...always enjoy your posts (even some of the gory details!).
Perhaps you've posted on this previously...
With your 'belt connector', you have a marvelous way of making certain your M6 is nearly ready-to-shoot..at all times.
Except when I forget it's there and try to close the car door on my camera.
I have a couple of different small camera pouches that attach to my belt...that's how I go about accomplishing the same thing.
I find that the ergonomics of all of the native EF-M lenses (when attached to an M) work quite nicely when used in this way (stored in a small pouch that has belt loops)...except for the 18-150...which is a tad big/long.
Perhaps I should go look and check on the model #s of the bags I use (nobody probably cares!)...but the proper 'container' for an M...combine with proper camera straps...are an essential part of the M experience, at least for me. I do not use the straps that Canon supplies...instead I go with much smaller ones (here I should take pics and post what I use...they're dirt-cheap and come via eBay).
I used to wear the straps on my cameras at all times. I still do with larger DSLRs. It's normally the only safe way to ensure I don't drop my camera and this is especially important when handing the camera to someone with less experience. The strap can also be used to stabilize the camera against a pole or tree for slow shutter speeds. But with the belt clip system I tend not to use the straps. Same with large lenses when mounted to a tripod foot (which I usually connect to a monopod).
For any of the Ms, when mated to the 11-22, 22, 28, 15-45 or even 18-55...only a tiny wrist-strap (with but one point of attachment to the camera is needed...and I seldom if ever hang the camera around my neck (with two points of attachment, DSLR-style) when using these lenses.
I've recently thought of getting a wrist strap. Might be handy for using the camera in high wind locations or when leaning out of a window. Though if I'm mounting the camera to my belt it's not been an issue.
The 18-150 (and I presume the 55-200) EF-M lens is so substantial (in volume, especially) that it lends itself, at times, to two points of attachment to the camera...to enable 'standard' around-the-neck traveling.
I could write several paragraphs on this...Canon realized this with the original M (and M2) as they sold a unique ever-tiny leather strap that came equipped with the connector unique to those two Ms (did the M3 have this connector, too?).
This is the connector that required either a thin coin or screwdriver to attach/remove? I liked that design. I was surprised to see it gone by the time the M6 came about.
I am probably alone in wishing that all today's iterations of Ms included these premium connectors, connectors that made it quite difficult to improperly twist the strap...and made removal nearly instantaneous.
I'll post again with pics and my solution for the 18-150/M6 combo.
Nero: what say you?
I think everyone is looking for suggestion or advice on mountings and accessories for their gear. Feel free to post you own tools or ideals for others to see. Each person has their own solutions and sometimes even the simpler ones are very practical.
And, what straps do you use with your M6?
I took my shoulder straps off my M6. It no longer has a strap on the camera because if I'm walking about in the city or in bushland, the strap might get caught on something. I had that happen when running through a forest once with a non-M camera. A branch caught my camera strap and launched me backwards with my feet off the ground, destroying the L-series lens I had mounted.
And might you supply a link to the belt attachment device you use?
Sure, I've posted on this before but here it is again. I'm using the Peak Design Pro-Pad and Capture clip (Version1). I recently bought the Version2 of this system but found the new design lacked several key features on the V1. On the V1 there's a reassuring "click" when the camera is mounted to the belt holster... but the V2 version has made this a quieter connection. Either model appears to be well built but the larger V1 was a little easier for me to use. It's possible I'm simply more familiar with the V1. I was politely critical of these differences with the V3 and in looking up the video below, I notice that they have deleted my comment, presumably because negative feedback was likely to affect sales. Another issue I have with the V3 is that it requires the use of an Allen Key (included) to attach the plate to the camera. The V1 uses a fold-down steel clasp that I could remove or attach in the dark. Might have to make my own video on the subject. I have not yet used the V3 version (other than to set it up for use), though it's in a cabinet behind me at the moment. .
Original M on the Capture Pro system
My wife with two cameras... one on the belt with the Peak Design system.
M6 on the belt via Peak Design Capture system
EOS M mounted on the shoulder of my backpack via a Peak Design clip.
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