Hello! Perhaps you could illustrate the carrying methods for easy comparison? Also, you should fix a few typos on the text ("but it is better then the It is more comfortable then the Lunchbox Carry").

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Wow! That will be so helpful for the on location shoot. With all that walking and the camera strap digging into my neck... this would be so nice! Thanks!!!!

Haha, great, thanks! Sometimes I also get carried on with late-night creative activities only to correct them during the day. Thanks for the responsiveness!

I have note tested the R-Strap so I can not really tell it is built well. However, if you are making your own, you should use good quality materials and stitching and you should be fine.

As for hanging a camera off the tripod mount, this is a good point, I'd do some tests before using it with a Canon MKII + EX800 + 70-200

After building the DIY R-Strap from old Lowepro and a Dell Straps I was a little bit afraid of loosing my camera because of the old and not very safe construction of the dell bold/bracket (don't know the right name) I just used a piece of cork and drilled a hole into it. I think the picture should tell everyone what I mean:

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Perhaps the new synthetic corks are better for the job but I first have to drink more wine...
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Why is the strap attached to the screw mount as opposed to its intended place? I mean why not just extend the original strap and attach it normally?

I just don't quite see how the DIY version keeps the strap from sliding around too much on your shoulder, while still easily reaching the camera up to the eye. The non-DIY version seemed to have an inner and then an outer strap quite loose for the D-connection to slide in. Do you do this too or what is it I'm not getting? :-)

I just like the fact that one is upside down and one is right side up.... I mean i wouldn't attach my 70-200 with my 20d on it but a light weight 17-55 would be okay... my concern is that with on-camera flash on both my camera's on neck strap gets hugely in the way...

"Lazy" photographer here. When shooting with two guns, it's a lot easier to keep the other body on a shoulder; and given sufficient strength of character, you'll get over the worrying in a few days. It's also nice to have the camera that you're using completely detached from you, for situations like the Groundpod (the world's cheapest tripod) or the Hail Mary (camera in your hands, arms at full extension).

One choice that makes a big difference, though, is whether you let the camera lens hang away from you or towards you. When you're putting it on your shoulder, you don't have to have the lens facing away from your torso -- try turning it 180 degrees, so that the lens is facing towards you, and then it will hang much closer to your body instead of clunking all over the place. Works well when the lens is heavier.

I've heard about the Rstrap a few months ago and after trying to figure out how to build my own bracket during that time. I decided to finally buy it over the weekend and am quite impressed with it.

To answer some of your questions about it swinging freely by the way of the socket, it is securely mounted to the tripod socket. There is a swivel point between the dring and the connector piece, which you can buy at any hardware store.

One of the main reasons for buying the rstrap is because the connector piece has been proven for our cameras. Don't know what the hardness and weight capacity is for those found at the hardware store at. And I don't want to be the one to test it out.

By trade I am a retired mechanical engineer and now in my 65th. year as a PJ and art photographer. In my business I made many mechanical products. Based on this background, I strongly recommend not using the R-Strap to retain your camera when not shooting. The tripod socket is typically a small machined casting that is spot welded internally to the base plate of the camera. (Other mechanical methods are used but the same failure problem exists). What you put at risk is the body integrity of your expensive outfit. See whether the tech people at Canon, Nikon, etc. will maintain warranty of the body when you distort the base after some considerable use of this strap attachment. That is why some larger, longer and heavier lenses have their own tripod mount and do not put that much cantilever load on the tripod socket on the body base. At first, with the R strap you may find it practical to use but in time, there will be an uproar over the damaged bodies that will not covered by warranty repair and if past the warranty date, you will pay heavy duty charges to bring your camera back to operating specs (or maybe it will be non-repairable). Anyone can make a strap attachment from the standard camera strap lugs to resemble the R-Strap concept. That is my recommendation. Do not go the R-Strap way and anyone now using it should put it in the back drawer and forget it!!

This looks great. No one has mentioned the medicinal value. My neck and back from broken from a drunk driver hitting me. Hanging a traditional strap around my neck is uncomfortable and painful. I have always wished for a solution that would use my one good shoulder and give me quick access to get my camera up so as not to miss those special shots -- this looks like the answer. Thanks.

Heh, no mention from anybody about a hand strap? I do the weapons cross a lot, but only if I know I'm not going to be taking any pictures soon. I actually made a hand strap which holds my hand onto the right side of my d50. Probably not a great thing for bigger lenses, but on my 28-80mm it does fine. I made it out of a normal nikon neck strap, just looped one end through the right strap slot (it shares it with my actual neck strap), then made a short end which goes to the tripod mount. For durability, I looped it back and sewed it together (or, I hemmed it, heh). I then sewed a circle about 3 times around where the hole would go. Once done, I took a tiny little drill and made a hole just smaller than I needed for a tripod mount. Added a screw that fit to secure it, and oila! I have a strap which lets my camera rest comfortably and pulling a small amount on my right hand. The only movement needed is to raise it to my eye, and my finger is practically already on the shutter. So far it hasn't given me any problems, and if I notice any wear, I'll probably get a better neck strap than Nikon's generic one. Keep in mind that the reason it doesn't fall off is because I do keep my fingers curled around the other side, giving it the hand-in-the-cookie-jar effect ;). One word of warning, though - you will most likely get hand sweat on the side... gross but probably happens anyhow if you're shooting a lot that day.

I also don't like the stock camera straps, so when I came across the R-Strap I was immediately interested. However the method of attaching to the tripod socket scares me. I don't believe the tripod socket was designed to suspend a camera upside down considering cameras weight close to if not over 1kg. So I made my own strap with a swivel snap hook connected with a split ring to the left strap lug. My concern is how safe is it to connect via one strap lug. I have a Nikon D90 with 18-105mm lens. Any comments or advice would be much appreciated. Thanks