TetherGuard Camera Support - 3 Pack

If you tether to your computer while shooting, this is essential. An OOOPs here could destroy your laptop or camera, so dont take chances. Concentrate on making the shot and worry less about the equipment.

Slim easy to connect disconnect. Provided great protection for the USB port on my Nikon D7500. I installed one on the camera and then one on a tripod leg to minimize changes of tip over.

Simply put, the Jerkstopper is an effective and rather inelegant solution to a real problem in tethered photography. For those of you who dont know, tethered photography involved photographing with your camera connected directly to a computer or some mobile device. Generally speaking, it is used so that real-time results can be seen on a big screen whether its to help the photographer get a better view of a shot, help relay information to a model to show them what youre getting, or to show clients whats happening in real-time. While there are wireless solutions now, wired tethering is still the industry standard as it is much faster and more reliable. The problem with wired shooting, however, is that youre.... well, wired. Walk around with a cable attached to you and youre likely to run into all sorts of common problems associated with cables. Cables snag on things. Cables detach. No matter how careful you try to be, youre eventually going to run into a situation where a cable is forcibly removed from the device its attached to. In the case of a camera, this is a problem because this detachment can damage the port that the cable connects to which can be very expensive to repair. The Jerkstopper is designed to prevent this from happening by relieving the stress from the connection itself in the event of a snag and transferring it over to a camera strap eyelet, which is far better designed for such events. The concept has been proven and it works. My 1-star off is due to the fact that I think that this product is overpriced for what amounts to plastic and string as well as the fact that I think that it could have been designed a bit better. I dont like having to loop the string part through the eyelet when they could have just incorporated something that easily snaps on and off the eyelet as needed. This is not so much an issue for people who keep their cameras in-studio, but I use the same camera in and out of the studio and its always a choice between having an unnecessary annoyance dangling from my strap eyelet or constantly undoing and redoing the Jerkstopper from it.

Protect your cameras USB port with this simple tool. It will save you a lot of money vs. having to repair your camera. I have one for each of my camera bodies and has stopped jerks in their tracks.

This was a simple way to prevent my tether cord from being accidentally pulled out of the camera.

If you’ve ever had your USB tether pop out during a photo shoot, you understand how valuable this is. Works great.

Works but they are overpriced!

Shooting tethered is priceless!

Expensive, but I feel better protecting the port.

When shooting 200+ individuall kids at a school , time is very important . You cant have an equipment malfunction and the tether gives you a sense of relief that the cords plugged in for an ac adaptor or other function are secure