Tripod Mount Broke out from Camera Strap: Every time camera straps come up, there is a large outcry of "Don't use camera strap in the tripod screw mount on your camera!" Yet their...

ccastle Loc: Yucaipa, CA

Every time camera straps come up, there is a large outcry of "Don't use camera strap in the tripod screw mount on your camera!"

Yet their still seem to be a lot of photographers using this method so my question!

"Does anyone know of a personal instance they have seen where using a camera strap ruined or damaged their camera?"

I'm looking for real stories -- waiting with "baited breath!" :)

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

The tripod thread-mount on the bottom of a camera is designed to withstand shear stress, both from side pressure as well as pull pressure. I have never heard of mount threads failing. Any part of a camera is susceptible to abuse and mis-use.

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

ccastle wrote:

Every time camera straps come up, there is a large outcry of "Don't use camera strap in the tripod screw mount on your camera!"

Yet their still seem to be a lot of photographers using this method so my question!

"Does anyone know of a personal instance they have seen where using a camera strap ruined or damaged their camera?"

I'm looking for real stories -- waiting with "baited breath!" :)

I'm yet to see any "real" compelling evidence. There is a picture of an older Nikon with a broken mount that is circulated frequently to "prove" that tripod mounts can't take it, but other than that I have seen nothing. Even Nikon now recommends Black Rapid designed tripod mount straps for their dSLRs.

http://www.nikon.com/news/2014/0225_strap_03.htm

Db7423 Loc: Pittsburgh, PA

mwsilvers wrote:

I'm yet to see any "real" compelling evidence. There is a picture of an older Nikon with a broken mount that is circulated frequently to "prove" that tripod mounts can't take it, but other than that I have seen nothing. Even Nikon now recommends Black Rapid designed tripod mount straps for their dSLRs.

http://www.nikon.com/news/2014/0225_strap_03.htm

I have yet to see one myself though MT Shooter says that he has seen many. ;)

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

ccastle wrote:

Every time camera straps come up, there is a large outcry of "Don't use camera strap in the tripod screw mount on your camera!"

Yet their still seem to be a lot of photographers using this method so my question!

"Does anyone know of a personal instance they have seen where using a camera strap ruined or damaged their camera?"

I'm looking for real stories -- waiting with "baited breath!" :)

A customers camera, he posted this pic all over the internet last year. The bottom of the camera broke off while he was climbing stairs in a parking garage with the camera hanging from a Black Rapid strap.

Deformed socket caused by same strap

Hypno Loc: Miami

So it is not the tripod thread that breaks but the casing around the thread is not made to withstand the stree. That makes sense

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

MT Shooter wrote:

A customers camera, he posted this pic all over the internet last year. The bottom of the camera broke off while he was climbing stairs in a parking garage with the camera hanging from a Black Rapid strap.

This is the only picture and story I have seen.
It keeps getting rehashed. I've even seen it referenced on other sites. There are no other cases circulating around? I doubt it just fell off of its own accord. The damage is far too extensive for that. There is more to this story than a Black Rapid strap.

ccastle Loc: Yucaipa, CA

mwsilvers wrote:

I'm yet to see any "real" compelling evidence. There is a picture of an older Nikon with a broken mount that is circulated frequently to "prove" that tripod mounts can't take it, but other than that I have seen nothing. Even Nikon now recommends Black Rapid designed tripod mount straps for their dSLRs.

http://www.nikon.com/news/2014/0225_strap_03.htm

Now that was an interesting link -- looks like Nikon is selling a strap that connects to the tripod screw! Are they now "condoning" this practice?

ccastle Loc: Yucaipa, CA

MT Shooter wrote:

A customers camera, he posted this pic all over the internet last year. The bottom of the camera broke off while he was climbing stairs in a parking garage with the camera hanging from a Black Rapid strap.

Wow! I wonder what the "rest of the story" is. Guess I'm glad I have a Canon and one without a composite body! :)

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

ccastle wrote:

Now that was an interesting link -- looks like Nikon is selling a strap that connects to the tripod screw! Are they now "condoning" this practice?

Sure looks like they are condoning it. It appears to be a specifically Nikon branded strap made for them by Black Rapid.

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

MT Shooter wrote:

The bottom of the camera broke off while he was climbing stairs in a parking garage with the camera hanging from a Black Rapid strap.

This EXACT SAME DAMAGE could have occurred from a camera mounted on a tripod, and the tripod being dropped or falling over. It looks like the damage is from the tripod stopping on ground contact, but the camera continuing to fall, thus torquing the plastic camera base until rupture. I doubt that this damage would have occurred with a metal-framed camera. This is one of the down-sides of plastic construction.

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

Nikonian72 wrote:

This EXACT SAME DAMAGE could have occurred from a camera mounted on a tripod, and the tripod being dropped or falling over. It looks like the damage is from the tripod stopping on ground contact, but the camera continuing to fall, thus torquing the plastic camera base until rupture. I doubt that this damage would have occurred with a metal-framed camera. This is one of the down-sides of plastic construction.

Looks like MT posted a photo of a Nikon D70.

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

GoofyNewfie wrote:

Looks like MT posted a photo of a Nikon D70.

The photo clearly shows a rectangular metal plate glued to the inside of a plastic body, NOT attached to a metal frame.

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

Nikonian72 wrote:

The photo clearly shows a metal plate glued to the inside of a plastic body, NOT attached to a metal frame.

Not ideal!

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

Nikonian72 wrote:

This EXACT SAME DAMAGE could have occurred from a camera mounted on a tripod, and the tripod being dropped or falling over. It looks like the damage is from the tripod stopping on ground contact, but the camera continuing to fall, thus torquing the plastic camera base until rupture. I doubt that this damage would have occurred with a metal-framed camera. This is one of the down-sides of plastic construction.

Not the case. I was right behind him on the stairs when this happened. That's about as first hand as it can get.