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I have had various SLR cameras<\/a> over the years and have always used them on or close to the water. The standard straps provide with them have never been great. I have never liked wearing the strap around my neck and have always ended up wrapping the strap around my wrist\/arm a few times to keep the camera safe. Thinking back the camera was never really secure, but I have been lucky and have never dropped a camera in the water or on the ground.<\/p>\n

As I have been doing more photography lately the strap situation was becoming more of an issue. After looking around for a while I found the Black Rapid Sport camera strap<\/a>. The system is similar to the type of straps the military are now using for rifle slings. That in itself was a good reason to check the Black Rapid Sport 2<\/a> out.<\/p>\n

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After a few months of weekly use I can honestly say that I love the system<\/a>. It just makes it so easy to swing the camera into use whilst it still remains safe and secure. The strap in super comfortable and even when shooting at the NSR<\/a> earlier in the year after 5 hours plus of use I didn’t feel any discomfort.<\/p>\n

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The strap<\/a> works well even when wearing a rucksack, which tends to be my preferred way of carrying lots of kit. The straps are available in left and right handed varieties, I use the right handed version which sits the padded strap on the left shoulder. An additional quick release strap help keeps everything in position. <\/p>\n

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The strap has a small screw gate karabiner which is attached to a metal gizmo that screws into the tripod mount thread on your camera. I have attached some accessory cord to mine for when I have the camera on the tripod to prevent loss of the part.<\/p>\n

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I have probably used the strap for around 100 hours or so and I wouldn’t go back to the old OEM strap.<\/p>\n

The full features are explained in the video below, which is where I found about the Black Rapid Sport 2<\/a>. If you are a Nikon user this guys videos are well worth checking out.<\/p>\n