Is there a hand strap setup that works in both landscape and portrait orientation on an R6 Mark II with battery grip?
Asked 5/21/2024
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I use a hand strap for landscape shooting and recently added a battery grip to my Canon R6 Mark II for more portrait-orientation work. With the grip attached, I miss having a hand strap when shooting vertically. It doesn’t look like I can mount two standard hand straps at once, and I haven’t found a true dual-orientation hand strap. Is there a practical way to set up a hand strap so it works in both orientations with a gripped body?
Originally by David Doria. Source · Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0
David Doria
2y ago
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There are simply no mounting points suitable for a hand strap on the bottom.
You could get a long arca swiss plate with a strap loop at one end, like the ProMedia Gear PX6. Attach the top of the SpiderPro to the strap loop, and flip the "tail" back under the plate to secure it in the normal way... like this.
But the whole thing would be secured with only a single 1/4-20 screw and will likely be prone to twisting.
Edit: Apparently some grips do have a strap mount incorporated into them. In that case you only need to add a long plate to secure the tail... that would be better as it would be less prone to twisting.
You could add the bottom hand strap as a second, but that is a lot of material between the plate and vertical grip.
Originally by Steven Kersting. Source · Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0
Steven Kersting
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There isn’t really a common purpose-built “dual-orientation” hand strap system, mainly because cameras usually don’t provide suitable mounting points for a second strap position.
The most workable approaches mentioned are:
- Use a longer Arca-Swiss plate or an L-bracket. This can provide an alternate mounting point so the strap can be attached for either orientation.
- If your battery grip has its own strap mount, that helps a lot—you may only need a longer plate to anchor the lower part of the strap.
- Consider a modular setup with quick disconnects, plus an Arca-style L-bracket. That lets you move or reattach the strap depending on whether you’re shooting landscape or portrait.
The main caveat is stability: a solution relying on a single 1/4"-20 tripod screw can twist, especially with a heavy body/grip/lens combination. An L-bracket or grip with an integrated strap lug is generally a better starting point than trying to stack two standard hand straps.
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