- What is up, people?
Dunna here and today we're gonna be taking a look
at two different products
that I think are some of the best ways
that you can carry your camera.
And make sure to stick around and watch all the way through,
because I'm gonna show you a hack
that I use with these two products
that makes them even more versatile.
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So first things first,
let's kick it off with the Peak Design Slide Strap.
I can't tell you how many times I've gotten comments
on my videos asking me,
what the heck, the little red dangly things
are hanging off my cameras.
This is the quick release system
for the Peak Design Slide Strap.
This is just called the slide
but they've also got a smaller version
called the Slide Lite.
And they've also got wrist straps
that look kind of like this.
This one right here, the Peak Design Slide goes
for $65 or $85 Canadian.
And even though, I've had the Slide Lite in the past,
I personally prefer the big one
because it's better for carrying my nice big cameras.
If you have a smaller camera setup,
you might not need this thick of a strap,
maybe take a look at the Side Lite.
As I said before,
these little red button looking things
that you attach to your camera are the quick release system.
So on either end of the strap,
there is a little mechanism that you slide that button into
and when you pull, it snaps into place and it's very secure.
And then when you're ready to get it off,
you just push down on the button
and slide it back out the opposite way.
It's really nice because it makes it really easy
to take on and off the strap.
And I really appreciate having that quick release system,
sometimes the strap can get in the way
if you're trying to shoot and it's still attached
to the camera.
So it's nice
because you can take it off really easily like that.
You can take your shot and then when you're done,
you can just put it back on
and it can just leave on your neck
while you're not using it.
Nice and easy.
But it's not just the quick release system
that I love about this strap.
The quality of this thing is fantastic.
It's very, very secure.
I'm definitely not worrying about it breaking or anything,
especially on this nice thick one.
They've also done some cool things
with adjusting the strap itself.
There's this little locking mechanism here
that allows you to then just slide it,
which I think is where they got the name.
And then when it's in the position
that you want it to be in,
you lock that little mechanism down and you're good to go.
The material itself is super soft,
so it doesn't hurt the back of your neck
and in the middle, there's extra padding built up
so that it's not weighing down on your neck and digging in.
The other thing that they've done
with this middle section is if you prefer to wear it
as kind of a shoulder strap, rather than a neck strap,
there's little rubber bumps on this side,
so you can just flip it over
and then it will grip onto your shoulder
and it won't slide around too much.
So they've called it the slide
because of the adjustments,
but then you can stop it from sliding.
A lot of sliding going on or not if you choose.
Now, there's not a whole lot more to say
about a camera strap itself.
It's a fairly simple idea
and they've done some really cool things with it.
The only downside that I've really found
to this strap is the little dangling things
that you put on your camera.
As someone who shoots video and moves around a lot,
these little dangly guys can get kind of annoying.
Sometimes the mic can pick them up
and sometimes they're just in the way,
if you've got a lot of other cables and stuff going on,
or if you want to have a cage on your camera,
they're definitely in the way.
And on Sony cameras,
they don't fit through the little islet,
so you have to use the extra strap holders
that come with the camera.
And I personally like to take those off almost immediately
because they're just annoying and in the way.
But that little hack that I was talking about earlier,
that's gonna fix this problem, so stick around.
Now, the second thing that I wanna talk about today
also from Peak Design is called the Capture Clip.
And this is the version three,
so they've gone through a couple of iterations,
making it better and better to get to this point.
I've been a huge fan of the Peak Design Capture Clip
for a while now.
And there were other things like this on the market,
but I kind of keep coming back to the Peak Design one.
I think they've done a really good job with it.
Now, it comes in two pieces,
so there's the actual clip itself
and then there's the base plate
that you attached to your camera.
A set of both of these is gonna cost you $69 US
or $89 dollars Canadian.
You can get just the clip itself for a little bit cheaper
and you can also buy separate base plates.
There are two different types of base plates.
One that is just Arca-Swiss compatible
and then, another one that's compatible
with both Arca-Swiss and Manfrotto RC2 heads.
Okay but how does it work?
What is it for?
So let's say you've got a backpack on,
you're walking around town and you're going
for a hike or something.
You're going to attach the Peak Design Capture Clip
to the strap of the backpack
and then you're going to attach the actual base plate
to the camera.
Then, all you have to do is slide it in
and you've got hands free.
This is great if you need to set up a tripod
or if you need to pay for your coffee
or something along those lines.
You can just throw your camera right here
and it's out of the way
but you don't have to go through
all the trouble of putting it into your backpack
where you're gonna have
to take it all the way back out later.
In order to get it out,
there's a little button that you press
and then slide it out.
And if you want a security even further,
you can twist that button
and then it won't be able to be pressed,
so you can't get it out at all.
That being said,
I don't really worry about locking it too often
because it is still very secure
even with it in the unlocked position.
Someone would have to come up to you,
know to press the button and pull upward to get that out,
so it's a very specific combination of movements
if you were worried about it being stolen
and it can't really fall out on its own,
unless somehow some magic way that button got pressed
and you were upside down at the same time.
(man shouts)
- [Man] Oh, no, my camera. (water splashes)
The other thing you can do is attach the capture clip
to your belt if you want to hold it on your belt,
instead of having to have a backpack on.
I only really started doing this recently
when I picked up this little accessory that they sell you,
attach this to your belt and it's so easy
to get on and off when you want it or don't want it
and it makes it so that you can have the capture clip
actually in the right orientation.
This is actually been a bit of a game changer,
so if you are gonna use it on your belt,
I really highly recommend getting this.
They call this the Pro Pad
and it goes for $20 US or $25 Canadian.
Now here's the thing earlier,
I mentioned that I had a little hack
that I use with both the slide and with the capture clip
that makes them even more versatile.
I mentioned about the annoying dangly things on my camera
that I don't really like to have,
so let's just take that right off.
So let's say I'm heading out one day
and I decide, you know what?
I don't think that I want my capture clip
to be on my backpack, or maybe I'm not taking my backpack.
So I've decided on going with the strap,
but maybe I don't want to attach those little do-hickeys to
the side of the camera.
So here's what I do.
And I take the capture clip,
I'm going to open it up and I'm going to put one of the
little buttons on either side of the capture clip,
make sure it's tightened down real good so that they stay in
place.
So I've got the capture clip with the quick release from the
strap. So now I can go ahead and attach the strap to it,
throw the strap over my neck, something like that.
And it can sit here like this, ready to accept my camera.
Just like any other camera strap,
except I don't have those little do hickeys on the side of
my camera.
Which don't get in the way of my hand because I've attached
it on the bottom.
This way I can press the button, pull the camera out.
And now I've got a completely free camera to shoot as I
please without any extra attachments,
except for just the base plate,
which I pretty much leave an artist Swiss-based played on
all the time anyway.
So it doesn't really change anything for me.
And one of the best parts of it is that it's still
versatile.
I've still got a full capture clip.
I've still got the slide strap.
So I can switch that in and out to whatever kind of
configuration that I want at any given time.
So that's the peak design slide strap and the capture clip,
and my little hack on how I use them together.
If you're interested in checking out any of the things that
I've talked about in this video,
I'll make sure to leave links down in the description.
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Thank you so much for watching and I'll see you next time.
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