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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · My Blackrapid strap failed, camera dropped, lens won't autofocus now | |
I have a "rig" that I wrote up on my blog which is the highest-traffic post by far.
wp_20130411_002 by e24mpwr, on Flickr
http://enthusiastphotographer.com/2011/12/20/black-rapid-arca-solution/
I honestly think most of the drops occur because people don't dog down the carbiner -they think they do, or they forget that one time. The fact that is possible leads me to question the design, but since they beefed up the the swivel and introduced the new nub a couple years ago I haven't heard very many stories of mechanical failure at all.
For me, I'm using the BR strap with an Arca-Swiss clamp so I can keep my l-bracket on the camera. I put an op-tech safety tether in the setup and since my nub is semi-permanently (never removed, installed w/ blue Loctite) screwed into my clamp I went ahead and wrapped the carbiner with gaffer tape.
The tether is pretty much invisible, and using A/S is faster than screwing/unscrewing the nub. I don't worry about drops/unhooks at all, and I've carried this setup all over the place.
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