JWright wrote in post #7193341
Personally, I wouldn't hang the camera and lens from the D Ring on the Bogen plate. That ring is designed for one purpose and one purpose alone and that's to screw the plate onto the bottom of the camera. The D ring doesn't extend into the screw further than 1/8th of an inch (if that much). While it seems sturdy, I wouldn't trust it to hold the camera and lens...
I use Arca-Swiss plates on all my bodies and lenses and found the best solution is the R-Strap FastenR® screwed into an A-S compatible knob clamp.
The nice thing about this method of attachment is that the clamp (and strap) is easily removed and the camera can be placed on the tripod, then easily reattached to the strap.
Some of my friends use the same setup and they attach the clamp to the side of the "L" bracket on their camera so they don't have to remove the strap when putting the camera on a tripod.
Personally, I wouldn't hang the camera and lens from the D Ring on the Bogen plate. That ring is designed for one purpose and one purpose alone and that's to screw the plate onto the bottom of the camera. The D ring doesn't extend into the screw further than 1/8th of an inch (if that much). While it seems sturdy, I wouldn't trust it to hold the camera and lens...
I use Arca-Swiss plates on all my bodies and lenses and found the best solution is the R-Strap FastenR® screwed into an A-S compatible knob clamp.
The nice thing about this method of attachment is that the clamp (and strap) is easily removed and the camera can be placed on the tripod, then easily reattached to the strap.
Some of my friends use the same setup and they attach the clamp to the side of the "L" bracket on their camera so they don't have to remove the strap when putting the camera on a tripod.
Same way I have mine set up, works great.
