Clever Supply’s New Leather Accented Sling is Lightweight and Comfortable
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Clever Supply is making its first foray out of straps and into bags. The company says its new Camera Sling is designed for the modern photographer and is ruggedly built with materials that, like its other products, only get better with age.
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Founded by wedding photography turned leatherworker Todd Balsley, Clever Supply started out as a small crowdfunding campaign and has grown into a company that specializes in producing straps that are designed to allow a photographer to actually enjoy carrying a camera.
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Balsley, who has spoken at length to PetaPixel about his transition from wedding photographer of six years to artisanal leatherworker, says that after years of designing and dreaming, he finally is ready to reveal Clever Supply’s first camera bag.
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“Blending innovative design with time-tested materials, the Camera Sling aims to inspire you to pick up your camera and document wherever life takes you,” Balsley says. “Each bag is crafted using weather-resistant waxed canvas, leather, and weather-proof zippers.”
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The bag is a small six liters in size, which he says is perfect for small to medium camera kits (especially 35mm film kits). The choice to go with a shoulder bag comes from, as he says, the goal to utilize a “workstation-like” feel. He argues that if the bag got any larger, it wouldn’t be as comfortable to carry and would instead become cumbersome.
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The bag is made of a mix of weather-resistant materials: waxed canvas, YKK coated zippers, and — as expected from Clever Supply — full-grain leather. The shoulder strap is easy to adjust from either side and it comes with two dividers for organizing gear.