Professional sports shooters patrolling the sidelines of football and soccer games have often relied on a monopod mounted camera with big telephoto lens and a “shoot from the hip” second camera with a short zoom mounted on it. The idea is keep shooting until the subject fills the screen of the telephoto, then start backpedaling while you bring the second camera up to your eye and continue shooting.
Usually this has been accomplished either by draping the second camera over one shoulder or by keeping it in a hip pack. Neither method works consistently well though. Black Rapid, a small Seattle, WA based company has developed a camera strap that works great in that situation and is worth considering by any photographer who suffers from a bad back or sore neck from working with heavy camera bodies and lenses.
