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Two great products from Spider Holster.
Check them out.
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Hi this is Jay P. Morgan.
Today we got a couple of great products here from Spider Holster.
The first one is this new super light- it's called the Spider Light hand strap- which is
a fabulous hand strap for mirrorless cameras.
The probelm you have with a mirrorless camera is that it's so small.
And you've got to get your hand in there to be able to work the camera, and a lot of the
straps on the market kind of pinch your hand in the wrong spot.
This one has a great S shape, that pushes your hand back and down, which allows you
to hold the camera correctly.
It's nice because you can get your finger in the position to be able to work all the
controls because of the way the strap allows you to come in and back on the camera.
It's also completely adjustable on the bottom so you can move this in and out.
This has got the post for the black widow backpack kit on it.
But you can just put a regular arca swiss plate on the bottom which will hold this into
place.
It allows you to go on and off the tripod which makes it very easy.
The strap comes with a series of adaptors that make it so you can adapt this strap to
any of the mirrorless cameras on the market.
For mine on the A7Rii it goes in the holes a little low on this little piece of plastic
here.
It's interesting because I don't like this piece of plastic and I can't get my record
button very easily.
But I realized that I love the fact that my thumb lies against it and it's just nicely
smoothed out so your thumb sits right against it there.
Makes it so you can hit that wheel on the right side of your camera there.
The reality is if I've got a handstrap on here I'm not doing video.
You know I'm gonna put this on a regular something anyway so it's not the way I'm going to use
it.
So for stills it's ideal.
It's great.
I can use it and get all of my controls very easy.
The strap curved over to the side, it bends out of place very easily so I can jump in
there and get to my battery, replace the battery without any problem.
I've been using Spider Holster's hand straps for a long time and they just feel great on
your hand.
This is a fabulous upgrade to be able to use on a mirrorless camera.
And it just came out and I love it.
I used it in New York at PhotoPlus and really enjoyed it.
It's got a memory foam inside.
Kind of cushions the inside of your hand.
It feels fabulous on your hand.
So now when I've got on here is I've got my pin for my Black Widow backpacking kit.
Very nice, especially with these smaller cameras, to have something this close.
To be able to be walking around and pull it out to shoot.
Easy to jump in, grab it, pull it out, be able to shoot.
So the backpack kit has a great pad right here.
So when you click your camera in generally speaking your lens is gonna hit against that
pad.
Now I've got a Metabones adaptor on here which makes it so that that lens pokes out a little
further.
But it's nice to have that spot where the lens isn't gonna hit your body.
It's gonna rest against that pad and gives you a place also for when you put the strap
on- just kind of snug it against that pad there as you're walking around.
Then if it does bounce a little bit it's hitting that pad, it's not gonna hit against your
body.
If your straps aren't quite as thick as this one they've got a great adaptor that will
allow this to adapt back to a smaller strap and be tighter on a small backpack strap.
If you don't have one that's quite as big and padded as this one is.
So this is a great application.
If you're traveling or you're hiking and you want to be able to have a camera that's close
at hand- great for travel photography.
I was just in New York City walking around shooting.
It's nice to have a simple, quick way to get your camera on and off and be able to get
it out when you want to shoot something.
When you put it in the backpack you gotta pull the backpack around.
You gotta unzip it you gotta pull it all out.
This way you just simply unstrap, ready to go.
And ready to walk away.
It's just a nice setup.
Goes in and out very quickly.
So the application is absolutely for outdoor kinds of sports if you want to take a mirrorless
camera with you.
If you're gonna be out backpacking, hiking, and doing some kinds of things where you're
gonna be out following action.
Works great.
This is my backpack, uh, camera backpack.
So what's nice for that is because I've got my lenses and other things in the backpack
if I want to make a changeup.
But I have just quick access to my camera right here.
So I can shoot and drop it and put it away.
If I'm gonna be going for a long time and I'm worried about wether or not it's gonna
bounce around I just take that little strap and that holds it snug against my body.
So two great new products here from Spider Holster.
The hand strap I would absolutely have if you're going to be using that camera, that mirrorless
camera at all and have to handhold it because it just holds that camera snug against your
hand.
It's a fabulous piece of equipment for that.
The Black Widow backpack kit is perfect if you're gonna be on the go.
I think it works just as well in the city as it does if you're gonna be out backpacking
as if you're gonna be doing sports and things because it's easy to get to right on your
backpack strap.
You just grab it, shoot and put it away.
Just makes it so much nicer than having to go into that backpack.
So I love these two new products by Spider Holster.
Keep those cameras rollin' and keep on clickin'.
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in 2017.
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city.
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