Comments on: Cotton Carrier – perfect or flawed? http://www.marcoryanphotography.com/index.php/2010/01/cotton-carrier-%e2%80%93-perfect-or-flawed/ Marco Ryan - Travel and Landscape photographer based in Cairo, Egypt Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:50:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Sammy http://www.marcoryanphotography.com/index.php/2010/01/cotton-carrier-%e2%80%93-perfect-or-flawed/comment-page-1/#comment-375 Sammy Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:23:01 +0000 http://www.marcoryanphotography.com/?p=356#comment-375 Before reading this I thought I would only use one in addition to a neck strap to take the weight off my neck. Now I'm sure. You'd have to use an R strap or similar for a second body. It's a pity the vest doesn't come with multiple mount points for multiple bodies. There would be a balance issue, but if you had 3 mount points you could either attach 1 or 2 cameras with neck straps. Then again, what's the advantage of this over a front pouch? Seems a baby carrier, or oversized jacket with extra pockets sewn in would do a similar job if you're using neck straps anyway. It feels like a bit of a gimmick to me. It doesn't make getting your camera out any quicker. What it does do is secure it to your body and take the weight off your shoulders. Before reading this I thought I would only use one in addition to a neck strap to take the weight off my neck. Now I’m sure. You’d have to use an R strap or similar for a second body. It’s a pity the vest doesn’t come with multiple mount points for multiple bodies. There would be a balance issue, but if you had 3 mount points you could either attach 1 or 2 cameras with neck straps.

Then again, what’s the advantage of this over a front pouch? Seems a baby carrier, or oversized jacket with extra pockets sewn in would do a similar job if you’re using neck straps anyway. It feels like a bit of a gimmick to me. It doesn’t make getting your camera out any quicker. What it does do is secure it to your body and take the weight off your shoulders.

]]> By: Stuart Sipahigil http://www.marcoryanphotography.com/index.php/2010/01/cotton-carrier-%e2%80%93-perfect-or-flawed/comment-page-1/#comment-367 Stuart Sipahigil Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:12:16 +0000 http://www.marcoryanphotography.com/?p=356#comment-367 I agree with Jeffrey. While we certainly need to check to make sure things are secure, there are too many situations where you don't have time to make sure things are working the way they're supposed to. A good product, for me at least, allows you to easily forget about the mechanics and just do your work. I'd chalk it up to a design flaw as well. I agree with Jeffrey. While we certainly need to check to make sure things are secure, there are too many situations where you don’t have time to make sure things are working the way they’re supposed to. A good product, for me at least, allows you to easily forget about the mechanics and just do your work. I’d chalk it up to a design flaw as well.

]]> By: Jeffrey Chapman http://www.marcoryanphotography.com/index.php/2010/01/cotton-carrier-%e2%80%93-perfect-or-flawed/comment-page-1/#comment-366 Jeffrey Chapman Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:12:08 +0000 http://www.marcoryanphotography.com/?p=356#comment-366 User misuse should be an important design consideration. So whether it was truly user error or not seems almost irrelevant (to me). It simply shouldn't be that easy to create a situation in which one's camera goes tumbling. I definitely consider it to be a design flaw. I'll be staying a way from it. User misuse should be an important design consideration. So whether it was truly user error or not seems almost irrelevant (to me). It simply shouldn’t be that easy to create a situation in which one’s camera goes tumbling. I definitely consider it to be a design flaw. I’ll be staying a way from it.

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