tanglefoot47 wrote:
Good to hear I am still waiting for mine ordered a little more than a week ago
I just received mine over the weekend. I like this strap a lot. It's the strap I've been looking for. Feels comfortable and easy to adjust. I have this on my 1D3. I'm going to order another one for my 5D2 as well.
Nicely constructed, but just hung up too much on my clothing. The materials of the BR are not as nice, but the BR seems to work better for me. The Luma seemed to keep twisting and needed adjusting.
One thing I didn't like with the Luma construction is the tripod eyelet - kind of sharp corners. It also seems pretty thin - might not be a problem, but I like the BR version better.
Finally shot for real with this strap. I hardly noticed it, which is a win in my book. When shooting sports with a BR, I generally need to reposition the shoulder pad ever so often as it starts to creep. That's obviously not the case with this, since it's not a slider. I actually liked that aspect a lot. It was cold out, so I was wearing like 2 shirts, a sweatshirt, and a jacket, and my small Cinch was still perfectly fine. As long as you don't try to slide the camera up to your eye, and do it it in such a way that the strap won't bind to your clothes it's not a problem. It's just a different motion that takes some getting used to. One other thing I noticed is if I wear my BR R-4 across my body and then have the Luma across my body going the other way on top of it, they actually work really well together. Doing that with two two BRs is not really possible because the cameras need get stuck at the intersection. I tend not to use the Doublr or anything like that, because I prefer the option of quickly putting one camera on the ground.
kewlcanon wrote:
Got mine, I like it. The best strap I've ever had. Easy to adjust with the cinch.
Agree. The most comfortable strap I have. I have gone through a dozen straps and like this one the most.
Nicely constructed, but just hung up too much on my clothing. The materials of the BR are not as nice, but the BR seems to work better for me. The Luma seemed to keep twisting and needed adjusting.
One thing I didn't like with the Luma construction is the tripod eyelet - kind of sharp corners. It also seems pretty thin - might not be a problem, but I like the BR version better.
So, I may be the only one, but it's not for me.
Jim
it evidently is not for everyone. i don't use their eyelet as mine is built into my bracket.
I have a RRS QR bracket on my 50D - I might give that a try (instead of the eyelet) before I return it. Maybe I can find a way to like the strap. I do find it very comfortable and nice construction.
Looks like mine will be here today I plan to attach the one end to the camera loop and the other end that goes to the bottom of the camera to the lens itself kind of cradle like. I talked with the people of luma and some of the testers hooked it this way and liked it we shall see.
Got the strap today seems very well made but I think I need to play with it and then I will decide. I think I will like it a lot but the way I have it set up the shoulder strap is sitting back to far. I am making some adjustments
Update I have been playing around with this strap and I am going to love it. I have had them all sunsniper, BR and the original Luma I believe I will be happier with this one it's nice
tanglefoot47 wrote:
Update I have been playing around with this strap and I am going to love it. I have had them all sunsniper, BR and the original Luma I believe I will be happier with this one it's nice
I love mine. It's a great strap.
Just got the strap in the mail. Construction is very nice and I'm playing around with different setups for the best comfort. So far, I wasn't blown away by the Luma Cinch, maybe because of the hype, but I have the BR RS-4 coming through the mail that I'm going to compare it against this weekend. I'll report back.
Update:
The RS-4 arrived a day early (from Amazon) and though I wanted to dislike it, for me, the RS-4 won out over the Cinch. The main reason is that the camera glides with the BR strap without seriously tugging on my clothing and the shoulder pad is wider than the neoprene of Cinch which makes a difference when the 70-200 2.8 ii is mounted to the 5DM2. I also could not get the camera positioning to my liking with the Cinch. These straps all come down to personal preference and both are a welcome upgrade over the stock strap.
iWayne wrote:
Just got the strap in the mail. Construction is very nice and I'm playing around with different setups for the best comfort. So far, I wasn't blown away by the Luma Cinch, maybe because of the hype, but I have the BR RS-4 coming through the mail that I'm going to compare it against this weekend. I'll report back.
Update:
The RS-4 arrived a day early (from Amazon) and though I wanted to dislike it, for me, the RS-4 won out over the Cinch. The main reason is that the camera glides with the BR strap without seriously tugging on my clothing and the shoulder pad is wider than the neoprene of Cinch which makes a difference when the 70-200 2.8 ii is mounted to the 5DM2. I also could not get the camera positioning to my liking with the Cinch. These straps all come down to personal preference and both are a welcome upgrade over the stock strap.
Looks like I have a brand new Luma Cinch up for sale.
