peter_cofran Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 I have a Billingham camera bag I like but the shoulder strap has nopadding, cutting into my shoulder/neck and giving me pain. I don'twant to gerryrig it, does a third party sell a pad to attach to thestrap for this purpose? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCL Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Most luggage shops have what you're looking for, albeit they're not particularly attractive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melresnick Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 I searched on line and locally for a cushioned pad that would go around a strap and fasten with Velcro. No success, until a clerk at a local camera store told me to go to an automobile supply store and look in the seat belt section. I found just what I wanted at Pep Boys. And of course the price was much lower than anything sold in a camera store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_cofran Posted January 25, 2006 Author Share Posted January 25, 2006 Thx mel I'll give Pep Boys a look see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klix Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 If you have a Billingham bag with a D-ring on each side, then all you need to do is get a neoprene shoulder strap with hooks for those D-rings. You have many options - Tamrac, Optech, etc... If your Billingham doesn't have D-rings, then yes, you'd need some kind of pad that wraps around the strap. KL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_cofran Posted January 25, 2006 Author Share Posted January 25, 2006 can you tell me if i have a d-ring stap by look at my bag? <p> <img src="http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a317/pcofran/Sale/bagstrap1.jpg" alt="Image hosting by Photobucket"> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klix Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Peter - from the picture -- looks like you don't. The ones that have it (that I know of) are the Press Top bags (106, 206, 306). KL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_gentile Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Anyone who works with leather should be able to make you a <em>matching</em> leather pad. They can attach it permanently, or with snaps so it's removable, or they could attach D-rings to your existing setup so you could slide the pad on and offor use an entirely different strap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drime_kelsang Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 http://tinyurl.com/daqse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_cofran Posted January 25, 2006 Author Share Posted January 25, 2006 thx for your help. I decided to go with a multipurpose sholder bag pad sold by ergopad. Looks like it should give more support, the rubber won't absorb water and it should be less apt to slide. I'll post my experience with it when i get it. <p><a href="http://www.ergopad.com/luggagepad/package1.5.htm">http://www.ergopad.com/luggagepad/package1.5.htm</a></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_peters Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 How about the Domke FA-031 "Post office" shoulder pad? About $13 and has velcro tabs that allows it wrap around any shoulder strap, not just Domke. Does a wonderful job of cushioning the weight on your shoulder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_bach2 Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 My Billingham 206 has a shoulder pad that you can take of, take a look at Billinghams web site, they have a lot of extra stof for most of ther bags seria. www.micbach.dk............"Photography workshops in Spain" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_cofran Posted January 26, 2006 Author Share Posted January 26, 2006 I was going to go with Billingham but they wanted $40 for a shoulder pad. eeek. Domke was quite reasonable in comparison $13. I've already ordered the ergo pad $8 but if that doesn't suit me I'll have other options thx for the input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugon Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 Have a look at this:<a href="http://upstrap-pro.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=003">UP Strap</a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_cofran Posted February 5, 2006 Author Share Posted February 5, 2006 I got the ergopad and it's pretty good. One thing it unequivocally fixes is my camera bag no longer slips off my shoulder. The soft rubber dimples really grab. It also looks nice, I ordered the transparent and it doesn't stick out. As far as comfort its just ok. It doesn't provide a lot of extra cushion and isn't wider that the camera strap so it doesnt redistribute the weight to a wider area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_cofran Posted February 25, 2006 Author Share Posted February 25, 2006 <i>Mark Peters , jan 26, 2006; 12:22 a.m.<br> How about the Domke FA-031 "Post office" shoulder pad? About $13 and has velcro tabs that allows it wrap around any shoulder strap, not just Domke. Does a wonderful job of cushioning the weight on your shoulder</i> <p> I was visiting NYC last weekend I stopped in at B&H and picked up the Domke shoulder pad and it was the winner! feels fantastic. thx for the suggestion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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