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Hanging Pentax DA 300 F4 on K1 Upside Down From Camera Sling by Tripod Collar. How Safe?

Started Oct 7, 2020 | Questions thread
hikerdoc Veteran Member • Posts: 3,513
Re: Hanging Pentax DA 300 F4 on K1 Upside Down From Camera Sling by Tripod Collar. How Safe?

Be sure to check that connection periodically even if you think it is very tight. I did have an early BR. With the constant swinging on the hip during hiking the screw lug could loosen. The locking collar on earlier BR carabiners also were not secure and I did have a camera fall. They began offering those accessory security straps as an add on. One other attachment option that does not involve screw on lug are the QD swivels from RRS or Magpul which attach securely to a port on my RRS lens feet or L brackets. I have not used a BR since my incident 8-10 years back, but they have apparently improved on the early design flaws. The frequent threads of several years back on cameras damaged by BR shortcomings have disappeared.

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