Hasta La Gadget!

The LoopIt is a smaller – and possibly better – version of the LumaLoop, a bandolier-style camera strap invented last year by photographer James Duncan Davidson. Like it’s older brother, the strap is slung across the body for both security and comfort, only this one is designed specifically for the modern crop of mirrorless cameras.

The strap is fashioned from the same Pennsylvania-made webbing that NASA uses, and this extends to sixty-inches and holds the camera at your hip. The camera itself joins onto a lanyard which loops through one of its two strap-mounts, and the lanyard has a swivel that it also used by the US army for its gear. It won’t be falling off.

The trick of the lanyard is that it can slide freely along the webbing, letting you grab the camera from your hip and raise it to snap in a second. I currently use one of the seatbelt-webbing straps from Photojojo, which allows you to get the camera up pretty fast, but the strap still catches on the clothes.

There is also a tripod-mount adapter for hooking up any other device with a standard-sized screw, but for camera the loop is probably better, as it can’t unscrew. Best of all, the LoopIt is half the size of the bigger, SLR-sized Loop, $35 compared to $70.

LoopIt product page [Lu.ma]

See Also:

• Solar-Powered Camera Strap Keeps You Shooting
• Camera Strap Buddy Makes Any Camera Comfy
• LumaLoop: Finally, a Camera Strap Done Right?
• Sliding Sun Sniper Shoulder Strap
• Buckle Up! Seat-Belt Camera Straps
• DIY Camera Hand-Straps From Photojojo