Chrome Industries has launched the Niko Digicam Backpack 3.0. Designed for road photographers and videographers, it’s larger and designed to be extra customizable — and subsequently extra snug.
Chrome has been making sturdy and practical digicam baggage for greater than 25 years and has a status for producing equipment which might be robust, weatherproof, and unassuming. They’re additionally designed with a plethora of options that cater to fast-moving creatives.
In accordance with the corporate, the improved baggage and straps have been designed based mostly on enter from consultants — together with motion, road, and journey photographers — to make sure that each the options offered and the design total, give customers a correct improve.
The up to date $280 Niko 3.0 Backpack weighs 4 kilos when empty and is able to carrying a number of cameras, lenses, tablets, laptops, and extra with its 25 liter capability. The design options “doorways” on the high, again, and sides to supply entry to the cameras, computer systems, and kit that’s saved in the primary compartment.
The Niko 3.0 backpack additionally features a bigger laptop computer sleeve that may match as much as a 16-inch machine like a MacBook Professional, in addition to a secondary pocket designed for storing an iPad or small pill. Like most baggage, the inside incorporates a velcro-based divider that may be personalized to accommodate most customers’ particular person preferences.
Chrome says the backpack is manufactured from 1050D nylon shell and waterproof base and is bluesign-approved. The corporate additionally claims it’s preferrred for treks over lengthy distances because it options an adjustable cushioned shoulder strap, a brand new sternum strap with a buckle, and a padded hip belt. The improved design additionally consists of cargo straps on the perimeters which permit wearers to connect extra gear equivalent to tripods, water bottles, or different provides.
The $145 Nikon 3.0 Digicam Sling is a completely new product for the corporate. Its nine-liter carry capability is focused at road and concrete photographers that want fast entry to gear whereas on the transfer. The sling is made out of the identical supplies as the three.0 Backpack, together with an adjustable strap with a quick-release buckle, and weighs about 2.1 kilos when empty.
The corporate says that the cross-body sling may also be adjusted to be worn across the waist, doubtlessly permitting it to work in tandem with the three.0 backpack for much more storage whereas on the transfer. The sling incorporates a top-zip opening to the inside that may carry a digicam and lens and may be personalized into a number of configurations to hold extra than simply digicam gear. The inside of the bag has a number of pockets and fold-out flaps that include areas for cables, paperwork, batteries, movie, and reminiscence playing cards.
The $25 Niko Digicam Wrist Strap and $40 Shoulder Strap are designed to maintain entry to a photographers cameras quick, mild, and dependable. The shoulder strap features a basic stabilizer strap to carry all the pieces tightly in place whereas on the transfer, permitting for straightforward entry worn cross-body or shoulder carry type.
The wrist strap is supposed for photographers who don’t want or just like the bigger and longer shoulder straps however nonetheless need a stage of safety and security to make sure they can’t drop their favourite cameras. Each straps function a quick-release aspect buckle permitting for straightforward motion between each carry methods.
The up to date baggage and accessores can all be perused on the Chrome Industries web site.
