Do any of you NOT use your neck strap??

itsmejson wrote in post #10596047
great i'm guess i'm going to purchase one of these qr plates to take out the screw and try to install it on the photoclam QR plate that i'm getting to solve my problem of using the qr plate at the same time as using the r-strap.
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Quite a few posters use this method to solve the problem.

If you have a arca-swiss compatible QR plate you can just use something like this QR clamp
and screw the FastenR-3 or 2 into it from underneath. Then clip the QR clamp onto the tripod plate.

midnight_rider wrote in post #10596819
The Manfrotto does not have any rise at all. It is perfectly flat. It comes off very easy too.

great that is very good news

lannes wrote in post #10597218
Quite a few posters use this method to solve the problem.

If you have a arca-swiss compatible QR plate you can just use something like this QR clamp
and screw the FastenR-3 or 2 into it from underneath. Then clip the QR clamp onto the tripod plate.

It's a bit of extra hardware, but if you choose a small 20-40mm QR clamp it's not to cumbersome.
This works unless you want the strap connected at all times

yeah i saw that. i don't want the strap on all the time however i just dont want to have to keep switching between using a tripod plate and BR's fastnr's.

this is the ballhead i'll be getting:

itsmejson wrote in post #10598105
yeah i saw that. i don't want the strap on all the time however i just dont want to have to keep switching between using a tripod plate and BR's fastnr's.[/IMG]

If your getting the Photo Clam PC-30NS, then I'm pretty sure it's a arca-swiss compatible QR plate, so the QR clamp option will work.

There are times when I wish that I didn't have my strap installed, and then there are times where I am happy that I have my strap installed.

Just a couple weeks ago, a few friends and I went out shooting. One friend has a handstrap, while the other friend and I used our OEM Canon neckstrap. By the end of the photowalk, my friend and I who used the neckstrap felt comfortable all around, while the friend with the handstrap started getting hand cramps.

I think the best way to get the best of both worlds, is to use a neck strap with quick releases.

I recently switched to a neckstrap with quick release, mainly for tripod shooting when its windy. Otherwise it is always on the camera, whenever Im moving about with my camera on the tripod, I always grab the strap and legs together being paranoid that the camera might come off. I'm sure that as I use it more I will loose the paranoia and start to trust my ballhead more

mwalsh9152 wrote in post #10599756
I recently switched to a neckstrap with quick release, mainly for tripod shooting when its windy. Otherwise it is always on the camera, whenever Im moving about with my camera on the tripod, I always grab the strap and legs together being paranoid that the camera might come off. I'm sure that as I use it more I will loose the paranoia and start to trust my ballhead more

which neckstrap did you switch to with the neck strap?