I'm not sure if this qualifies as "readily accessible" to you or not, but the Lowepro Flipside series of backpack bags are kind of ingenious. When wearing it as a pack the zipper side is against your back (pickpockets/thieves can't open it). But it has a strap that goes around your waist. You can slip your arm out of one side and rotate the pack to your front, where the zipper access if face up in front of you for easy access (without putting the pack down in the mud/dirt/etc). Zip it up, rotate it back around and slip your arms back in and it is a comfortable pack again. How easy this is depends a lot on how much you load into it (and what size you get). I've got the Flipside 300 AW and I can get quite a bit of stuff in it. If you want something even smaller they make a 200 AW. Just checked Amazon and the smaller 200 AW is actually $8 more than the 300 AW.
I find it a comfortable backpack and much preferable to having the camera around my neck for extended periods, particular if with a big lens. On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 12:45 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 06, 2013 at 01:42:35PM -0400, Eric Weir wrote: >> >> I'm closing in getting my ducks lined up for my trip to England, >> Circumstances are leading me to think of my *ist DS as my camera for the >> trip. A concern is carrying it on my nine-day walk. I'm inclined toward a >> harness system that I could wear under my pack. Either one that leaves the >> camera exposed or puts it in a pouch. This one is appealing. >> <http://www.adorama.com/CEKSSBK.html> >> >> I'd be interested in experience with this system or others, especially if >> they cost less than this one. [Not to say it is unreasonable.] >> >> I'd like to have the camera readily accessible, but not banging agains my >> chest, and with as little weight on my neck as possible. [A four mile hike >> over the weekend with a 35-105mm zoom on my camera made me a bit anxious >> about how I might feel at the end of a 15 to 20 mile day.] > > Just hire Cotty to be your sherpa and carry it for you. The video business > is a bit > slow and he's got nothing better to do than tag along carrying your camera > gear. > For a slight extra charge, he'll even carry your beer for you, and for not > much more > than that, he'll carry it for you in the bottles, rather than his belly. > >> >> Thanks, >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Eric Weir >> Decatur, GA USA >> eew...@bellsouth.net >> >> "The most important thing is the tee-shirt." >> >> - Samara Alnafdage >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- "Photography is a Bastard left by Science on the Doorstep of Art" - Peter Galassi -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
