{"id":23802,"date":"2024-01-20T20:00:41","date_gmt":"2024-01-20T20:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/?p=23802"},"modified":"2025-08-18T21:02:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T21:02:35","slug":"preventing-cable-connectors-from-falling-out-of-cameras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/2024\/01\/20\/preventing-cable-connectors-from-falling-out-of-cameras\/","title":{"rendered":"Preventing cable connectors from falling out of cameras"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A couple of months back, a question was raised with regard to how to prevent cable connectors falling out of cameras during tethered shoots. Well my tethered shoots are almost always tethered wirelessly these days. However I do sometimes need to attach a power lead.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As my wife reminded me, when we&#8217;ve done shoots with cables plugged into cameras, we used a method that despite its crudeness and low cost has served us very well over the years. Namely a 100 mm or 150 mm cable tile through the camera strap mount&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/gallery\/20231008-camera-cablles\/20231008-p2500597-strain-relief.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/gallery\/20231008-camera-cablles\/20231008-p2500597-strain-relief.jpg\" width=\"900\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/gallery\/20231008-camera-cablles\/20231008-p2500603-strain-relief.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/gallery\/20231008-camera-cablles\/20231008-p2500603-strain-relief.jpg\" width=\"900\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The images are just a quick mock-up to save excessive verbosity. I&#8217;d normally create a longer loop than shown in the photos &#8211; typically 10 cm to 15 cm. I&#8217;d tighten (but not over-tighten) the cable tie &#8211; between about 50 Newtons and 100 N should be adequate. 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