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Feb 16, 2019 16:40:40   #
goolgol Loc: Sydney, Australia
 
I bought a Peak Design camera strap last September and have found it to be comfortable and useful. I particularly liked the mounting plate at the bottom that enabled the camera to hang straight down rather than sticking out. I used the strap in this position throughout a trip to Vietnam & Cambodia with no problem. On a recent trip here in Australia I had the camera (Canon 5D Mark 4 with a 70-200mm L lens attached) around my neck and as I was setting up my tripod I felt the camera falling. I instinctively grabbed at the strap and just managed to save the lens, but not before a NiSi ND filter attached to the front got smashed. I had checked just a few days before that the mounting plate was secure. Now I am scared to use the mounting plate. Has anyone else had a similar experience?





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Feb 16, 2019 16:48:22   #
joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ
 
I always use two connections; mounting plate and the right side loop connector on the top of the camera. I only started doing this because a photographer I was traveling with couldn’t believe I would trust only one connection point. Sorry this happened to you.

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Feb 16, 2019 17:00:45   #
goolgol Loc: Sydney, Australia
 
Thanks Joehel2. That sounds like really sound advice. I was lucky because I have insurance with no excess and the insurance company has replaced the damaged filter.

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Feb 16, 2019 17:06:50   #
rjaywallace Loc: Wisconsin
 
Sounds as tho the NiSi ND filter served a purpose of protecting the lens even tho protection was not its primary purpose. Easier to replace a filter than an expensive lens.

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Feb 16, 2019 17:15:08   #
vonzip Loc: cape cod
 
Blue locktite. vz

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Feb 16, 2019 17:20:00   #
PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place
 
I never use just one connecting point for added safety.

Don

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Feb 16, 2019 17:23:14   #
goolgol Loc: Sydney, Australia
 
Doesn’t Locktite permanently fix the product in place? I think Joehel2’s suggestion of a second connection is an excellent one - something like a safety strap. This will enable one to carry the camera in a downward comfortable position using the mounting plate with more confidence.

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Feb 16, 2019 17:33:46   #
AndyH Loc: Massachusetts and New Hampshire
 
goolgol wrote:
Doesn’t Locktite permanently fix the product in place? I think Joehel2’s suggestion of a second connection is an excellent one - something like a safety strap. This will enable one to carry the camera in a downward comfortable position using the mounting plate with more confidence.




Yes.

Automotive stores have a thread sealant that is less permanent than "Loctite", but when I've got four figures' worth of gear hanging by a strap, I want redundancy.

Andy

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Feb 16, 2019 18:08:44   #
pesfls Loc: Oregon, USA
 
Unrelated to the strap issue; Loctite comes in different colors for different uses. Blue is to prevent loosening but the parts can taken apart. Red is permanent, etc. Be careful you know what you want to accomplish before purchasing. And yikes I have one body that I use that brand of carry strap on so will be mindful. Sorry for the mishap.

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Feb 16, 2019 22:11:51   #
goolgol Loc: Sydney, Australia
 
In Addition to my Peak Design strap (which I am fond of despite my mishap) I have a Black Rapid strap that also screws into the base of the camera. This however has a rubber gasket which seems to he a better design, less likely to work loose. Perhaps Peak Design should consider a modification to their mounting plate by supplying it with a longer screw and a rubber gasket.

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Feb 16, 2019 22:25:29   #
boberic Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander
 
The tripod socket on the baseplate of the camera was not designed as a "Carry point" there are lugs on the b ody designed for that purpose. I think that carrying the camera by the socket puts to much stress on the basee that was not desinged for it. That's why I use a sling strap.

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Feb 16, 2019 23:03:10   #
TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC
 
boberic wrote:
The tripod socket on the baseplate of the camera was not designed as a "Carry point" there are lugs on the b ody designed for that purpose. I think that carrying the camera by the socket puts to much stress on the basee that was not desinged for it. That's why I use a sling strap.


My thoughts exactly.

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Feb 16, 2019 23:24:29   #
goolgol Loc: Sydney, Australia
 
The point is well taken about the baseplate not being designed as a carry point, so perhaps makers of these straps should not be encouraging this practise by producing them. I will take the comments on board and IF I do carry a camera that way it will be my much lighter APS-C camera. At any rate I have the habit if cradling my camera in my arms and it only occasionally hangs free - less strain on my osteoarthritic body.

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Feb 17, 2019 06:43:40   #
Tracy B. Loc: Indiana
 
I have the Peak Design strap also. I connect to both the lugs on each side if the camera. I also have a wrist strap that I have connected at all times. Peak Design has a Version 4 of the little round connectors that are stronger than past versions.

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Feb 17, 2019 07:11:14   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
joehel2 wrote:
I always use two connections; mounting plate and the right side loop connector on the top of the camera. I only started doing this because a photographer I was traveling with couldn’t believe I would trust only one connection point. Sorry this happened to you.


That's good advice - two separate mounting points. With the two regular strap lugs, if one point fails, you still drop the camera. Generally speaking, the tripod plate isn't the best place to mount a strap. Every camera manufacturer says so. MT Shooter once posted a series of pictures of that tripod plate ripped off cameras.

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