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so lius Media Group decided to go on a big group trip to Mexico and I thought I

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would go over a few of the handy accessories I take with me everywhere I

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bring a camera as either a Justus in case item or something I cannot travel

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without so here is Handy Tech under 100 travel

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edition first up we have the black widow spider holster this is my favorite way

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to carry the Stills camera I bring with me everywhere the Fujifilm

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x100t how it works is you attach the mini ball joint to the 1 quarter2 thread

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at the bottom of your camera then you simply Slide the ball joint into the

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holster as it clicks into place the holster conveniently slips onto most

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belts but if your belt is too big for some reason you can always use the

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included belt in the kit the kit I got also came with a soft pad that goes

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under your camera so when you're walking around it isn't hitting your jeans or

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pants and potentially scratching your camera so getting into usage you simply

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push that on the red lever on the left of the Black Widow pull your camera out

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take your shots and slide it right back in this has really simplified the way I

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travel with a camera for Stills I had this with me on a recent trip to Japan

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and it was particularly nice to always have a camera with me without carrying

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it in my hands or in a large backpack

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and had my camera been in a backpack all the time I would have missed many

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opportunities to take a good photo you might be thinking well why wouldn't you

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just use a strap most cameras come with them for free well personally I find

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find included camera straps intrusive when moving around since they are not

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secured close to your body which can lead to them accidentally hitting

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something as you're walking falling forward when you're trying to tie your

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shoes or just getting in your way when you're shooting if you happen to have to

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take it off your neck for a shot which I have done many times in the past when

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using a neck strap so for me the Black Widow is a great solution to have an

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easy handsfree way to carry your camera around everywhere you go I was able to

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go from taking pictures of everyone ziplining in Mexico to going across

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myself with zero hassle in between and that is the best thing you can ask of a

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carrying solution for your camera something that doesn't slow you down but

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also doesn't keep you from missing a shot as it happens next up we have the

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zoom quick release adapters I've used these countless times in the past and

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they have saved me a lot of time traditional lens filters are threaded to

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screw onto the front of your lens the zoom adapters however are taking a

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different two-part approach the first part screws onto the back of the filter

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that you want to use the second part screws onto the lens where your filter

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would usually screw into then thanks to the magic of wonderful magnets your

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filter becomes incredibly easy to take on and off I have legitimately gotten

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shots I would not have gotten if I had taken the time to screw on ND filters

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onto the lens while something was happening the magnets on the filters are

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also surprisingly strong so you don't have to worry about them falling off if

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you're moving quickly the adapters come in varying filter and lens sizes from 49

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mm up to 82 mm which will fit most standard photography lenses moving on on

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to perhaps my favorite small camera accessory of all time this little quick

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release I found on eBay I'm always looking for ways to save time while

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making videos and these have saved me plenty of time over the years if you

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ever make use of external monitors tiny LED lights or on camera microphones

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youve probably used a friction ARM like this one usually what you have to do

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with these friction arms is find a point on your rig screw it all the way in then

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doing the same with whatever add-on you're using on the other end this is

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both an an and slow process so these

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little quick release plates take the place of screwing into a mounting point

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on your camera setup first you put the receiving end on your rig then you take

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the other end and put it on the ARM or some other quarter2 thread that you want

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to use the result is something that is far faster to add to your rig and take

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off when needed I have these little guys on every external monitor we have in the

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office and it has made things much faster when switching through setups

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moving on to the full disclosure section of Handy Tech videos which is pretty

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simple since all the items included were purchased by me for my personal use or

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for use around the office the spider holster is from Amazon the quick release

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plates are from eBay and the zoom adapters are from B&H Photo speaking of

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