Gary Fong, famous for selling a $60 plastic dome for your camera-flash, has come up with another “handy” set of accessories: the Gary Fong GearGuard. The security devices do for your camera gear what a Kensington lock does for your laptop.
First is the Camera Body Lock, yet another accessory which screws into the tripod-mount. This one is a flat plastic plate with a loop on the back. Another covering plate slides over this to stop the first from being unscrewed, and a cable run through the loops both secures the camera and stops the cover from sliding off.
This is really only good if you are leaving the camera unattended or are shooting handheld (in which case it is rather pointless). To use it on a tripod, the most common use-case, you’ll need to remove the cable and outer plate to access the integrated screw-mount. Thus, it cannot lock-down a camera when left on a tripod. $10.
The second part of the range is the GearGuard Bag Lock, a combination-locking plastic sleeve which clips over the quick-release clips on a bag and stops them from being opened. Two for $10.
Last is the cable and combination lock, which at $10 should prove to be as secure as your average Kensington lock.
Available soon at the Gary Fong store.
Gary Fong store page [Gary Fong. Thanks, Zach!]
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