Like hell I'm going to leave my lenses dangling like that, and take the chance of fastening it wrong and sending it crashing to the floor. Especially not when I can use the think tank belt system, which is more comfortably distributes the weight with the thick padded belt, and at least theres a protective barrier around the lenses and the safety of using an actual pocket/bucket.....one wrong move with that new system and you could severly damage your glass if you bump into the wrong thing. Plus the think tank system allows for attaching harnesses and shoulder straps to distribute even more weight
Im all for innovation and I support new ideas, but I just dont see the value in it.
not a crazy idea, and overall looks like a good (quality) product... BUT as others mentioned already, it's just too risky & not worth the potential damage
Yeah. Too risky for me too. Plus I'm wide enough already (reason I don't use a belt system).
I'm sure someone might like it. It's a pretty cool idea though.
A very high-tech & expensive way to do something that is done better & cheaper by existing belt systems. Like re-inventing the wheel...interesting but ultimately doomed to fail.
I once saw a 70-200L on a tripod. I once saw a 70-200L fall off that tripod and end up in two pieces because the photographer was moving too fast and didn't check that the tripod foot was secure. It was 5 days old.
There is absolutely no way in hell I'd dangle a 70-200 off this belt with no secondary back up. At least with a bag if you drop it, the cushion and padding is there as a secondary safety measure.
This looks like its cumbersome for changing, rather than a pouch system. It doesn't look like it has a locking mechanism, so what is stopping it from slowing turning and falling off? Pricey too..
Because inserting and rotating a lens onto a mechanism thats sideways on your hip is inherently more risky than simply dropping it into a bag that is vertically attached to your hip.
Dropping it into a bag with ample room like the think tank bags is rather hard to mess up. Attaching it, locking it into place, and then pushing it down into the vertical position requires a lot more exposure to risk, the riskiest of which is the possibility of the lens not attaching fully or at all, then when your remove your hand, your lens hits the floor.
It's about making something into a very risky process that doesn't have to be very risky at all.
