Do you fear the camera falling off RC2?

Seems to be a silly questions but...
I have a Manfrotto 322RC2 on top of a monopod, every time I mount my heavier lens (like 70-200mm f/2.8 IS) + grippged 5D, I feel uneasy to just put the monopod on my should and let the camera hang in the end, although I've seen other people doing that all day long.
Thoughts?
(edit: typo in the title, should read RC2)

That correction aside, yea you should never walk around with the body attached to the monopod or tripod and carrying it all on a shoulder. While it might hold in most cases its just asking for trouble. At least, thats my advice...

Thanks for the quick reply. That's fair, however wouldn't that be too slow in action say if you are moving around the field, mounting and un-mounting? I'd like to wish they have designed this solid enough.

I will keep the camera attached to the monopod or tripod, but I'll have the camera strap around my neck while in transit.

If I ever do that I'm always sure to be holding onto the strap as well. I fear dropping it as well and rather play it safe the to be out of 4k+ gear.

I don't really fear it... wait... are you attaching your camera or the lens to the monopod? With a bigger lens like the 70-200 f2.8... attacking the lens seems more appropriate. I of course have the camera attached me to at all times via neck strap or some kind of tether.

It is pain in the butt to mount it on the lens colar on a gripped camera. The grip blocks the head so I very often mount the the combo on the camera.

dchen99 wrote in post #10046724
It is pain in the butt to mount it on the lens colar on a gripped camera. The grip blocks the head so I very often mount the the combo on the camera.

Yep, this was the very reason a couple years ago that I started looking for something other than the RC2 QR system. Sold all my RC2 stuff and then tried the RC4 setup, that didnt work either, so I sold that stuff then I finally gave in and went with RRS.

windpig wrote in post #10046621
I will keep the camera attached to the monopod or tripod, but I'll have the camera strap around my neck while in transit.

Ditto,. and the body and lens set up described is really not that heavy, but mounting to the body with a telephoto like the 70-200mm is a bad idea all around.

All roads lead to Arca!

I wouldn't hang it over my shoulder... even if it were on a monopod I could always hold the camera and run around with the strap on my neck. Even collapse it if I wanted to make it easier.

windpig wrote in post #10046621
I will keep the camera attached to the monopod or tripod, but I'll have the camera strap around my neck while in transit.

Bioshock wrote in post #10046640
If I ever do that I'm always sure to be holding onto the strap as well. I fear dropping it as well and rather play it safe the to be out of 4k+ gear.

CyberDyneSystems wrote in post #10046800
Ditto,. and the body and lens set up described is really not that heavy, but mounting to the body with a telephoto like the 70-200mm is a bad idea all around.

All roads lead to Arca!

Likewise. And also for Arca-Swiss; at least I don't need to have different clamps for different lenses.

Wait, you guys mean you shouldn't be walking around with your camera mounted on a tripod which is slung over your shoulder? Is that for all tripods?

I remember seeing an episode of Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge and he had a his tripod with a 400L or something mounted, with his tripod over his shoulder. I mean I don't think he would have wanted to loose all that equipment if anything failed. Not in the cost stand point, but rather the "I am in the middle of no where, and I just lost my main lens, and a primary body". I am thinking it was his Alaska episode, where he was shooting Gizzly Bears.

I won't be worried it if it's a crew on type. But I don't feel super comfy for the Manfrotto RC2 (seems to be a popular one) quick release style.

dchen99 wrote in post #10046724
It is pain in the butt to mount it on the lens colar on a gripped camera. The grip blocks the head so I very often mount the the combo on the camera.

I've always wondered why some people complain about this. Why don't you just mount the plate on the lens collar so that the clamp release is on the side and not at the back where you can't get to it with a grip attached?

keitaro wrote in post #10048306
Wait, you guys mean you shouldn't be walking around with your camera mounted on a tripod which is slung over your shoulder? Is that for all tripods?

I remember seeing an episode of Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge and he had a his tripod with a 400L or something mounted, with his tripod over his shoulder. I mean I don't think he would have wanted to loose all that equipment if anything failed. Not in the cost stand point, but rather the "I am in the middle of no where, and I just lost my main lens, and a primary body". I am thinking it was his Alaska episode, where he was shooting Gizzly Bears.

I wouldn't do it if I had the RC2 QR system but have no problems doing it with the current Arca-Swiss type QR system I'm using now. But, like others have said, I do hang on to the neck straps of both the camera and the lens, just in case.

But, truth be told, I do it less now than I used to, but only because it really gets uncomfortable carrying all that weight on one shoulder. So I now tend to take the (heavy) lens off and carry it with the camera mounted in one hand and the tripod in the other.