DO NOT attach a strap to your Tripod Socket
Feb 8, 2015 15:51:13 #
imagemeister wrote:
The tripod socket on the lens collar is also suspect - especially for 6lb. + lenses IMHO .....
so I suppose you wouldn't use a Wimberley Sidekick with a 500mm F4 then . . .
BTW - I used one for years, it was small light and very strong - easy to pack.
Feb 8, 2015 16:02:46 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
LFingar wrote:
Nikon now sells Black Rapid straps direct from Nikon, so apparently they have no worries. A while back I posted the results of my e-mail to Black Rapid posing this question. Their reply was that they were not aware of any failure of a DSLR's tripod mount from the use of their straps. I use a Black Rapid tripod mount strap on both my 6D and 7DII with no worries, even with my EF 100-400mm L II attached. About 5.5 lbs total.
Here's the link to Nikon's website advertising the BR strap.
http://www.nikon.com/news/2014/0225_strap_03.htm
Feb 8, 2015 16:03:20 #
Tracy B. wrote:
I use a BR strap with the safety features. I've never had a problem. I've never even had to tighten it. I have a Canon battery grip that it's attached to.
What size lens do you have ??
Feb 8, 2015 16:37:39 #
Gene51 wrote:
so I suppose you wouldn't use a Wimberley Sidekick with a 500mm F4 then . . .
BTW - I used one for years, it was small light and very strong - easy to pack.
BTW - I used one for years, it was small light and very strong - easy to pack.
I would think twice - but I would also be tethering to something to quell any large unexpected movements from building inertia......
Feb 8, 2015 16:41:25 #
imagemeister wrote:
I would think twice - but I would also be tethering to something to quell any large unexpected movements from building inertia......
That's what insurance is for - :) Luckily I haven't had to use it for a lens and camera that fell off it's tripod, strap, harness or any other support - knock wood. And I have used the 600 F4 with a D3S attached on a Wimberley Sidekick and Arca Swiss Z1 Ball Head - rock solid. But I wonder about that little tiny lip on the arca clamp - so far, the clamps have been fine. But I still wonder.
Feb 8, 2015 16:50:02 #
Gene51 wrote:
That's what insurance is for - :) Luckily I haven't had to use it for a lens and camera that fell off it's tripod, strap, harness or any other support - knock wood. And I have used the 600 F4 with a D3S attached on a Wimberley Sidekick and Arca Swiss Z1 Ball Head - rock solid. But I wonder about that little tiny lip on the arca clamp - so far, the clamps have been fine. But I still wonder.
Yes, I just hate "wondering" !
Feb 8, 2015 17:38:05 #
mwsilvers wrote:
I think I was the first to provide the link to the... (show quote)
I bought a knockoff of the BR strap and realized how poorly constructed. Instead I bought a real Op-tech. It connects to the regular strap lug, but has a second connecting strap to cameras with two lugs on the same side. I still had the sturdy tripod socket screw, so I attached the second strap to that. This gives me some mental security that if one fails, the other will still hold the camera. (You can buy the tripod socket screw alone from Black Rapid (or Amazon)
Feb 8, 2015 19:03:09 #
Okay, I dont have a dog in this race -- dont use Nikons or large heavy lenses, or the types of straps being discussed, for that matter -- but the mechanical failures mentioned by the OP make me suspect that he just might have one of the bogus MB-Dll grips for sale out there; and that is the real problem in this case, not the alleged inherent danger of using the tripod socket as a point of attachment for a strap per se.
Just my 2¢ anyway :)
Just my 2¢ anyway :)
Feb 9, 2015 00:57:32 #
MrT wrote:
MT Shooter is right again. I have a D7000 with an... (show quote)
By an L bracket for the camera with grip attached. Attach the strap to the L Bracket, problem solved.
Feb 9, 2015 08:55:55 #
arlissd wrote:
By an L bracket for the camera with grip attached. Attach the strap to the L Bracket, problem solved.
The L bracket attaches to the tripod socket .....
Feb 9, 2015 10:07:31 #
imagemeister wrote:
The L bracket attaches to the tripod socket .....
Yes, but it works and causes no damage.
Feb 9, 2015 10:45:05 #
seems the weak point can be the camera or the grip.
generally the forces on the base of a camera would be compressive and against a solid surface.
Hanging the camera by the tripod screw changes the stresses to being tensile. which you don't normally get (i guess some folks might pick up a camera with a tripod attached by the camera and not the tripod).
So what it really comes down to is what the tripod screw is attached to a solid metal frame or a piece of tin at the bottom of a plastic box. If its the later then you have a weak camera body that is more likely to be at risk.
A light plastic camera won't load it as much as a heavy slr but you might put a big lens on a light weight camera and then the lightweight body could be in trouble.
A bridge camera with a fixed lens is probably safe and designed strong enough for the stresses its likely to encounter.
probably anyway :)
If your really concerned email your camera's manufacturer and see what they recommend, if they say its fine and it breaks then at least you have it on record they said it would be ok
generally the forces on the base of a camera would be compressive and against a solid surface.
Hanging the camera by the tripod screw changes the stresses to being tensile. which you don't normally get (i guess some folks might pick up a camera with a tripod attached by the camera and not the tripod).
So what it really comes down to is what the tripod screw is attached to a solid metal frame or a piece of tin at the bottom of a plastic box. If its the later then you have a weak camera body that is more likely to be at risk.
A light plastic camera won't load it as much as a heavy slr but you might put a big lens on a light weight camera and then the lightweight body could be in trouble.
A bridge camera with a fixed lens is probably safe and designed strong enough for the stresses its likely to encounter.
probably anyway :)
If your really concerned email your camera's manufacturer and see what they recommend, if they say its fine and it breaks then at least you have it on record they said it would be ok
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