Rainy Day Magazine recently took the BLACKRAPID BlackLine camera sling for a “First Look / First Use” trial. They wrote up a review about it, which you can read here.
We’re always happy when photographers try our camera slings and love them. Rainy Day Magazine went into great detail explaining the different parts of the sling to someone who may have never heard of BLACKRAPID or tried one of our slings. It’s a really helpful article for photographers looking for a more comfortable way to carry their camera, which can get heavy.
For their trial, they had a birding photographer carry a heavy Nikon D850 with a heavy lens. A great way to test the comfort of a strap.
They announce some great conclusions:
Our Nikon D850 Nikkor 200-500mm combo weighs in at over 8 lbs, a pretty heavy load for any photographer. From past experience, we knew that carrying the pair can be fatiguing. We weren’t exactly sure how the sling would be with this beastly combo, especially after having been out in the field for some time.
We are happy to report that the BlackRapid Blackline absolutely made a HUGE difference, on both the accessibility and comfort fronts! This sling is legit!
They later say:
An eight pound camera/lens combo hanging by the hip is not an easy carry by any measure. However, the Blackline sling not only made it possible, but made it much more comfortable than any other sling we have used so far.
It’s a great report. We appreciate Rainy Day Magazine trying out our camera slings and writing about it for photographers.
Here’s how the article looks and starts off. If you’d like to read it, click on the article to go to Rainy Day Magazine‘s article directly.
BLACKRAPID SPOTLIGHT: Jeff Moreland
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