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Jul 19, 2016 09:58:42   #
carl hervol Loc: jacksonville florida
 
Same here it was on my canon

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Jul 19, 2016 09:59:17   #
MtnMan Loc: ID
 
rook2c4 wrote:
I have yet to hear of a lug breaking off, so I think it is fairly safe. At least with modern cameras. The weakest part will be the strap and strap ring, but a decent strap should withstand the force without problem.


The weakest location is likely the snap connector; at least on my Optec sling strap. And the most likely failure mode is not getting it fully inserted when reattaching. Then if you try to use the other one there might be an oops.

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Jul 19, 2016 10:01:51   #
Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan
 
I didn't mention my camera was a Nikon D4s (heavy) but it's also a stronger body so I thought those issues cancelled each other out. What I've gathered from the Hog so far is when I know I'm going to be shooting a lot of verticals I'll just use one lug but keep a hand on the camera also. At other times I will switch back to two lugs.

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Jul 19, 2016 10:10:30   #
Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan
 
I don't like to use the tripod socket because I have a quick release connector on there all the time.

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Jul 19, 2016 10:22:05   #
jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ
 
Fotoartist wrote:
I find it useful to sometimes use my Optech camera sling around my neck attached to only one camera body lug (although it is designed for two). I especially do this when I know I will be shooting a lot of verticals (Balloons, Concerts, etc.) using up to medium telephotos. Then I don't have to worry about the other part of the strap interfering with my view finder at all.

My question is, How safe is this?


Many straps are designed for exactly this. They use the tripod lug on the bottom to attach a sling style of strap such as the Black Rapid straps. I own 3 of them. Some people will tell you that the bottom of the camera will break away as in a catastrophic failure. I don't see this happening unless you are in some kind of accident like riding a motorcycle with a strap like this and get thrown off. I use a Swiss Arca plate on the bottom of my camera bodies and a Swiss Arca clamp with 1/4-20 threaded hole in the middle to attach my Black Rapid strap instead of directly to the body. This distributes the load more evenly along the bottom of the body, and allows me to quickly remove the strap and use it on the other camera body, lens etc.

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Jul 19, 2016 10:34:53   #
GENorkus Loc: Washington Twp, Michigan
 
Fotoartist wrote:
I don't like to use the tripod socket because I have a quick release connector on there all the time.


It's your choice. Unless you use a tripod much of the time, why leave it on?

For a very short time, I had a similar rig as you do, (with a hand strap), and a tripod QR on bottom. The QR just got in the way. It also ripped my camera bag while inside.

As I said before, it's your choice.

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Jul 19, 2016 10:40:28   #
MtnMan Loc: ID
 
GENorkus wrote:
Common sense here.

Since the two upper posts were designed as pair and you want to use only one holding area, why not use the quarter twenty atachment on the bottom? It was designed to hold from one point.

I've been using that mount for years and never had any structural questions ever.

End of story.


Two reasons:

1. It can easily unscrew with movement.
2. It was not designed to hang a josteling camera upside down. There have been reports of camera base breaking.

It is OK on lighter cameras. My wife got a very nice one made that way and I somtimes use it with P500.

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Jul 19, 2016 10:46:27   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
Fotoartist wrote:
I find it useful to sometimes use my Optech camera sling around my neck attached to only one camera body lug (although it is designed for two). I especially do this when I know I will be shooting a lot of verticals (Balloons, Concerts, etc.) using up to medium telephotos. Then I don't have to worry about the other part of the strap interfering with my view finder at all.

My question is, How safe is this?


The OP/TECH Dual Sling is designed to use only one lug, and it seems to work.

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Jul 19, 2016 10:47:41   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
MtnMan wrote:
Two reasons:

1. It can easily unscrew with movement.
2. It was not designed to hang a josteling camera upside down. There have been reports of camera base breaking.

It is OK on lighter cameras. My wife got a very nice one made that way and I somtimes use it with P500.


MT Shooter has posted pictures of cameras with the tripod mount broken off.

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Jul 19, 2016 11:51:11   #
JFleming Loc: Belchertown, Ma
 
Fotoartist wrote:
I find it useful to sometimes use my Optech camera sling around my neck attached to only one camera body lug (although it is designed for two). I especially do this when I know I will be shooting a lot of verticals (Balloons, Concerts, etc.) using up to medium telephotos. Then I don't have to worry about the other part of the strap interfering with my view finder at all.

My question is, How safe is this?


It must be safe....a company called Bosstrap (competitor of Blackrapid) make camera straps using one lug....

Check'um out....http://bosstrap.com/

I might add I'm not a big fan of the one lug strap/design.....it's OK for a P&S bit a DSLR....why take a chance on one when you have two. If you like the concept of that type of strap, go with Blackrapid.

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Jul 19, 2016 11:56:01   #
repleo Loc: Boston
 
If you use one lug and it fails, the camera will fall. If you use two lugs and either one fails, the camera will fall. Two lugs doubles the chance that one of them will fail.
The question is - the load. If you use two lugs and the camera is balanced evenly between the the two, you are sharing the load between them so less likely to fail. As long as the single lug is strong enough to take the full load, then the single lug is less risky.

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Jul 19, 2016 13:21:36   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
repleo wrote:
If you use one lug and it fails, the camera will fall. If you use two lugs and either one fails, the camera will fall. Two lugs doubles the chance that one of them will fail.
The question is - the load. If you use two lugs and the camera is balanced evenly between the the two, you are sharing the load between them so less likely to fail. As long as the single lug is strong enough to take the full load, then the single lug is less risky.


Good point. It's like the "weakest link" idea. a standard camera strap attaches at tw3o points, but a failure at either point will let the camera fall, unless you can grab the strap fast enough.

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Jul 19, 2016 13:25:59   #
GENorkus Loc: Washington Twp, Michigan
 
MtnMan wrote:
Two reasons:

1. It can easily unscrew with movement.
2. It was not designed to hang a josteling camera upside down. There have been reports of camera base breaking.

It is OK on lighter cameras. My wife got a very nice one made that way and I somtimes use it with P500.


As to #1.
If it's so unreliable then why do they use it in the first place? Ever hear of Santa Clause? He checks it twice? LoL
I check my screw's tightness here and there through out the day and don't remember when it was ever loose but I still check it as a common practice. I check the tightness on tripod mounts often also.

As to #2.
Designed or not it works good and I been doing it that way for several years without a problem and that includes using large and small lenses. For those who have had a camera case break, all I can say to them is to not get a camera with plastic threads! Unless the case was broken prior, any quality camera just doesn't do that.

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Jul 19, 2016 14:16:45   #
rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA
 
repleo wrote:
If you use one lug and it fails, the camera will fall. If you use two lugs and either one fails, the camera will fall. Two lugs doubles the chance that one of them will fail.
The question is - the load. If you use two lugs and the camera is balanced evenly between the the two, you are sharing the load between them so less likely to fail. As long as the single lug is strong enough to take the full load, then the single lug is less risky.


But lugs don't fail. If anything will fail, it is the strap, not the lug.

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Jul 19, 2016 16:41:33   #
repleo Loc: Boston
 
rook2c4 wrote:
But lugs don't fail. If anything will fail, it is the strap, not the lug.


If the strap fails, it doesn't matter how many lugs you have.

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