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CHOLLY Loc: THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE!

Dngallagher wrote:

I have always used a Black Rapid, attached to my t... (show quote)

^^^THIS... works for me too.

BR offers a number of different products and while they are NOT the least expensive, THEY WORK... WORK WELL, AND LAST.

I'm a pretty big rascal... 6'2" 300 pounds with a big chest and big, long arms.

My BR strap is a little snug in the winter when I have a coat on, but otherwise it's a pretty comfortable setup.

CHOLLY Loc: THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE!

jerryc41 wrote:

That's why I get queasy when I see someone carrying a tripod/camera/lens combo over his shoulder.

YEP!!!

I'll bet THAT'S where these broken tripod socket photos came from... when the guy dropped it!!!

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

CHOLLY wrote:

YEP!!!

I'll bet THAT'S where these broken tripod socket photos came from... when the guy dropped it!!!

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

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Notorious T.O.D. Loc: Harrisburg, North Carolina

BlackRapid Sport and Wrist Strap with RRS L plate and Military grade push button mount in the BlackRapid Carabiner. Op-Tech snap for secondary failsafe. This is the best and easiest to use system I have come up with to have an L plate installed at all times and rapidly and securely attach and detach a strap.

Best,
Todd Ferguson

Notorious T.O.D. Loc: Harrisburg, North Carolina

CHOLLY wrote:

^^^THIS... works for me too.

BR offers a number of different products and while they are NOT the least expensive, THEY WORK... WORK WELL, AND LAST.

I'm a pretty big rascal... 6'2" 300 pounds with a big chest and big, long arms.

My BR strap is a little snug in the winter when I have a coat on, but otherwise it's a pretty comfortable setup.

You sound like you could be my twin!!!

Best,
Todd Ferguson

CHOLLY Loc: THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE!

HA!

I hope not... 'cause I'm pretty ugly.

cjc2 Loc: Hellertown PA

For a light, but well built, camera with a light lens, using the tripod socket will most likely be no problem. For a heavy camera with a big lens, I just wouldn't risk it. Tripod sockets were designed with compressive loads in mind. Works for me anyway!

Japakomom Loc: Originally from the Last Frontier

cjc2 wrote:

For a light, but well built, camera with a light lens, using the tripod socket will most likely be no problem. For a heavy camera with a big lens, I just wouldn't risk it. Tripod sockets were designed with compressive loads in mind. Works for me anyway!

If your lens is large enough to have a tripod collar, then that is where you would attach the strap. You would never carry a camera and large lens attached at the tripod socket of the camera. You do have to use common sense.

CHOLLY Loc: THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE!

cjc2 wrote:

For a light, but well built, camera with a light lens, using the tripod socket will most likely be no problem. For a heavy camera with a big lens, I just wouldn't risk it. Tripod sockets were designed with compressive loads in mind. Works for me anyway!

Chris, direction of the force doesn't really matter as illustrated in this famous test:

http://www.tangentphoto.com/reviews/images/tripodsockettest.jpg

In the case of big lenses, it's actually the lens mount that is literally the weakest link.

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

cjc2 wrote:

For a light, but well built, camera with a light lens, using the tripod socket will most likely be no problem. For a heavy camera with a big lens, I just wouldn't risk it. Tripod sockets were designed with compressive loads in mind. Works for me anyway!

Tension, the minute you hang a lens on the front of the camera.

cjc2 Loc: Hellertown PA

CHOLLY wrote:

Chris, direction of the force doesn't really matter as illustrated in this famous test:

http://www.tangentphoto.com/reviews/images/tripodsockettest.jpg

In the case of big lenses, it's actually the lens mount that is literally the weakest link.

As a degreed engineer I would respectfully disagree @ the direction of force(s). On the lens mount comment I agree completely. I choose to use the camera's lugs to hold lenses up to 70-200. Nothing more than my choice. Best of luck.

CHOLLY Loc: THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE!

cjc2 wrote:

As a degreed engineer I would respectfully disagree @ the direction of force(s). On the lens mount comment I agree completely. I choose to use the camera's lugs to hold lenses up to 70-200. Nothing more than my choice. Best of luck.

COOL!!!

It's ALWAYS cool to meet another engineer in here!

I'm not an engineer... I'm a physicist... but I work with a bunch of engineers and several of us are photographers in our spare time,with a couple of us doing it professionally.

I personally like the demonstration in the image above. It completely supports my personal experience and that of every other photographer I know. The tripos socket is definitely the most robust attachment point on a camera, whereas in most cameras BELOW middle and upper level the "shoulder lugs" are not as strong or secure.

But....... come to think of it; I can't ever recall seeing a broken shoulder lug either.

I think if the lens has a tripod foot then that's what should be used. Otherwise, I wouldn't be afraid of using the tripod socket.

CHOLLY Loc: THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE!

BTW, I just read where the Nikon N50 shown in the image above has a polycarbonate and metal frame/subframe.

If that's the case, the I don't think supporting the camera by the tripod socket should be an issue for those worried about failure.

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

Japakomom wrote:

If your lens is large enough to have a tripod collar, then that is where you would attach the strap. You would never carry a camera and large lens attached at the tripod socket of the camera. You do have to use common sense.