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After we built several solutions for ‘big glass’ (the Boris and Bertik) we felt there was room for a smaller companion. A backpack for everyday use, with the convenience of a photo backpack. It is a smaller photo backpack but it will fit easily a 100-400mm or a fast 70-200 and a few smaller lenses […]
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The drysuit for photographers One of the problems you encounter when using a floating hide is the use of waterproof clothing. The cheapest solution is a pair of waders with a high closure, but these always imply some risk of accidentally filling up. Because the water in the boots is trapped, you will tumble upside down, […]
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By Amar and Isabell Guillen Taking a picture from water’s level requires the use of a floating hide. The choice of this tool is essential for the realization of interesting and creative photos. For years, we used handcrafted floating hides. Recently, we discovered the company MrJan Gear which designs and manufactures floating hides that perfectly […]
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Some of the features of the MrJan Gear backpacks go quite unnoticed. Like the grips or the ‘handlebars’. We make them gigantic. Not just because bigger is better but because we like to pay attention to the extremes. A grip is needed to grab your bag and get a grip to it right away. Also […]
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The evolution of the Boris backpack followed a normal, logical cycle of design. For some time, nothing was happening and then it went into a fast change. The power behind the changes was not competition, or a struggle for life, survival of the fittest or whatever, instead we wanted to set up our own production […]
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Tuomas Heinonen is a very active Finnish wildlife photographer. He filmed and shared the preparation for his trip and packing his gear into his Boris Photo Backpack. Just to show how much will fit in this bag, including a Canon 500mm with the camera mounted. Watch this one-handed operation 😀 And don’t forget to watch […]
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The times that a photographer had one camera, one lens, a few film rolls and a single lens hood are over. The list of things you need is endless. The internet is full of ’10 most important things for…‘ All you need… And we don’t argue about what you might need. All we know is […]
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We don’t like to call our products ‘indestructible’ just because they aren’t. The Titanic springs to mind – everything can be demolished, with the right amount of force. Or bad luck. For almost every product that is ever made counts that it does not break when it is on the shelf. Thing break when you […]
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Not all news is big news. And some small news is very much worth sharing. Like these lens pouches. They look like pretty standard lens pouches and in fact they are. Just a nice soft inside, a drawstring, a heavy duty Cordura outer. We will do two sizes – small and medium. The secret is […]
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It’s easy to make jokes about whatever is on your back. Sticking notes on your friends back with some awkward requests is just one of them. But this is another story. Bullshitting me? No, not at all. This is about one of our main goals in building better photo backpacks. Getting out in the morning to hide […]
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There is no ‘best time of the year’ for wildlife photography. Lots of photographers love the springtime with all those abundant flowers, young and playful animals, soft and warm morning light and for those I have good news: it’s almost there! For other photographers the autumn is their favourite time of the year. Burling deer – fighting […]
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New in the line-up of MrJan Gear packs is the Ponting Bag. The Ponting bag is a very sturdy and fully waterproof bag for expedition landings and other wet and harsh conditions where you will otherwise have trouble to keep your gear dry. The bag is designed as an envelope pack for the Bertik II, Boris or Spitsbergen photo […]
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A floating hide is invented in a blink of an eye. But building it to suit all your needs is a bit of a long story. While we have lots of ideas (and you put even more in our mailbox), we did lots of trial and error, lots of rethinking, lots of discussion and drank lots […]
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Dutch wildlife photographer Jan Baks met the MrJanGear Bertik at the NVN-natuurfoto festival in Arnhem. It was a kind of ‘love at first sight’ and he would love to take his gear on a trip to Japan packed in a Bertik. But we had no Bertik with us, except the ‘showcase’ from Olof and just […]
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MrJanGear is attending the great Norwegian Naturfotofestival in Oslo 21-23 of March. That will be 3 amazing days! Since talking to customers is one of the great ways to find out where the needs are and what we can do to answer to those needs, visiting this kind of meetups is very inspiring and rewarding. So, […]
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Since it’s mainly a improved version of the Bertik we didn’t want to rename it. We were suggested to call it a MKII but since we won’t add to the Nikon / Canon debate we just added a II One of the main issues with our pack was the lack of a laptop compartiment. We […]
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