Lately, I have been shooting without a strap to see what the difference is and because I took it off a while ago and just was too lazy to put one back on. At first, I liked the freedom as I was always wrapping my strap around my hand. For the longest time the strap just seemed like it was getting in the way. However recently, I have felt like I needed it a bit more. At any rate, I am curious as to what everyone else uses.

Here are my pros and cons of the strap:

Pros

• Helps with changing lenses
• Takes the load off
• can carry extra memory cards
• frees up your hands

Cons

• Gets in the way
• stock straps can cut into your neck with a heavy lens on
• one more thing to catch the wind and destabilize the camera during long exposures
• when the wind is blowing, can block the viewfinder when using a tripod
• always gets twisted

So there is a short list that I made up. As you can see it is pretty even. However, I do think that that I will be putting the strap back on tonight. I just hate having to put all my gear down to change a lens. At least with the strap on I could change lenses from my bag and not have to put the camera down or risk dropping anything.

What do you people do? Strap on? (minds out of the gutter) Strap off? or that weird hand-strap thingy?