Hasta La Ideas

Remember our earlier entries on holsters, both modern-day and cowboy-style? These days there’s another breed of shooter that can use a waist-mounted system for quickdraws:

That’s the Dual Camera System designed by Spider, a company that produces on-body photographer’s gear. Two cameras too much? They’ve also got a Single Camera System that you can stick on an ordinary belt.

Regardless of whether you’re single- or double-gunning it, the company has put some careful thought on how best to hang heavy DSLRs off the side of your body without damaging the gear.

This video provides a closer look. I like the wisdom of the two-pin system, and the way they’ve designed it so that you can still grab the camera from the bottom while shooting in portrait mode.

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