Announcing the Custom SLR ProDot – a Tactile Shutter Release Button to Quicken Your Shooting Time for Street Photography

by Eric Kim on November 13, 2012

1x1.trans Announcing the Custom SLR ProDot – a Tactile Shutter Release Button to Quicken Your Shooting Time for Street Photography

The red version of the Custom SLR ProDot

The team at Custom SLR (one of my awesome sponsors) is starting a kickstarter campaign for their new “ProDot” – a tactile shutter release button for cameras. When they first told me about it, I thought it would be a great solution for street photographers out there using DSLR’s to get more tactile response when shooting on the streets.

I know many street photographers who use a similar button for their Leica’s and Fuji cameras, which they feel makes it easier to hit the shutter button.

If you are a DSLR user and interested in the ProDot, it will be only $15 USD to receive a version in Black, Red, and Clear. In addition, you will also gain contributor status and be listed on the CustomSLR website. Shipping to the states is free, $3 USD shipping anywhere outside the states. Also they are currently thinking about making a screw-in version, so if you are interested in that please leave a comment below.

To see the promo video and more images of the ProDot, read on!

ProDot Kickstarter Video

Different Colors for the ProDot

1x1.trans Announcing the Custom SLR ProDot – a Tactile Shutter Release Button to Quicken Your Shooting Time for Street Photography

Prodot in Black, Clear, and Red

To check out more details of the Custom SLR ProDot, check out their Kickstarter campaign here.

  • Hater/ Troll

    Spend those 15 dollars for the Hurricane victims.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1508741469 Kelvin Ah Kian

    Should feel good on the shutter button. :D

  • sgaze

    Colored accessories… It makes me think of car tuning.

  • http://twitter.com/adelorenzo Anthony DeLorenzo

    Just backed the project. I would love to see a threaded version if available.

  • http://www.facebook.com/brandon.scales.7 Brandon Scales

    I’ve seen some people using screw mount thing like this on their range finders. What are those called and where cani find one?

    • Ľubomír Brindza

      I think those are called “soft release” thingamajigs.

  • http://www.facebook.com/tc.lin TC Lin

    I’d think something to make it _less_ easy to hit the shutter button would actually be more likely to improve one’s photography.

  • Giuseppe Lanzi

    If I think of it I find it quite useless. I’m used to keed my finger stuck to the shutter button and never lift it. Is it really something useful, or you just have to get used to handle your camera properly?

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