{"id":16018,"date":"2012-02-21T15:46:49","date_gmt":"2012-02-21T07:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=16018"},"modified":"2017-02-25T19:46:06","modified_gmt":"2017-02-25T11:46:06","slug":"blackrapid-rs4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2012\/02\/21\/blackrapid-rs4\/","title":{"rendered":"BlackRapid RS4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve finally picked up a replacement strap for the Optech. Many photography enthusiasts will be familiar with the BlackRapid series. Basically, rather than a strap that goes around the neck and gives you strain right about there when you\u2019re lugging around a few kilograms of glass, metal and plastic, the BlackRapid straps are designed for you to sling your camera around your shoulder, with the camera resting at your hip.<\/p>\n<p>The company manufactures a range of straps, and also isn\u2019t the only company producing straps of this broad design. The local shop I made the order with carried also the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun-sniper.com\/en.html\">Sun Sniper series<\/a>, which produces similar straps with its own innovative design features. But reading the couple of horror stories on Amazon of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Sun-Sniper-Strap-Pro-Black\/product-reviews\/B0045J5AAC\/ref=cm_cr_pr_hist_1?ie=UTF8&amp;showViewpoints=0&amp;filterBy=addOneStar\">its swivel coming loose<\/a> and sending the owner\u2019s camera and lens crashing onto pavement were scary. Moreover, Sun Sniper straps don&#8217;t have the BlackRapid stoppers that I felt would be real helpful for limiting the amount of strap movement around my shoulder.<\/p>\n<p>The BlackRapid product arrived in a rectangular box, with the strap itself wrapped with an elastic band and accompanied by an illustrated instruction leaflet. Though the manufacturing company is based \u2013 I think \u2013 in Seattle, the product itself was made in Taiwan according to the box sticker. The strap on the overall looks quite well-made. Photos and comments follow:<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" title=\"blog-2012-photography-OLYP0010-blackrapid-rs4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/blog-2012-photography-OLYP0010-blackrapid-rs41.jpg\" alt=\"blog-2012-photography-OLYP0010-blackrapid-rs4\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" border=\"0\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Designed in the U.S.A. Looks and feels premium.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" title=\"blog-2012-photography-OLYP0011-blackrapid-rs4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/blog-2012-photography-OLYP0011-blackrapid-rs41.jpg\" alt=\"blog-2012-photography-OLYP0011-blackrapid-rs4\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" border=\"0\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The steel fastener and connector. Looks tough and solid, but nope &#8211; I&#8217;m not going to let my DSLR and lens dangle free at my hip.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" title=\"blog-2012-photography-OLYP0016-blackrapid-rs4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/blog-2012-photography-OLYP0016-blackrapid-rs41.jpg\" alt=\"blog-2012-photography-OLYP0016-blackrapid-rs4\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" border=\"0\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The strap&#8217;s built-in zipper pocket. The strap can be nicely folded for quick storage too.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" title=\"blog-2012-photography-OLYP0018-blackrapid-rs4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/blog-2012-photography-OLYP0018-blackrapid-rs41.jpg\" alt=\"blog-2012-photography-OLYP0018-blackrapid-rs4\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" border=\"0\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The strap can coexist with my Herringbone handstrap. The fastener can be attached to the Sigma 70-200mm&#8217;s tripod collar, but the balance of the unit becomes quite different.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve finally picked up a replacement strap for the Optech. Many photography enthusiasts will be familiar with the BlackRapid series. Basically, rather than a strap that goes around the neck and gives you strain right about there when you\u2019re lugging<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-read-more\"><a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2012\/02\/21\/blackrapid-rs4\/\">Read More<span class=\"cleanwp-sr-only\">  BlackRapid RS4<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[518],"class_list":["post-16018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photography-cameras","tag-d7000","wpcat-13-id"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/blog-2012-photography-OLYP0010-blackrapid-rs41.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}