Will I look like a tool if I use cotton carrier for weddings?

[Robin Usagani]

Will I look like a tool shooting wedding with this? I feel like I will look like a SWAT team member storming the party. It seems like it is a very good design. About to place an order. Please help me decide! LOL
Cotton Carrier CAMERA SYSTEM for ALL camera types

 

[gsgary]

No you will look a right Knob, wouldn't be seen dead with one on

 

[Robin Usagani]

Just not sure how to carry 2 cameras both with flash and heavy lenses (24-70 70-200)

 

[Formatted]

Get a black rapid body harness, much cheaper and less nerdy!

 

[gsgary]

Just not sure how to carry 2 cameras both with flash and heavy lenses (24-70 70-200)

Easy, you should try 2 1D's 70-200 and 300F2.8 one over each shoulder

 

[memento]

another one for black rapid.

 

[Robin Usagani]

That is my next option but then you will have a flash sticking on your side all the time?

 

[Offhand]

You can try one of those Spider Holsters, which put a ball attachment on the bottom of your camera and allows you to hang it off a belt. You can get a two camera system of mix with one on the belt and the other with a strap. I actually carry two cameras on long, shoulder length straps (not the shorter OEM neck straps) but have the attachment on the left lug and on the bottom of the battery grip.That allows the camera to sit flat against my leg but with the lens always down and the strap is out of the way when I need to take quick shots. All the main controls tend to be on the right.

 

[memento]

That is my next option but then you will have a flash sticking on your side all the time?

actually, the lens points down and the flash kind of lays into your hip.
you learn to be careful with it. it swings predictably.

 

[Derrel]

Yeah, it would give you that SWAT Team member look!!! Wouldn't that be cool! You could tell people to "Freeze!" or "Hold it right there!" and they would do EXACTLY as you instructed. You could say things like, "Move to the side of the groom, very,very slowly!" and you'd probably have total compliance. Small children would cringe, and hide from you, thus eliminating the hassle of posing them in big group shots, which they tend to ruin anyway...

Do they have any video showing this gear in action? Do they show how well the wedding suspects respond to officers equipped with this gear and their duty cameras? Is there a smaller, scaled-down version for canine photographers?

 

[cnutco]

That is my next option but then you will have a flash sticking on your side all the time?

+1 for the Black Rapid! If the flash bothers you that much, then go OCF.

 

[kundalini]

I like the design and would like to have the Cotton Carrier........................... for hiking, maybe a few other things. I just think for a wedding, I'd give a nod for the Black Rapids harness.

 

[o hey tyler]

Will I look like a tool if I use cotton carrier for weddings?

Simply put. Yes. You will look like a huge ****ing tool.

But, if your camera is accessible and you can take good photos because of the accessibility... Who really cares? Noobs without cameras or photography gigs? They'll care. Get the cotton carrier, just don't add insult to injury with a fanny pack.

 

[Sw1tchFX]

The 70-200 in the picture is busted.. look in between the focus and zoom rings..lol.

 

[o hey tyler]

The 70-200 in the picture is busted.. look in between the focus and zoom rings..lol.

Indeed it is. They just electrical taped it or something.

Robin, maybe this doesn't bode well for using this setup. The lens destruction could have been caused by the cotton carrier. It looks like you may look silly, and be ****ed if you aren't careful with your equipment.