Spider Holster has unleashed the Black Widow. Happily, it won’t inject dangerous venom into your veins – instead it will perform the much friendlier task of holding your camera at your hip, ready to grab and shoot.
The Black Widow is the newer, smaller cousin of the original Spider Holster, reviewed by us and found to be “so solid that you stop worrying.” This version is lighter and smaller, made to support small SLRs and mirrorless cameras instead of the beefy metal workhorses that the big Spider can hold on to.
Just like its big-brother, the Black Widow comes in two parts. A “holster” which threads onto your belt, and a plate which screws to the bottom of the camera. This plate has a ball which slips into the slot on the holster and locks in place, letting the camera dangle securely at your side, and hanging it upside-down so the lens faces towards the floor, out of danger.
I tried to use the original Spider Holster with a Panasonic GF1, a Micro Four Thirds camera. It worked, of course, but the wide plate and long, ball-ended spike were impractical on such a small body. This smaller steel and resin version should fix that.
The Black Widow also allows a tripod quick-release plate to be attached, something hard to do with the original.
Finally, there is an optional belt accessory, which is wider and spreads the load better than your own thin and trendy leather number.
The Black Widow isn’t yet live on the site, but I am told it will cost $55, half the price of the Spider Holster. In the meantime, I’ll leave you with this mildly amusing line from the press release, which takes on a rather chilling aspect when you consider that a Black Widow sometimes eats her mate after intercourse.
Perfect for hands-free carrying, the Black Widow is ideal when setting up a tripod, cheering on a favorite sports team or pushing a baby carriage on vacation. [emphasis added]
Shiver.
Spider Holster product page [Spider Holster. Thanks, Zach!]
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This post was written by Journalist on October 20, 2010
