I almost lost a camera today.

As I stood up, my camera fell off the side carrier of my Cotton Carrier. The strap saved it, but had I been crouched (closer to the ground), my camera would have died.

Is there a good way to prevent this from happening again?.. If not, as I suspect, then it's time to retire my side carrier. It has happened before when I used a light lens, but I thought that having a heavier lens would prevent this... It didn't.

How many cameras you have?
I use nothing fancy, but OEM neck stripes.
And neck with shoulders, plus my belly

Don't you have to rotate the camera to engage the hub into the side carrier? The 90 degree rotation locks the hub in the side carrier, so the camera can't fall out.

Makes me think you mounted the hub on the camera in the wrong position.

kf095 wrote in post #18999530
How many cameras you have?
I use nothing fancy, but OEM neck stripes.
And neck with shoulders, plus my belly

Four.
Two that go on the vest.

Perfectly Frank wrote in post #18999591
Don't you have to rotate the camera to engage the hub into the side carrier? The 90 degree rotation locks the hub in the side carrier, so the camera can't fall out.

Makes me think you mounted the hub on the camera in the wrong position.

It does have to turn 90 degrees. It caught on my leg when I crouched, and that turned it.

I don't know how to make the side carrier extra secure. Other than being extra careful when you change your body position, and use a safety strap that's as short as practical.

I use the Cotton Carrier main harness at air shows for my large lens. I don't use the side carrier as it's uncomfortable with my second large lens. So I use a Black Rapid strap for that. That's how I carry two cameras with large lenses. The drawback with the BR strap is that the camera/lens has a tendency to swing around as I walk.

Seems that every carrying system has benefits and drawbacks.

How about this SpiderPro carrying system. I have no experience with it, but looks interesting.

The locking mechanism prevents the camera from coming out by accident. Can be configured to carry two cameras and accessories.

https://spiderholster.​com …pro-single-camera-system/

https://spiderholster.​com/product/dual-camera-system/

Perfectly Frank wrote in post #18999780
and use a safety strap that's as short as practical.

That's a great idea!

Perfectly Frank wrote in post #18999798
How about this SpiderPro carrying system. I have no experience with it, but looks interesting.

The locking mechanism prevents the camera from coming out by accident. Can be configured to carry two cameras and accessories.

https://spiderholster.​com …pro-single-camera-system/

https://spiderholster.​com/product/dual-camera-system/

Thanks for the suggestion. It does look more secure, but I'm afraid of having my lens point backward; I'd probably scratch the front element.

Perfectly Frank wrote in post #18999780
I don't know how to make the side carrier extra secure. Other than being extra careful when you change your body position, and use a safety strap that's as short as practical.

I use the Cotton Carrier main harness at air shows for my large lens. I don't use the side carrier as it's uncomfortable with my second large lens. So I use a Black Rapid strap for that. That's how I carry two cameras with large lenses. The drawback with the BR strap is that the camera/lens has a tendency to swing around as I walk.

Seems that every carrying system has benefits and drawbacks.

This is the first time that being a wheelchair user seems to be an advantage. I can sit with my Sigma 150-600 C and use the OEM lens strap, plus use the OEM neck strap on my 50D, all while the whole lot is attached to my shoulder stock rig; while when not in use it just lays in my lap. Also plenty of easy ways to hang another camera with shorter lenses from the chair when not in use.

Alan

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Alan!

It's great to see you here!

You used to be a major participant in so many of the discussions that I was involved in here on the forum. . But I haven't seen you in ages. . Wondered what happened to you. . Glad to see you're alive and back here to chat about photography with us again!


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Have you ever looked at the Manfrotto magic arm? I use it to remote mount cameras and use them wirelessly, but not too long ago, I let a family at church borrow this for a few months as their family member recovered from a stroke, and they mounted things like cameras, tablet holders, etc from the Manfrotto to free up their hands/arms from having to hold gear, and it also kept these objects up and out of the way while that person had other things they needed to hold/do.

I really like that device, and it seemed to help with those in a situation where they were less mobile. It is very user friendly too, to adjust just turn the one dial and you can adjust the arm however you want, then tighten the dial.