Comments on: Criticism of the NutStrap – In Defense of DIY http://www.planettroy.com/criticism-of-the-nutstrap-in-defense-of-diy/ Spouting at the Mouth Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:08:38 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Cheap DIY DSLR Ring Flash http://www.planettroy.com/criticism-of-the-nutstrap-in-defense-of-diy/comment-page-1/#comment-1683 Cheap DIY DSLR Ring Flash Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:08:38 +0000 http://www.planettroy.com/?p=137#comment-1683 [...] Troy Sandal » Criticism of the NutStrap - In Defense of DIY [...] [...] Troy Sandal » Criticism of the NutStrap – In Defense of DIY [...]

]]> By: 8Way http://www.planettroy.com/criticism-of-the-nutstrap-in-defense-of-diy/comment-page-1/#comment-1681 8Way Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:39:39 +0000 http://www.planettroy.com/?p=137#comment-1681 Brian, I believe that even if we made a 100% exact copy of the patent pending BlackRapid, we would still be ok under US patent law. According to the Hatch-Waxman exemption, the court left open a "very narrow and strictly limited experimental use defense" for "amusement, to satisfy idle curiosity, or for strictly philosophical inquiry." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_exemption In any case, our design, V1 and V2 are significant enough deviations and improvements (V2) from the BlackRapid that I believe we could seek a patent for it. Not that we'd do that. If I were to pursue this, or other product, I'm inclined to license it under the creative commons license or similar. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_commons_license Brian, I believe that even if we made a 100% exact copy of the patent pending BlackRapid, we would still be ok under US patent law. According to the Hatch-Waxman exemption, the court left open a “very narrow and strictly limited experimental use defense” for “amusement, to satisfy idle curiosity, or for strictly philosophical inquiry.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_exemption

In any case, our design, V1 and V2 are significant enough deviations and improvements (V2) from the BlackRapid that I believe we could seek a patent for it. Not that we’d do that. If I were to pursue this, or other product, I’m inclined to license it under the creative commons license or similar.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_commons_license

]]> By: 8Way http://www.planettroy.com/criticism-of-the-nutstrap-in-defense-of-diy/comment-page-1/#comment-1680 8Way Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:47:25 +0000 http://www.planettroy.com/?p=137#comment-1680 Wes here. For what it's worth I purposely didn't look at the BlackRapid implementation. What we came up has it's flaws. It can potentially unscrew from the bottom of the camera, being the most severe. I have came up with a second version, but not fabricated it. See a pic here: http://flickr.com/photos/92778554@N00/3254381724/ It has the advantage of a much lower profile, as well as a built in swivel (the pin that holds the roundrect ring rotates in the drilled out thumbscrew). The disadvantage is it requires you to unscrew the NutStrap from the bottom of the camera if you want to seperate strap and camera. I finally took a look at the BlackRapids implementation. It is somewhat similar to my V2, but I'm not terribly fond of it. The bent metal with the hole in it to accept the swivel hook looks sharp. Looks like it'd be a table scratcher. In either case, the NutStrap and BlackRapid suffer from a design flaw -- when placing the camera down on a table, the camera sits at an odd angle, with the lens, the NS/BR and a corner of the camera touching the table. Seems a lot more precarious. Wes here. For what it’s worth I purposely didn’t look at the BlackRapid implementation. What we came up has it’s flaws. It can potentially unscrew from the bottom of the camera, being the most severe. I have came up with a second version, but not fabricated it. See a pic here:

http://flickr.com/photos/92778554@N00/3254381724/

It has the advantage of a much lower profile, as well as a built in swivel (the pin that holds the roundrect ring rotates in the drilled out thumbscrew). The disadvantage is it requires you to unscrew the NutStrap from the bottom of the camera if you want to seperate strap and camera.

I finally took a look at the BlackRapids implementation. It is somewhat similar to my V2, but I’m not terribly fond of it. The bent metal with the hole in it to accept the swivel hook looks sharp. Looks like it’d be a table scratcher.

In either case, the NutStrap and BlackRapid suffer from a design flaw — when placing the camera down on a table, the camera sits at an odd angle, with the lens, the NS/BR and a corner of the camera touching the table. Seems a lot more precarious.

]]> By: Defending DIY and the NutStrap « Photagonist http://www.planettroy.com/criticism-of-the-nutstrap-in-defense-of-diy/comment-page-1/#comment-1679 Defending DIY and the NutStrap « Photagonist Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:26:11 +0000 http://www.planettroy.com/?p=137#comment-1679 [...] lively discussion on my personal blog about the NutStrap being an IP [...] [...] lively discussion on my personal blog about the NutStrap being an IP [...]

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