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Review: Sun Sniper Camera Strap

Chris Gampat
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04/12/2010
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Last Updated on 04/12/2010 by

I’ve been using the Sun Sniper Reinforced Camera Strapfor quite a while now throughout my Nikon D3sand Canon 7Dfield reviews. Of all the different straps I’ve used, the Sun Sniper is perhaps the most comfortable I’ve ever worn while allowing maximum freedom for your camera’s accessibility. Since using it, the official brand straps have never went back onto the cameras.

The Sun Sniper strap is very strong and very well built. It works by screwing it into the bottom of your camera or even the tripod collar of your lens. While you may think that someone might be crazy for doing this, one can be assured that it is very durable and that your camera will not fall off.

Tests have been done where I ran from street to street with the camera dangling at times and it hasn’t fallen. Additionally, at the NYC Pillow Fight I climbed up on of the polls with the camera dangling behind me and people smacking me with pillows: it withheld all abuse.

The strap was also tested on the D3s with the very heavy Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II AF-S NIKKOR Lenstogether. To do this, the strap was attached to the tripod collar as attaching it to the bottom of the camera would affect the vertical grip usage. The strap still held up well.

A disadvantage that this strap has over something like the Black Rapid R-Strap is the fact that it doesn’t have as many methods of security. The R-Strap attaches to the camera body and the lens. The Sun Sniper only attaches to the body or the lens. Depending on what type of photography you do, it can be a plus or minus.

What is also nice is the fact that the strap isn’t pretentious at all and doesn’t tout a camera brand name all over it.

The best part by far has to be the padding around the shoulder. My shoulders have never felt better after a long day of shooting. The padding is just so comfortable and it makes shooting an absolute pleasure. Before, I used to take the strap and wrap it around my hand. Now that I have quick access with the Sun Sniper, I don’t mind carrying the camera on my shoulder at all. My preferred way of wearing it is across my chest with the camera dangling on my right hip.

The quick access allowed is also very nice as you can simply just grab your camera and quickly bring it up to your eye to shoot. This is because of the loosening of the strap and allowing it to dangle.

While walking, I would recommend perhaps holding it in place though as it can move about quite a bit. This can get a bit uncomfortable though if you’re holding onto the camera grip as your hand tends to be in an unnatural position. For best results, hold onto the lens or the tripod collar. Also be careful as the lens hood can hurt those around you because the camera may be moving around (if you’re more liberal with the camera movement allowed that is.)

Until something better comes around, this thing is going to live on my Canon EOS 5D Mark IIand 7D. Perhaps it is also a call to camera manufacturers to make more comfortable straps that don’t eat away at the shoulder.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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