Sling straps

Dsiner

Senior Member
I have read on several forums about the pros and cons. Biggest con has been that the tripod mount on the bottom of the body may not take the stress of hanging on a strap. Canon actually wrote one person stating absolutely no warranty coverage if the body is damaged in this way. Anyone ever have an issue with this? Want to use it on my D7200 with battery grip and my 18-300 lens, that is a bit of weight.
 

Horoscope Fish

Senior Member
I have read on several forums about the pros and cons. Biggest con has been that the tripod mount on the bottom of the body may not take the stress of hanging on a strap. Canon actually wrote one person stating absolutely no warranty coverage if the body is damaged in this way. Anyone ever have an issue with this? Want to use it on my D7200 with battery grip and my 18-300 lens, that is a bit of weight.
While I have, at times, used the tripod socket out of necessity I don't like the idea. Doubly so when using a battery grip. Have you seen a cut away of just how little material there is supporting the tripod socket on Nikon battery grips? I have, and it does not inspire confidence. My favorite strap, my Joby UltraFit, attaches using the tripod socket but I don't use that strap when fully loaded with my heavy 70-200mm and battery grip. Maybe that's an over-abundance of caution but hey, it's my kit so I get to be abundantly cautious if choose to.

What I have done, on occasion, is modify a strap that was designed to use the tripod-socket to use the strap lugs on the camera body instead. All it takes is a little thought, some split-rings, maybe a BosTail...

Or you can use the tripod socket. I've seen a lot of people do it and I don't have any first-hand experience, or second-hand stories, of people having the socket fail on them.
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Bikerbrent

Senior Member
Interesting food for thought. I use a sling strap (the Carryspeed strap) that attaches to my tripod socket. If I am carrying my camera with my 80-200mm or 150-600mm lens mounted, I transfer the strap mounting bracket to the tripod socket on the lens, believing this is a stronger mount point. Should this mount be damaged, replacing the tripod mount ring on the lens would be cheaper than fixing the camera tripod mount. I too have never heard of the camera tripod socket failing with one of these straps, but why take the risk. Also, one of the features that really appealed to me about this strap (which is, unfortunately, no longer available in the U.S.) is a leash that connects the mounting bracket to one of the camera strap mounting points so if the mount or camera tripod socket fails, the camera and lens will not fall to the ground.
 
I use the BosStrap with my camera. I tried the tripod mount at one point and really did not like it. When I am out in rough terrain and using a tripod I like to keep the strap on and around me just incase the tripod falls the camera won't hit the dirt.
 
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