The Keyhole Hands Free Camera Harness Black offers you a way to hike bike ski or snowshoe while holding your camera safe and steady solidly against your body. The harness is unique in design since it provides a way to prevent what usually happens to cameras when attached to typical backpack or chest harness straps. Traditional harnesses don’t eliminate “swing” so you find yourself trying to both hold your camera steady while trying to use trekking poles. Or if you’re scrambling up a hill your camera bounces any which way while you’re trying to grab a rock to make it to the next ledge. The Keyhole is designed to hold your camera and lens firmly attached to your backpack or chest harness with the lens facing downward and held steady with no swing. The design includes a special cap keeper attached to the Keyhole that prevents your lens from swaying from side to side. Yet when you’re ready to shoot there’s no complicated hardware to unhook or adjust to get your camera into shooting position. Perhaps one of the best features of this system is its ability to limit the strain of your camera on your neck. In addition with your lens held tightly against your body there’s less chance of it banging into a rock bush or the ground. The Keyhole attaches quickly and efficiently and is made from durable polypropylene straps and a hard plastic plate into which your camera slides. Screw the included Keyhole knob into the camera’s 1/4 – 20 tripod socket. This knob then slides neatly into the slot of the hard plastic Keyhole plate. Use the included quick attach sternum strap adjusters that attach the Keyhole harness to your backpack or chest harness straps. The buckles come with four male connectors that mesh with the female connectors found on your backpack’s straps. Adjust the straps so the fit is tight and comfortable. Finally hook up the touch fastened cap keeper to your existing lens cap.
- Quickly allows you to switch from hands-free positioning to shooting stance
- The Keyhole holds your camera steady against your body using your backpack or chest harness
- The Keyhole attaches to any backpack or chest harness that uses a 1″ wide webbing on the shoulder straps
- The Keyhole can also be used with camcorders and compact cameras