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Good point, I'd be interested to know more specifically the setup that led to lens death @photoben?
Then again, there's an element of I'd rather have the camera and a chance to get the shot than leave everything at home.
Feels like Jack with a padded camera bag would have a degree of give to protect the kit. Similar say to my current Carradice strapped to the bars with camera bag insert - but freeing up the tops of the bars and staying in place more easily.
Guy I rode with at the weekend was using a chest harness thing with a pouch on the chest big enough for an XT3, seemed to work but also cumbersome. There's no perfect solution it seems.
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I use a very small camera (Sony w/ pancake) in a very small bag on a belt strap. It's a bit fiddly compared to the swinging chest straps that Francis Cade made popular but I'm not a youtuber so my shots are almost always 'see pretty landscape, stop, take photos, move on' rather than shooting from the bike.
What about combo: GoPro on bike, proper camera on back/chest?
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So it was a Panasonic track bike and a rack mounted to the forks & handlebar. I used it for a month before it shook the elements loose in two of my biggest lenses. Which was not cheap to repair.
With my new setup I've not had any problems with either my Nikon and now Sony kit (probably switching to Fuji soon can test that too) for six years and counting. Mind you this setup is massive overkill. I do think having the rack mounted bit elastomers makes a bike difference, as does having suspension forks (I go some basic 700c trekking ones with minimal travel).
hippy
photoben
Do you want a solid platform for camera gear? I prefer mine on my body so it's not vibrated to fuckery.