blitzkrieg 0 #1 August 18, 2006 it always seemed to me to be a good idea to have an extra strap over your still camera for extra security... i.e. not trusting your camera's life on the tripod mount screw... but, i haven't actually seen more than a few people who have this. so my question is, who is using extra precautions and how are they attached? how do they "clean up" when your still is not attached? thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Costyn 1 #2 August 18, 2006 I secure my stills camera with some elastic cord, you know the one they use for goggles. I'll try & describe it, but I'll post some pix tonight (have to go to work soon). I've drilled 4 extra holes around the sides and the elastic cord goes from the back right hole to the front left hole and another cord from the back left hole to the front right hole. This allows me to cross the cord over the camera both ways. For "cleaning up", I just pull the cord back inside the camera when not in use. The elastic cords then sit flush on the helmet, also allowing me to stow the plug for the biteswitch there. I'm pretty happy with the result. Pix follow tonight. Cheers, Costyn.Costyn van Dongen - http://www.flylikebrick.com/ - World Wide Wingsuit News Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites cj1150gs 0 #3 August 18, 2006 A friend of mine lost a 20D (and the Canon EF 15 mm I was loaning him). He bumped his head on another guy's butt and the mounting thread on the 20D broke. The screw and correspondent thread stood in the helmet. I know a guy who leashes his stills using a piece of string and two small carabiners runing throug the points where the neck strap usually goes. Everything is kept inside the neoprene condom so it looks clean and snagless. Cheap (and clever) insurance IMHO! Carlos Martins Portugal www.cj.smugmug.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Miami 0 #4 August 18, 2006 This post shows how my 20d is secured, and how the excess is secured during non-still jumps. Hope this helps...Miami Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites shogo 0 #5 August 18, 2006 wow. where do you buy neoprene stuff like that? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Miami 0 #6 August 18, 2006 Check my next post in that same thread, it has the info on the neoprene cover.Miami Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites blitzkrieg 0 #7 August 18, 2006 Miami, that's a nice lookin' rig... i must have missed something though... where does that strap go when there's no still? why aren't there companies making D-boxes for stills? ultimately, i think that is the way i'd like to go and will probably just build one myself. thanks to everyone for their input... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Miami 0 #8 August 19, 2006 Oops...didn't realize I had taken those pics with the strap unsecure. I just fold it across the back of the helmet and tape it down with gaffers tape when not doing stills...no problems with it coming undone.Miami Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites blitzkrieg 0 #9 August 19, 2006 haha, ok. i thought i might have been having a special moment there for a min... that seems like a reasonable route. thanks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kenneth21441 0 #10 August 19, 2006 I secure mine with a piece of elastic that I have sewen to fit tightly around the body of the camera and with another piece of elastic band around the front. This helps pervent side to side shifts and forward and aft shifts. In addition to the tripod screw. Just in case. Of course I also secure the lanyard through one of the holes on my helment. This goes for the 35 MM and video sure would hate to lose one in FF.. In a way one acts as a back up in case I forget one or the other. So far its worked well. Also had designed a small camera helment parachute that is tied to my jumpsuit case if it comes off..Parachute is fitted inside the helment. From my test this method will slow down the helment if dropped and landings will be hade where the chin strap hits first thus protecting the cameras.. Will I ever need?? Hard to say but just in case. thanksKenneth Potter FAA Senior Parachute Rigger Tactical Delivery Instructor (Jeddah, KSA) FFL Gunsmith Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites bofh 0 #11 August 20, 2006 QuoteAlso had designed a small camera helment parachute that is tied to my jumpsuit case if it comes off..Parachute is fitted inside the helment. What happens if it somehow gets out with the helmet on your head? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PhreeZone 20 #12 August 21, 2006 There is a reason that no manufactor offers a recovery parachute on a helmet, its the issue about it getting into the windstream while still attached to your head. The bridle can wrap your neck and hang you, it could berak your neck as it first pulls. The average skydiving pilot chute exerts a pull force of 80+ pounds at terminal, having that force exert at a 90 degree angle with all the forces on your neck can easly snap your neck and kill/paralize you. I'd drop that recovery shute like a bad habit. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. 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Costyn 1 #2 August 18, 2006 I secure my stills camera with some elastic cord, you know the one they use for goggles. I'll try & describe it, but I'll post some pix tonight (have to go to work soon). I've drilled 4 extra holes around the sides and the elastic cord goes from the back right hole to the front left hole and another cord from the back left hole to the front right hole. This allows me to cross the cord over the camera both ways. For "cleaning up", I just pull the cord back inside the camera when not in use. The elastic cords then sit flush on the helmet, also allowing me to stow the plug for the biteswitch there. I'm pretty happy with the result. Pix follow tonight. Cheers, Costyn.Costyn van Dongen - http://www.flylikebrick.com/ - World Wide Wingsuit News Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cj1150gs 0 #3 August 18, 2006 A friend of mine lost a 20D (and the Canon EF 15 mm I was loaning him). He bumped his head on another guy's butt and the mounting thread on the 20D broke. The screw and correspondent thread stood in the helmet. I know a guy who leashes his stills using a piece of string and two small carabiners runing throug the points where the neck strap usually goes. Everything is kept inside the neoprene condom so it looks clean and snagless. Cheap (and clever) insurance IMHO! Carlos Martins Portugal www.cj.smugmug.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miami 0 #4 August 18, 2006 This post shows how my 20d is secured, and how the excess is secured during non-still jumps. Hope this helps...Miami Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shogo 0 #5 August 18, 2006 wow. where do you buy neoprene stuff like that? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miami 0 #6 August 18, 2006 Check my next post in that same thread, it has the info on the neoprene cover.Miami Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blitzkrieg 0 #7 August 18, 2006 Miami, that's a nice lookin' rig... i must have missed something though... where does that strap go when there's no still? why aren't there companies making D-boxes for stills? ultimately, i think that is the way i'd like to go and will probably just build one myself. thanks to everyone for their input... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Miami 0 #8 August 19, 2006 Oops...didn't realize I had taken those pics with the strap unsecure. I just fold it across the back of the helmet and tape it down with gaffers tape when not doing stills...no problems with it coming undone.Miami Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites blitzkrieg 0 #9 August 19, 2006 haha, ok. i thought i might have been having a special moment there for a min... that seems like a reasonable route. thanks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kenneth21441 0 #10 August 19, 2006 I secure mine with a piece of elastic that I have sewen to fit tightly around the body of the camera and with another piece of elastic band around the front. This helps pervent side to side shifts and forward and aft shifts. In addition to the tripod screw. Just in case. Of course I also secure the lanyard through one of the holes on my helment. This goes for the 35 MM and video sure would hate to lose one in FF.. In a way one acts as a back up in case I forget one or the other. So far its worked well. Also had designed a small camera helment parachute that is tied to my jumpsuit case if it comes off..Parachute is fitted inside the helment. From my test this method will slow down the helment if dropped and landings will be hade where the chin strap hits first thus protecting the cameras.. Will I ever need?? Hard to say but just in case. thanksKenneth Potter FAA Senior Parachute Rigger Tactical Delivery Instructor (Jeddah, KSA) FFL Gunsmith Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites bofh 0 #11 August 20, 2006 QuoteAlso had designed a small camera helment parachute that is tied to my jumpsuit case if it comes off..Parachute is fitted inside the helment. What happens if it somehow gets out with the helmet on your head? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PhreeZone 20 #12 August 21, 2006 There is a reason that no manufactor offers a recovery parachute on a helmet, its the issue about it getting into the windstream while still attached to your head. The bridle can wrap your neck and hang you, it could berak your neck as it first pulls. The average skydiving pilot chute exerts a pull force of 80+ pounds at terminal, having that force exert at a 90 degree angle with all the forces on your neck can easly snap your neck and kill/paralize you. I'd drop that recovery shute like a bad habit. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
Miami 0 #8 August 19, 2006 Oops...didn't realize I had taken those pics with the strap unsecure. I just fold it across the back of the helmet and tape it down with gaffers tape when not doing stills...no problems with it coming undone.Miami Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blitzkrieg 0 #9 August 19, 2006 haha, ok. i thought i might have been having a special moment there for a min... that seems like a reasonable route. thanks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kenneth21441 0 #10 August 19, 2006 I secure mine with a piece of elastic that I have sewen to fit tightly around the body of the camera and with another piece of elastic band around the front. This helps pervent side to side shifts and forward and aft shifts. In addition to the tripod screw. Just in case. Of course I also secure the lanyard through one of the holes on my helment. This goes for the 35 MM and video sure would hate to lose one in FF.. In a way one acts as a back up in case I forget one or the other. So far its worked well. Also had designed a small camera helment parachute that is tied to my jumpsuit case if it comes off..Parachute is fitted inside the helment. From my test this method will slow down the helment if dropped and landings will be hade where the chin strap hits first thus protecting the cameras.. Will I ever need?? Hard to say but just in case. thanksKenneth Potter FAA Senior Parachute Rigger Tactical Delivery Instructor (Jeddah, KSA) FFL Gunsmith Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bofh 0 #11 August 20, 2006 QuoteAlso had designed a small camera helment parachute that is tied to my jumpsuit case if it comes off..Parachute is fitted inside the helment. What happens if it somehow gets out with the helmet on your head? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #12 August 21, 2006 There is a reason that no manufactor offers a recovery parachute on a helmet, its the issue about it getting into the windstream while still attached to your head. The bridle can wrap your neck and hang you, it could berak your neck as it first pulls. The average skydiving pilot chute exerts a pull force of 80+ pounds at terminal, having that force exert at a 90 degree angle with all the forces on your neck can easly snap your neck and kill/paralize you. I'd drop that recovery shute like a bad habit. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
