Safety tether / leash for camera?

[slackercrurster]

I need some safety leash or tether for keeping camera safe over water. I bought some of these

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0751HM4XG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

They are about 8 inches and useless.

I was looking for a strap that could be preferably connected to the tripod socket or it could also be connected somewhere else. But it has to be heavy duty and have some length to shoot comfortably while keeping camera safe.

Any recommendations?

Not interested in shoulder straps or wrist straps, already have them.

 

[mgb74]

Can you expand on how you intend to use this? Will you be wading, in a boat, in a canoe or kayak? Will be using a tripod (I often use a tripod when wading)?

 

[thornhill]

I need some safety leash or tether for keeping camera safe over water. I bought some of these

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0751HM4XG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

They are about 8 inches and useless.

I was looking for a strap that could be preferably connected to the tripod socket or it could also be connected somewhere else. But it has to be heavy duty and have some length to shoot comfortably while keeping camera safe.

Any recommendations?

Not interested in shoulder straps or wrist straps, already have them.

No shoulder straps? On that link, if you scroll done a bit, you'll see the "rapid fire" rigs. I bought one and I love it for hefty medium format and lighter, for the same reasons you stated. I upgraded mine with a Chinese made Manfrotto style quick release so I can switch to tripod in seconds if needed. More comfortable than any neck strap.
Hope this helps.

 

[ic-racer]

My Nikonos came to me with a wrist strap similar to this. I actually like it. Keep the camera from falling to the bottom of the sea...

 

[slackercrurster]

Can you expand on how you intend to use this? Will you be wading, in a boat, in a canoe or kayak? Will be using a tripod (I often use a tripod when wading)?

Boat, no tripod. Also some wading.

 

[awty]

I have a couple like this.....edit ooops missed the bit about no wrist straps

 

[awty]

You could make something. This may give you some ideas.
https://shuttermuse.com/ultimate-camera-tether-for-climbing-and-aerial-photography/

 

[AgX]

At S-8 cameras one sometimes finds a wrist belt that is connected to the 1/4" thread by a rotary hook. If the screw has a rubber disk friction-arrest (or you make such) and the hook swivels freely, you got what you need. Just exchange that (PVC) belt by a lane or wire of your choice.

 

[mgb74]

Boat, no tripod. Also some wading.

For wading, the only solution I've found is a short neck strap. Any other connection point will allow the camera to hit the water. Not always that comfortable, but that's life. Anything that has some length to it will allow the camera to hit the water (unless very shallow water). One issue I've had is that if wading in waist high water (or higher) and using a physically long lens, the end of the lens could hit the water regardless of attachment point.

In a boat, a wrist strap is OK unless in rough water where you may need to unexpectedly brace yourself. Your hand automatically reaches for a handhold and your camera bangs the boat. A chest harness might work, but I haven't tried one.

So the only solutions I have used (and think will work) violate your "no neck strap", no "wrist strap" rule.

 

[jim10219]

You could make something. This may give you some ideas.
https://shuttermuse.com/ultimate-camera-tether-for-climbing-and-aerial-photography/

That's what I was thinking. I always just use a neck strap in those situations. But if I didn't want a neck strap, I'd probably just tie a rope through a hole in a QR plate and the other end on my belt. Or if I wanted something more aesthetically pleasing, I'd sew a strap (maybe leather) through a 1/4"-20 eye bolt or something similar.

 

[resummerfield]

You could make something. This may give you some ideas.
https://shuttermuse.com/ultimate-camera-tether-for-climbing-and-aerial-photography/

I made something like this... nylon strap around neck, terminating in an Arca clamp for the camera or lens.