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The good thing about the Spider Holster is that I ...

2009-10-20T15:36:37.257+01:00

The good thing about the Spider Holster is that I can put a shirt over it. A big problem for amateur photographers is that not all of us want to look like photographers. I find that people these days are SUPER sensitive about photographers and their cameras, so having my camera mounted on my chest, on a vest, atop a shirt isn't really that conspicuous.

I prefer hand straps to neck straps. Several years...

2009-10-20T07:06:00.536+01:00

I prefer hand straps to neck straps. Several years ago, I took a couple of my old climbing carabiners and slipped them through loops on my waist belt and one more through a loop on the shoulder strap of my camera bag. I simply hook the hand straps of my cameras through any convenient 'biner. The Cotton and SpiderPro systems look like they'd be easier and quicker to use and perhaps avoid some of the sway that occurs with the 'biners. On the other hand, the 'biners are inexpensive, and they do work.

As a owner of the Cotton Carrier one the major ben...

2009-10-19T18:34:40.410+01:00

As a owner of the Cotton Carrier one the major benefits I have found is the chest vest which allows mounting a camera body and heavy zoom lens (70-200 or larger) without feeling the overwhelming weight if it were to be mounted on a waist belt.

I compared putting the same rig on a waist belt and found it less than ideal.

A camera body with a prime or short zoom (24-70) is the heaviest I would recommend for a waist belt system.

Tony S