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Kinesis Harness Recommendation Chart

Using the Poor, Fair, Good or N/A (Not Available, won't work) Rating System.
Harness Choices
Purpose

 

H717/H717a
X-Harness*

H675 PJ Neck Strap

H245/H250
Padded Shoulder Harness

H344 Y-Harness

Y315/Y515
Shoulder Straps

Chest-mounted DSLR Camera
or Holster Case
Good
Fair
(may want to add H152 to stabilize)
Fair
(need to add H153)
Poor
N/A
Chest-mounted Point-n-Shoot Camera
Fair (overkill)
Good
Poor (overkill)
Fair
(may want to
add H152)
N/A
Suspender Mode
(to assist carrying a waist belt)
Fair
(need to add H163 or H167)
N/A Fair
(need to add H160)

Good

N/A
Backpack Mode
(harness or pair of shoulder straps which are attached to a Kinesis Journeyman backpack or conver a long lens case into a backpack)
N/A w/ Journeyman Pack or Long Lens Cases

Fair with Tripod Cases

N/A Good w/ Journeyman Pack or Long Lens Cases

Fair for Tripod Bags (overkill)

N/A w/ Journeyman Pack or Long Lens Cases

Good for Tripod Bags or P069 Hydration Pouch

N/A
Case Slung over a Shoulder
N/A N/A N/A N/A
Good

*If you wish to alleviate the neck pain associated with the use of a camera neck strap, consider the H717 X-Harness. It is designed to REPLACE your existing neck strap (unless you are using a Kinesis or Op/Tech neck strap). It is very comfortable, but is complicated to initially configure.

If you plan to carry a holster case (with a DSLR inside) on a H717 X-Harness, no special adapters are needed. However, to attach a camera directly to the harness you MUST have a pair of quick-release buckles attached to each camera body. You have three choices:

1. EXCLUSIVE X-HARNESS USE. If you plan use the H717 all the time (or if you have no need for a conventional neck strap), then the add a H435 for each camera body.

2. COMBINED X-HARNESS & KINESIS NECK STRAP USE. If you want to switch back and forth between a neck strap and the H717 (using the built-in quick-release buckles) then you will need to add the Kinesis H675 PJ Neck Strap (H675 includes a pair of H435s).

3. COMBINED X-HARNESS & OP/TECH NECK STRAP USE. If you using currently using the Op/Tech neck strap system with quick-release buckles, then all you need is the H717a -- no further adapters are needed. You can switch back and forth between neck strap and harness.

 

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