cwnlsl Loc: Lake SAint Louis,MO

My problem with the Cotton carrier is the lens collar and I don't want to take it off. Any suggestions?

cwnlsl Loc: Lake SAint Louis,MO

Yes it is and I don't want to take the collar off because I use it on both hand held and tripod, but I can't get it on the cotton carrier with the collar on the lens.

cwnlsl Loc: Lake SAint Louis,MO

Good suggestion. Then do you stop and retighten the collar every time you shoot?

Gerry Robinson Loc: Oxfordshire, England

I got mine with the 30% off sale (which is still on) and I asked them if they needed me to send in my old camera strap as I live in UK and they said they really didn't want it. So you could ask.
This is the one I got with the tripod plate and folding ballhead. Excellent!

Regards

Gerry

Gerry Robinson Loc: Oxfordshire, England

Sorry
http://www.carryspeed.com/products/fs-slim-camera-sling-strap-with-f-1-foldable-mounting-plate

cwnlsl Loc: Lake SAint Louis,MO

Thanks a million! Did not realize how easy that was. Works GREAT! Thanks again!

oldtool2 Loc: South Jersey

This is the double sling I got, almost identical to the black rapids. I wouldn't be afraid to guess they are made by the same manufacture. I haven't had any problem carrying my cameras with the tripod ring attached. Like you I use it when shooting hand held.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00508ZURU/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00

What I like about it is the plate that the sling attaches to attaches between the camera and the tripod mount.

Jim D

jjestar Loc: Savannah GA

Sold CC didnt like it

cwnlsl Loc: Lake SAint Louis,MO

Thanks so much! Works beautifully!

oldtool2 Loc: South Jersey

Charlotte,

What does?

Under a message there is something you can click when answering someones message, "quote reply" I believe it says. Makes things so much easier than guessing who you are replying to. I don't know if you are aware of it so thought I would mention it.

Jim D

cwnlsl Loc: Lake SAint Louis,MO

Thanks I wasn't aware. I'm trying it now.

oldtool2 Loc: South Jersey

Much better! You have it now.

Now back to my question, what was it that works much better for you?

Jim D

cwnlsl Loc: Lake SAint Louis,MO

OK The Cotton carrier works if I rotate the collar just fine.

oldtool2 Loc: South Jersey

Great! Glad to hear that, you don't have to spend more money now.

Jim D

Steinmetz Loc: Oregon based

STRESS:
regardless whether your nikon camera is a DX or FX, when carrying the camera(s) with heavy lenses attached, it is advisable to not let the camera hang from any strap with lens hanging... according to nikon. When a strap is attached to bottom of camera and lens is attached to camera, the stress of such weight is really not good on the lens mount of the camera...


"For some reason photographers like to pack their lenses attached to their camera bodies. For some even stranger reason photographers seem to pack their longer, heavier, lenses attached to their camera bodies. Why do photographers pack this way? I have no idea.
When you pack your equipment you should think of Sir Isaac Newton and his theory that an object in motion will remain in motion until something stops the motion. Another way to look at this is that that a force of impact on your camera will need to dissipate that force.
Newton’s theory looks something like this: see attached pic


So what does this mean for photographers when they pack their 70-200f2.8 attached to their Nikon D700 body? It means that if your bag should sustain an impact the force through your camera, or through your lens, will transfer from one object to the next, often damaging the weakest link. What is usually the weakest link between a camera and a lens? The mount!
If your bag is dropped, knocked, hit, or otherwise ‘whacked’ your camera body can be spun one way while your lens is spun another way. The result of this impact is you torquing the two mounts significantly damaging both your camera and your lens.
If you pack your body and your lens separately the twisting motion of the camera body and the lens are only felt by the body and the lens individually. The impact dissipates into the padding of the bag. Since neither your camera body or your lens is attached to the bag there is no damage to either the camera or the lens.
I have heard many photographers say, “If my camera is attached to my lens then I can act faster to capture the photo.” I have news for you, if you need to put your backpack down, open the flap and remove your camera and lens kit……….you’ve already ‘missed the moment.’
In news and fast paced situations and I can’t think of a single moment where I thought, “if only my camera and lens were attached in my bag I might have captured that image.”
Fleeting moments happen non-stop.

You’ll see photos all day long if you’re looking, and if that is your intention you need to travel with your cameras out, on your shoulders, ready to shoot.

When you pack your equipment you need to pack it securely. Pack your gear relatively snug so it does not bounce. You need to maximize your space in small area of a bag, backpack or rolling case.
Not only does traveling with your lens attached to your camera significantly increase the chances of damaging your camera equipment while traveling, but it also decreases your packing flexibility. When you pack your camera body and your lenses detached from each other you increase the space in your bag to pack more effectively. By having each item separate you are no longer packing ‘around a camera-lens combo,’ you are free to stand lenses up, stack lenses, lay lenses down, adjust the location of our camera body within the bag.

All of these elements make for a safer and more practical way to pack your equipment ..."

Remember This: Just because others purchase "equipment" to "suspend their camera with heavy lenses " when not in use does not make it a good idea for you -- The "stress" will take its toll on your camera equipment.... at your expense sooner or later, or the person that purchases your equipment in the future.