There are a fair number of clever straps for your SLR camera in the camera shops, such as those from BlackRapid and Carry Speed but sometimes the last thing you need to be carrying is yet another strap.
The Peak Design Capture is a quick-release camera mount that can be attached to a belt or any strap — your backpack, a handbag — so your camera is accessible and you don’t have one more thing getting tangled.
It is a very solid little device made of powder-coated aluminum with two mounting screws that you can undo without tools. Once the screws are loosened, two plates separate to fit over a strap up to 3 inches wide and a half-inch thick. Just screw it back down and you are done.
A mounting plate screws to the bottom of your camera and slides into a locking mechanism that unlocks when you press a red release button. There is also a screw you can tighten to lock the fast-release plate, so no one can sneakily click it and make off with your camera. It claims to hold up to 150 pounds, just in case you have a camera made of pig iron.
And that mounting plate is compatible with Arca-Swiss-style tripod heads, so you don’t have to take the mount off to pop your camera on a secure base.
There was some strong demand for these as they were being developed. It was designed using money raised on the public financing Web site, Kickstarter. The goal was to raise $10,000. The Capture raised $365,000.
The clip is $80, available online.
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