Spider Camera Holster Spider-Pro Hand Strap, Black

I really can't understand why this product costs so much, (save for the fact that plonkers like myself buy them!). The grip is fine, it does feel more flimsey than I though it would do for the money and a few of the stitches were already coming loose out of the box. I'm using it with a 1DX and a gripped 5D Mk3 and I find that when my hand is in the grip it's severely restricts my ability to use the control dial with my thumb, which is a big negative. It's just too awkward to stretch across quickly and spin the wheel with my thumb because the strap restricts this movement. So I docked a star for that and I've docked another for the price...£50 is a joke. This should be sold at a more relaistic £30 max, there's nothing to it! Another point is the extra flimsey bit of leather that wraps around the back of your hand will get lost in a heart beat as you will rarely use this. There should be a better way of attaching this to the strap when not in use that doesn't result in it flapping around so much. If there was another attachment clip at the bottom of the main strap, the extra strap could be stretched out over the main strap, keeping out of the way. This back strap only just fits around my (large) hands at full extension.Don't get me wrong, this is a good product. The camera feels secure when in your hand and it's comfortable to use if you don't need to adjust any settings on the control dial regularly. I feel it's over-priced and could do with a version 2 to refine it a little more.

Brilliant concept which should work extremely well and should remove the need for any shoulder strap. But, for me, it doesn't. I have it set up on a Canon 7D Mk II with lenses of various lengths and weights. Despite fiddling with it every which way, and following the instructions to the letter and as shown on various YouTube videos, I cannot rely on the mechanism staying securely fitted to the camera. If out for the day, I have to constantly check that it has remained done up, and make numerous adjustments along the way to keep it secure. As such, and after it becoming completely undone once when I nearly dropped my camera, I have no faith in its ability to hold my camera securely. I still keep it on the camera, but it is no way a perfect solution. I think that I will carry on hunting for a shoulder strap that works well, as that seems to be the best way of carrying a body wth a heavy lens such as a 70 - 200 2.8 L. My recommendation would be to not bother: a waste of money.

Tried this product on Sony A7 RII - price. for this price I was expecting something robust with nice details, not just a product that looks nice at the first view. - covering strap looks nice and is comfortable, but in the end of the day your camera is hold by a plastic strap. - top attachment it is confuse, and end up with plastic part coming out from the body camera witch makes it not comfortable. - bottom attachment end up with a round metal piece coming out from the body camera, as well (and again) the extra editable plastic piece. - the second strap I just don't get it... it's completely uselessto be honest, it doesn't inspire me any safety to even try it on set...Can be a super interesting product with some improvements, but for now, it's just a wast of money.will just return it, sorry

Good camera hand straps are indeed very hard to find. You don't want to hang your costly DSLR to a cheap piece of plastic that feels like it's going to rip... I tried several and the SpiderPro rivals with the best I've seen. It feels extremely nice when you put it on, the S-shape is really ergonomic.Additionally, even if the instructions do not say so, it's possible to mount it together with a shoulder strap.On the down side, I will mention a problem I actually didn't anticipate: when the strap is mounted, it maintains a 3-d curved shape, it cannot be "squeezed" against the camera body, and if you have a small bag, or a tight neoprene cover, etc , the camera won't fit anymore.However I realized this is easily solved by loosening slightly the tripod plate that secures the handstrap to the base of the camera and allowing it to slide a bit; a minor annoyance, indeed.I cannot comment about the durability, for the moment, but the materials and the construction feel ok.

I'm using this on my Leica SL, usually with the 24-90mm lens attached. I was fed up with getting neck/shoulder pain from having a camera round my neck or in a sling bag for long periods of time. I took this on holiday and found it was easy to spend the entire day with my camera "attached" to my hand, with no pain/fatigue in my shoulders or anywhere. The camera felt nice and secure, and it was always at the ready in my hand. I won't be going back to a neck strap.The SL has quite a narrow body so the bottom plastic attachment point does stick out slightly from the back, but it isn't a big deal and the positives vastly outweigh this minor aesthetic issue.I picked this over the Peak Design Clutch because I didn't like the look of the thin string attachment method on the PD for such a heavy camera/lens, and because most PD reviews were people using smaller cameras vs most of the Spider reviews from people using large SLRs. I still haven't tried the PD, but I'm very happy with the Spider.

I am probably not going to risk using this - it looks well made until you get the cheap and nasty bit of plastic that attaches to the base of the camera. I generally hand-carry my camera (I don't use a neck strap) and like hand and wrist straps for the extra security and comfort, but I am not going to trust £3000 worth of camera and lens to a strap that looks like it is going to break very quickly - the plastic looks like the kind of plastic that will crack and break if you bend it a few times.

Really quick delivery on a couple of these to replace the neck/shoulder straps on my heavy pro camera bodies. My back already is benefitting from moving the weight to my waist, pairing these up with the spider pro holster system. Not cheap, but put a value on pain free photography, and knowing your camera/lens/flash will not be slipping from your hand.