We've been known to mule-about vast quantities of gear for hours at a time in order to bring you the latest and greatest in gadgets at a real-time pace. That means several pounds of electronics (laptops, data cards, extra batteries, smartphones, a DSLR with multiple lenses, compact camera, a video camera and all the associated cables and power bricks) slung from our feeble necks and shoulders. So when someone comes along with a claim to offset that load, well, we're going to listen. Enter the Spider Camera Holster; a belt clip with a "spider pin" adapter that screws into the bottom of your cam allowing for a quick attach and release from the belt. A trick that moves the load from your neck to your hip in the process. Whether this is brilliant or idiotic, we're not sure yet. Just try not to stare if you see us standing in a crowd with trou dropped around the ankles -- we might be working... we might not. The Spider camera holster will ship this summer for an undetermined price.
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posted May 28th 2009 2:52AM
great for those guys who like to dangle keys on their belt...you know, guys with tiny peni.
If it just slides out then forget it, but if there is a latch to stop accidental release of the camera to the concrete below then it would be quite handy when trying to juggle multiple bodies as I sometime have too. Two cameras around the neck really doesn't work, they just get tangles.
It would want to be secure though, and you'd want to have a strong belt...
It doesn't look like a bad idea but this isn't something that I personally would buy. Currently I'm quite happy to carry my camera with the neck strap wrapped around my hand when I want to keep the camera handy. That does mean that my right hand isn't free to do much else but it does prevent the camera bouncing around my neck and it's a faster solution than this holster, which I do feel probably would annoy me more than I would benefit from. Each to their own, of course...
Indeed, simple, but brilliant !
Looks nice, but I'm still too clumsy to go without a strap of some sort. I'll be that guy who goes "hey! Look! I can slip it off my belt so easily!"
*Slip*
*Smash*
*Cry*
Check out the part of the clip with the girl walking. Her belt is so stressed that it is lower on the side with the Spider.
This is useful for event photography when you have multiple cameras but its not a general replacement for straps IMO..
I shoot press and sports professionally and have for years made various attempts to create something similar. If you have two pro bodies swinging from straps, they soon become a hindrance, in a press melee you can count on at least one persons camera hitting the deck. This idea is a great solution from I can see here. It won't be everyone's cup of tea, but it depends how you use your camera. I am ordering two asap.
No thanks! Too dangerous! DSLR's cost way too much $$$ ...any miscue and there goes your lens or camera!!! I prefer around your neck with a strap or in a bag. I use an UPstrap. Best strap ever! You can use it at 45 degrees over you rbody and the camera hugs to your hip! And has a quick release for tripod use. I have a review on my Travel Photo Blog - Places 2 Explore
www.places2explore.wordpress.com
Enjoy! Pete
I really like it, but it needs a latch to keep it locked in place when you are not paying attention. If you were crouch with this thing I imagine the camera will occasionally slide out and fall to the ground.
I can't see myself using it, this is way too precarious of a method to carry my photo gear investments. While it'd be nice to remove the stress from my upper body from time to time, it's not worth the constant fear of hearing the sound of my lens smashing itself to pieces on the ground.
At least with a shoulder strap, I can let the camera go without carefully checking if it is safely inside the belt clip. I'd probably be wary of it even if it had a locking mechanism though, but without one, it isn't even worth considering. It seems neither safe nor comfortable. If it had a decent locking mechanism tho, it'd be a nice place for a second body while shooting an event, but not for a way to regularly carry my camera.
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It's actually not only idiotic that the camera will get easily stolen or dropped in crowded places. There is no locking mechanism or anything. But it is also bad for your back and spine after you have used it for say a few months if you have a 10 pounds+ pro camera and 70-200mm holstered on one side of your waist. Go figure.
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Anyway, I think it's a good idea. I'd probably still wear a strap with it because I'd be worried about dropping it. Always seem to be the clumsiest with the expensive stuff...
Finally, a device that lets me use my camera as a fashion accessory. After all, isn't that really what I bought it for?
Seems like a good idea for some. Mostly for pros that have a second body with a long lens strapped around the shoulder (with mono-pod quick release attached). Then use this for their wide lensed body.
Personally, I use a Lowepro sling bag. It quickly and easily slides from back-pack position to sideways in front where the zipper flap is located. A quick un-zip and I can draw my D90 from the bag, fire off 4.5 frames, re-bag and slide back. All in about 5 seconds.
i'd use a strap... don't want to pull my pants off when i'm running with my camera
i think it's a great idea, and i think it would work just fine.
steal:
really, keep your hand on it, just like you would if it were on a strap
bumpy:
really, keep your hand on it, just like you would if it were on a strap
hit stuff:
again with the hand. your brain is less likely to smash something it's connected to with nerves. again with the strap.
seriously, it doesn't matter how you attach a very expensive piece of equipment to your body, if you paid for it; it's not likely to get damaged. at least that's how i work. a lock would be nice for periods of inactivity. solid piece, keep in mine ppl this is for a specific use with the camera, not scuba or sky diving. think about it.
if u sit down with a lens that long, ur cam is f'd
solution: move it to the front n call it 'a day in the life of my penis'
Hice Tool. I think that this is OK only for a street photowalking...
Considering hom many times my Blackberry has ejected from it's holster while simply out and about, I shudder to think about walking around with my K10D anchored in just as loose a manner!
I'm an avid photo enthusiast and a wedding DJ. The signifigance of that second point is that Shai (Spider Holster inventor) is a wedding photojournalist and we've worked together. I can tell you that most of the concerns that seem to crop up are just not really issues with this device. I knew it was brilliant the first time I saw it but the real evidence came after observing Shai during the course of an event switching cameras. I have never worked with another photographer that used two cameras simultaneously. The flexibility it gives you to have multiple lens options at the ready is the key to the usefulnesss of something like this. I have seen him walk around with a pretty hefty camera/lens combo and effortlessly switch between the camera on his holster and a camera on a strap. The holster is deep enough and has a locking mechanism to set aside any worries about a loosed camera smashing to the ground, and at no point did he seem to have a problem keeping his pants up. It works quite well for it's intended purpose and I have no doubt that it will be extremely popular with it's intended market.