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I am in pretty much the same position as OP now - Black Rapid carabiner is showing enough wear that I don't have 100% confidence in it anymore. If I could get a replacement easily/cheaply I think I'd do that, but since it's most of the cost of a new strap, I'm looking at alternatives.
Although I loved the BR design initially, a couple of things I'd like to "solve". First, the bouncing around while you walk thing. The way I was wearing it to minimise this, meant there were a lot of accidental shots of my shoes (I leave camera on for the whole time i have it with me) and battery life decreases as it wakes up and meters repeatedly with each step. Pretty much any non sling strap fixes this.
The second thing is tripod compatibility, which means not connecting via the tripod mount. Or rather, a tripod compatible mounting plate so that I can keep wearing the camera lens down rather than lens out, like what Peak Designs offer. The only thing with that is, the "standard plate" no longer comes with the slide strap. It now ships with an "anchor mount" that doesn't seem to be RC2 compatible. My question, since the RC2 plate I already own has a loop underneath for screwing it into place, is can that be used to attach an anchor link? Or maybe at the base of the thread that screws the plate to the camera - or would this potentially wear through and snap? Would I need to also buy a standard plate? |
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2-12-2019 07:01:52
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