standard camera strap connectors mounted on the top of the camera is awkward when you have a telephoto lens or a macro lens with a flash attached. When walking or bend down, they hang down and swing around wildly, so you have to be careful if you have heavy equipment like I do. The arrangement also requires that the straps between the camera and the harness have to be long enough so you can pull the camera up to eye level, about 4" longer than if the strap is mounted on the bottom of the camera.About a month ago, I started thinking about how to improve my setup. I already owned a Kirk photo safety strap that included an Arca-Swiss clamp that I liked to use when I only carried one lens. The strap allows the camera to hang upside down near my waste, balanced so that it doesn't swing so much when I walk and is much more comfortable to carry. But it didn't work when I tried to carry a second camera attached to a second strap. My solution was to remove the clamp from the Kirk strap and use the system connectors that came with the Op/Tech Dual Harness to make a small strap that holds the Kirk Arca-Swiss clamp. I can now attach any of my lenses or cameras that already had Arca-Swiss mounts to the harness, and the harness can be easily moved from side-to-side. Needing a second Arca-Swiss strap clamp, I bought a "Neewer® Aluminum Screw Knob Clamp Arca Swiss Compatible Mini Quick Release Clamp with Hot Shoe Mount for QR Plate (38mm)" for under $20 from Amazon; I like it even better than the one from Kirk.and have another one on order.I also decided to use a small S-biner in the setup so that I can easily clip the strap/clamp to my belt or belt loop so that when I bend over, the cameras don't swing forward. Along the way, I learned that the Dual Harness is much more comfortable if worn loosely. After loosing it up, I am able slip it on quickly over my head without unbuckling it and can comfortably wear it with either one or two cameras. Lastly, if you wear binoculars, like I do, I highly recommend using the Op/Tech Bino/Cam Harness (Elastic Version). It works great and fits over the Dual Harness while keeping your binoculars close to your chest.The attached photo the straps I built with the Kirk Photo (top) and the Neewer Arca-Swiss style clamps. Use and location of the S-biner is optional..

If you search on YouTube using "OP/TECH" as the key search narrative, you will see two versions of this harness. The original one has no underarm attachment and the cameras hang down from each shoulder. This newer version gives more support and therefore better long-term comfort.However, there is one drawback that I have now overcome. As I wanted to permently have fixed to my cameras the system loop clips, so that I could attach a single neck/sling strap and when needed, a hand strap, I had to adapt the 3/8 inch wide straps that come with this harness. Here's how..........I had an old camera bag that had the same type of snap connectors as the OP/TECH system (all seem to fit) and I cut of the material that attached the connectors to the bag straps. The 3/8 OP/TECH straps on this harness have at one end a snap connector and a normal camera strap arrangement at the other. All I had to do was attach the 3/8 strap to the bag connectors as if they were a camera bar and bingo - I can now snap connect the harness easily and have small loop connectors on the cameras. You must though buy, as I did, two sets of the "Uni Adapter Loop XL System Connectors. The extra bonus is that the unused parts of the Uni Adapters can be attached to the camera, snapped together, to form another camera neck/shoulder strap.

I bought this as I was tired of picking up and putting down camera bodies while shooting weddings or getting conventional neck straps tangled, with the associated risk of dropping a body and lens.I used this for two weddings over the course of 8 hours and 12 hours in the last few days. It is easy to slip on and off and does not take up much space as I strap it onto the outside of my bag when travelling to and from. It really takes a huge load off the neck when shooting with higher grade camera bodies (in my case D300 and D700 with battery grip) and large f2.8 zooms such as the standard wedding tools of 24-70mm and 70-200mm lenses. All the weight is spread nicely and evenly over the shoulders and upper chest and back. Its great being able to change the body and lens you are shooting with in a couple of seconds with no bending down and the cameras hang nicely with the bottom to your body and lenses down. When the camera is lifted up the straps work fine and don't get in the way, one being a sliding strap. When one body is attached the harness stays relatively stable although obviously the weight does shift slightly.The only downside I have found is that the cameras can swing about and in buildings with narrow doors you have to hold them in and carefully squeeze through. Maybe a simple hook or velcro tab at the camera end of the strap could hold them to a belt loop or similar to help with this?Another major bonus is that, if you already use the Optech Pro Loop or similar Optech straps, the neck section can be simply unclipped and the straps attached to the camera bodies clip straight onto the harness, so you can easily switch from or to a conventional strap. I am already a convert to the Pro Loop straps as they take a huge strain off the neck, can be easily detached and grip well.

OK so this rig is not perfect but you would need to spend a lot more money to get something that works better.Once the two cameras are attached the extra lengths of straps can get in the way and need some velcro tape or an elastic band on each strap to hold them out of the way. I am 5'11" and reckon you would need to be about 6'6" before you would start using up all the straps. I also take a 48" chest jacket or XXL and the chest strap has more than plenty of expansion, guess it was made for the US market.In use the cameras are a bit 'dangly' and you need to be aware of them when you are bending down or moving through tight spaces. However like all OP/Tech products I own, they are well made, good quality, good value and function as they should. I have a GH4 body + lens on one side and a GX7 + lens on the other and it feels well balanced even though the cameras are significantly different in weight.

I recently required a second camera body, and I wanted something that would carry both cameras with lenses attached, which provided easy access to both bodies simultainiously, rather than loose a shot whilst fumbling in the camera bag for the second body. I saw this item advertised, read other reviews and ordered it through Amazon. Item was received almost by return of post, and I am very happy with its design and ease of use. I recently had a Nikon D7000 with 80-400 mm attached on one side and Nikon D90 with 18-200mm attached on the other, constantly changing between both bodies, for a period of just over two hours. I had no aches or pains in the my shoulders, or lower neck that I have had in the past, particularly using the 80-400mm lens. My only word of warning is to pay attention when fitting the smaller straps to the camera body, as I put mine on back to front, thus making the camera hang awkwardly, but problem was solved within 5 minutes, once the short leads were swopped round. Well worth the money and thoroughly simpal to use.well done

This item is great, I use it to carry DSLR + 300mm prime on bird watching walks. It takes a while to get the straps the right length and find a comfortable walking arrangement, i.e. ensuring it's not bashing the camera against the phone in my pocket. It's perfectly easy and comfortable to carry and then lift the camera and shoot all while still attached.At the moment I only carry one camera, but I am experimenting with carrying a tripod on the other side. Even so, the dual harness for me has a better spread of weight even with a single camera.I can also wear my cagoule over the top and keep the camera dry in the rain (carrying but not shooting!).I particularly like the fact that the straps use the camera strap fittings and NOT the tripod mount. This is a much more secure arrangement.