Spider Camera Holster Spider-Pro Hand Strap, Black

I never really liked using a neck strap. It always seemed to get in the way whenever I wanted to take a picture...Heaven forbid that you would ever want to take a picture in portrait mode. So, I purchased a couple of "cheap" Hand straps through Amazon, and they worked okay, although they never really fit that well on my hand. They were either too tight, or too loose. or rode too high or to low on the back of my hand. It was hard to reach some of the buttons on my camera sometimes. But, even with all of that, I still liked it better than using a neck strap ( I do have Peak Design anchor links on my camera for those times that I might need a neck strap. easy on, easy off). I use a Nikon D750, and I just recently put a battery grip on it...add a Tamron 24-70mm f/2.8 on that, and you have a pretty heavy kit....My cheapie hand straps could not handle all the weight and keep my hand from being uncomfortable. Enter the Spider-Pro Hand Strap. I have had mine for about a month and a half now. First of all, this is a pro grip for pro cameras ( I believe that Spider Holster makes a hand Strap for smaller DSLR's), it fits great on my D750 with a grip. Without the grip, I think that it would be way too big for my camera. I read a lot of reviews, and saw some pics, so I had a pretty good idea that this was the right strap for my camera. I know the price seemed a little high, but if you are going to put a lot of money into a camera and lenses, why not spend a little more on a hand strap? I think that it is definitely worth it. Secondly....The fit. It is so nice to slip your hand into the strap, and with little or no effort, and have your camera feel secure in your hand. It is very soft on the back of your hand, and it doesn't feel confining. It is very easy to move your hand and fingers around and touch all of the buttons that you need. Adjustment is easy, and it doesn't take long to have it fit perfect on your hand.I definitely recommend watching the "how to" video on how to install it on your camera. Thirdly, It doesn't get in the way. It is flexible enough to get out of your way if you need to move it out of your way for a second, and yet it will hold it's shape. I keep my camera in a camera bag that fits very snug around my camera, and I was afraid that the Spider-Pro would be in the way whenever I put my camera in the bag...Guess what? No Problem! It presses into my camera when I put it away, and goes back to shape when I take it out. I can still access my SD card slot on my camera. The strap does not interfere when I turn the camera to use it in portrait mode. Fourthly, it just looks good. The stitched leather looks great attached to my camera. It does not look cheap. It has a Pro quality look to it. Like I said before, if you are going to spend all that money on a camera and lenses, don't go cheap on the hand grip. Okay, now the bad parts... first of all, the extra little piece of leather that they give you for extra support to secure your camera to your hand, is just that, a piece of leather...I'm sorry Spider Holster, but you did such a great job with the stitching on the actual hand strap, why didn't you do the same thing on this part of the strap... and then they put these big old clunky "snaps" on the strap to connect the extra strap to it...There has got to be a cleaner way to do that. The other thing about the strap, which is just a common problem with all hand straps, especially if you have a battery grip...You have to take your hand out of the strap to turn your camera to portrait mode. So, hopefully you have a good hold on your camera, and you don't drop it...well, at least you don't have to worry about the Spider-Pro Hand-strap getting in the way of the buttons. So, to sum it up......I know that it is quite an investment for a hand-strap for your camera, but really, for the comfort, the practicality, and the way it looks on your camera, spend the money, you will be glad you did. I'm glad I did. Stay Focused.

My camera is Nikon D3300 and I personally do not like neck straps - especially in the summer - so wanted a handstrap instead.I had a high expectation on this product after researching about many options on handstraps.I like this product for its ergonomic design with nice velvet finish inside that touches your hand, not to mention adjustable bottom and additional wrist strap - this made me purchase it despite its relatively high price to its competitors.But when I took out the product out of the Amazon delivery box, 1st thing noticed was that the product box sticker seal was previously opened and resealed apparently, making me wonder if this product is brand new or used - the product itself seemed undamaged though.When I tried to install on my D3300, I quickly realized the plastic head of the strap is too small/short for the slot.Nikon D3300 has deep 90 degree angled side slot on both sides and this handstrap's plastic head won't fit perfectly.Its top part of the plastic head is a round notch that should go through the slot and make a grip through the slot but it simply won't reach through the slot due to its short length.The bottom part of the handstrap's plastic head has a sharp notch that provides firm support on the bottom part of camera slot, but because the rounded top notch of the handstrap can't reach through the slot (squeeze bent inside the camera slot angle instead), it doesn't stay in place.Because of this, even after I made as tight strap as possible on the top, the plastic head of the strap slips off the slot, resulting in just strap without the plastic head in the slot.To make this product truly universally compatible, this plastic head should be made adjustable as the plastic bottom of the strap.At this point, I gave 3 star due to great design other than this plastic head part (which might fit other camera model slots) - one glitch to the design!I will decide whether to return it or not, but I wrote to the company about the issue and waiting for the reply.Update will be posted upon receiving company's response.UPDATE:I have received a prompt response from the company which was impressive.This product was designed for high-end pro-grade heavy camera, so may not fit to consumer grade smaller camera like D3300.Spiderpro seems to have responded to consumer grade camera owners' need - they created light-version hand strap.The following is company's response:I’m sorry it’s not a good fit for your D3300. The SpiderPro Hand Strap was designed for Pro level bodies, that is larger camera bodies like the D800s and D610s, D1s, Canon 5Ds, etc. It is not well suited for some of the smaller body consumer size cameras. Our new Spider Light Hand Strap is really a better fit for your camera. Feel free to return it to the place of purchase. The Light Hand Strap is currently available for pre-order through Indiegogo, probably shipping near the end of this month.See:[...]I hope that’s [email protected]. please don't judge this product by my star rating - it simply wasn't designed for mine, unfortunately.My suggestion to SpiderPro is to clarify its compatibility on their product descriptions - preferably by listing compatible devices.For a novice level starter like me, it is difficult to know it was only designed for a pro-grade device, not consumer grade light devices.

I purchased the hand strap as a replacement for the Canon neck strap because I hate wearing those around my neck. I read a lot of reviews on Amazon and decided to try the Spider Camera Holster even though it cost more than what I was looking to spend. All I can say is that it is well worth the money. I'm not a professional photographer, or even an avid one really -- I just like being able to take nice pictures of places I visit. I installed the strap on my Canon EOS Rebel T4i in June, just before my vacation to visit the Big Island of Hawaii. I used the strap every day while we were there, whether site seeing in town, or hiking Waimea Valley or the Kilauea Iki Trail.Likes:Quality of the leather is excellent - soft and supple. It didn't require any "break-in" period to make it comfortable for useAdjustability - I was able to adjust the hand strap so it fit my hand well but still allowed me to reposition camera to be able to review the pictures on the LCD screenLining - the inside of the hand strap is padded and covered in soft material that looks like velorSafety Strap - I liked the fact that the strap has the secondary safety strap that allowed me to just hang my hand by my side without fear of dropping the cameraDislikesNone really, other than the fact that the camera didn't fit in my camera bag as easily as it did with the neck strap. But that was to be expected because of how the how the strap attaches to the frame of the cameraSome people posted questions asking if the strap would fit on the Txi frame Canon EOS Rebel cameras, so I've included photos of the strap installed on my camera.

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.