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Opteka Professional Wrist Grip Strap for Digital & Film SLR Cameras | 
| Brand: Opteka
Category: Photography
List Price: $29.95
Buy New: $7.95
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Rating:  97 reviews
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 6 x 3.2 x 0.7
MPN: OPT-GS
Model: OPT-GS
UPC: 049368823616
EAN: 0049368823616
ASIN: B00166EUI0
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| Features:
| • | Compatible with all Canon, Nikon, Sony, Olympus, Pentax, and Samsung SLR cameras that feature a standard 1/4"-20 tripod socket | | • | Padded professional quality grip strap | | • | Designed to stabilize a camera when shooting | | • | Alleviates fatigue during extended sessions |
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Product Description
The Opteka padded camera grip wraps around the hand, and is designed to stabilize a camera or camcorder when shooting, and to alleviate fatigue during extended sessions of photography or videography. Compatible with all Canon, Nikon, Sony, Olympus, Pentax, and Samsung DSLR cameras that feature a standard 1/4"-20 tripod socket .
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 97
 A must have May 29, 2008
L. Williams (Clearwater, FL, USA)
45 out of 45 found this review helpful
This device is an absolute must-have for any photographer. It allows your hand to completely relax while your hand is at your side, yet still grip the camera with no stress. I use it on my Canon 40D with a large L series lens and it's comfortable enough to carry the camera without a shoulder strap for several hours without tiring. I would never use a professional camera without one of these wrist straps. It's very secure and prevents accidentally dropping the camera while at the same time easing the amount of force necessary to hold or steady the camera.
The strap attaches to the right shoulder strap loop on your camera, and has an attachment that screws into the tripod mount on the underside of the camera. Even with the wrist strap connected, there is an additional loop provided so that you can also attach a shoulder strap if desired, though I've never used this feature.
Unlike Canon's wrist strap, this unit can be used without the battery pack. A friend recently dropped her camera and did severe damage to it as she wasn't using one of these wrist straps. It's a very inexpensive bit of comfort and insurance that you'll come to love.
The "Yellow" of the "Egg"... June 24, 2008
Herbie (Florida, USA)
42 out of 42 found this review helpful
As a pro with more than 30 years in the business, I have never used this type of camera strap - I always wiped it away as a "Micey Mouse Thing".
Now, after all these years I finally purchased one and I can't believe the difference...
Okay, much safer than hand carrying - but this is the secondary part - the important difference is the feel, and the sensitivity in the trigger-finger. While normally the fingers merely occupied holding the camera, you have now the weight different distributed and your fingers free for the actual important and sensitive task to push buttons, turn the wheel etc. A must-feel-experience!
I can't believe the difference! I just ordered the second one for another camera....
To go more in detail - my cameras are quite heavy and most of them have a battery grip. This makes the distance between tripod mount and upper strap attachment perfect for this hand strap. On most of my cameras I have about 4+ inches, adequate to have the strap snug around my hand - firm and comfortable at the right length. If I try the strap on a smaller camera with only about 2+ inches height, or without battery grip, the handling appears rather odd.
Therefore, if you have a larger camera, or use a battery grip, the opteka strap does amazing things for you. If your camera does not have a battery grip, you might not absolutely share my exhitement for it.
Either way, it is definitelly worth trying, considering the relative low price.
The quality appears okay and the looks is good. The leather part is actually some type of nylon or artificial leather - let's see how long this is holding up under heavy pro use.
Highly recommendable! Great price!
It takes a lot of hand shaking out of shooting and will definitelly help to get sharper pictures.
This is the MUST have add-on for every digital slr owner March 20, 2008
W. Mattia (NY, USA)
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
All you have to do is adjust it to fit your hand size and bam, it becomes part of your camera. You will never take it off once you put it on. Very comfortable and secure. Holding my slr for hours used to take its toll on me but not anymore.
Almost As Important To Have As A Lens June 18, 2008
R. Lefever
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is an excellent item for your Canon SLR....I'm not sorry
for buying it. Too bad Canon doesn't include an item like this
besides the neck strap. I put the neck strap in my carrying case
and use this grip all the time.
At first it took a little getting used to pressing the shutter button and using the finger controls with this grip on, but it is also adjustable and feels natural to hold an expensive SLR camera firmly in the right hand. Simply turn the wheel on the bottom of the grip base and slide it out of the way when accessing the battery compartment on the bottom of the camera. (Canon EOS XSi)
Very comfortable and functional June 29, 2009
John Grooms (Boston, MA)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Canon didn't leave many options for a "back of the hand" strap on its EOS 40D/50D camera's, unless one uses a battery grip that has mounts for a hand strap (and that's just additional extra weight if you don't need it). This hand strap makes use of the tripod mount, and one of the top neck strap loops on the camera to mount the strap to. It's completely adjustable to any length, and I tucked the adjustment buckle and excess strap length inside the padded strap cover to dress it up. Matches the Canon "look" well.
The hand strap adds a mounting loop on the bottom bracket (the one that screws in to the tripod mount) for re-attaching a neck strap if you like. I don't plan to ever use a neck strap again - they are very uncomfortable when I carry a camera as heavy as this. If you want a neck strap, buy a holster and keep your camera in that to carry with its neck strap...
Personally, I can't stand neck/shoulder straps in general, and use the holster's belt strap for infinitely more comfort, and "quick draw" access to my camera with its new hand strap!
This hand strap allows for the tripod mount to still be used, as it provides a separate socket. I tried it on my tripod and it seemed to hold ok. I couldn't get the hand strap mount to the tripod as tight as I could the camera to the tripod though. Something to keep in mind.
You do need to loosen and move the strap tripod bracket to the side in order to access the battery compartment on the EOS 50D. You DON'T have to remove the bracket though, and can leave your hand securely inside the hand strap even for a battery change. Note that loosening/moving the mount bracket would be cumbersome if also mounted on a tripod. Best to temporarily remove the bottom strap bracket from the camera tripod mount, and then secure the camera directly to the tripod in my opinion. For my Slik tripod, I can access the battery EVEN when the camera is tripod mounted.
The length of the tripod mounting bracket on the strap is roughly 3/4 the width of the bottom of the 50D camera, and this allows one to sit the camera "flat" on a table top, without the camera rocking over to one side. Nice for pix that you want to get in when you don't have a tripod with you. Protects the bottom of the camera from getting scratched on rocks or other rough surfaces you have to set it up on to get that stable shot, or one with you in the picture. Lets the lens hood and strap bracket take the abuse...
Final assessment - given the challenge Canon left us, this strap is awesome if you want to use a back-of-the-hand strap. Very comfortable and functional, and EXACTLY what I wanted. My camera will travel around in a holster or camera bag, unless I'm prepped to shoot, in which case it'll be securely attached to my hand via this strap. I could walk for miles with this hand strap as well, knowing there's no way to drop the camera. One other point - if you trip and fall, it's MUCH easier to direct your camera hand in to the air to avoid ground contact, than to quickly grab for a camera wrapped around your neck and THEN try to keep it from hitting the ground (or hanging you by your neck if it catches on something!!!)
Excellent product!
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