yeah, I'm all about weird tanlines... I try to wear long sleeves as much as possible and lube up when out in the sun but sailing does a number on anything you throw at the sun. The water just bounces the light around too much.
Anyway, here's a few more shots:
my L-bracket and the CC button on a clamp:
I'm thinking of tapping the left bend of the bracket in that last shot... That would lower the CC button and also make it impossible for it to fall off. Doing so leaves me the same amount of clamping surface as using the current button on that clamp alongside my current lever clamp on my head. It'd just be one less piece which would be nice (weight and height).
here's a shot of me wearing it this weekend:
^ the one downside is Elias would/could kick the camera... If I slid it forward it would bounce off my thigh. Not the CC's fault, but something I had to watch for.
I'm still torn on the whole L bracket -vs- grip -vs- grip with the L and where to put the button. I'm pretty sure I'll be tapping my L bracket for the cotton carrier to screw into this week so I can get rid of the small RRS clamp. But I'm also considering doing that same idea with the L bracket for the grip and just leaving it on the grip all the time. That'd mean I'd have to use the grip when shooting my landscapes, but it's generally in the bag anyway for the spare battery (since it can take AAs). It's just that I like slim bags and using the camera with the grip makes that a bit of an issue (although because the D700 is narrower than my 5Dii was, putting it in sideways isn't that bad).
Ben
