Hey everyone, it's David with a review of
the Capture Lens clip by Peak Design.
Now, if you're not already familiar with this product
what it allows you to do is switch your lenses
on the fly without having to put anything down
or do a great deal of fumbling around with your expensive equipment.
This does work in conjunction with other Peak Design products
so it does ship with the Capture Clip
as a kit for about $90.
Or it will also with with any of their camera straps using the anchor system,
which I'll show you in just a minute.
Now the build quality, I would say, is pretty good.
The housing is built mainly out of plastic, which does help to keep it very light.
At a $90 price point, you do expect a solid metal construction
but after a couple of months of use I haven't really found problems with build quality.
so the plastic is fine.
Just don't be disappointed when you drop $90 on a relatively small accessory
and find a lot of plastic on there.
Now that being said, there are metal mounts on this, which is quite nice.
There is a separator in the middle, right between the two lenses
that appears to be hollow, also made out of plastic, so it's quite light.
The actual clip end that goes into the Capture clip is also made out of plastic.
So this does tend to collect dust every now and then, just because it's open on both ends
so every now and then you'll probably want to use a rocket blower and just clear out that dust.
Peak Design does supply two body caps that fit on there snugly.
They also happen to fit on your camera body, so if you've ever lost a body cap
which I think I've lost every body cap for all of my cameras ever,
now you might have two extras.
Now this particular one is made for Sony FE lenses
but I would imagine that the clip is the same for Canon and Nikon, just with the respective mount.
A nice bonus is that if you're traveling light, you can use this as a sort of dual lens cap
to put things into your bag without having them fly around
so this is how I usually store my lenses
I have one on each end and then I put it upright into my Peak Design messenger bag.
So here you can see that the end just clips right into the Capture clip
and it works just as you would expect, there is nothing special here.
Another way you can use it is with a camera strap.
So what you do is, you just take the ends of two anchors that actually come with the product
You fiddle them through and then you can wear it around your shoulder
and just have one or two lenses there, ready to be switched out at any point.
The way I like to use it is on my Everyday Messenger bag
because there is already a Capture on there at all times.
Another great way to wear this is on your belt.
So if you have a camera on a camera strap, you can have a second lens ready to go at any time.
If you're shooting primes, this can be pretty convenient.
So here you can see that on a belt, with just the Capture clip, it is pretty stable, pretty sturdy
even with heavier lenses on there, it's not a problem
And if you're ready to switch lenses, you just pop it in, flip it upside down, and release the other lens.
So in using this for a couple of months, the biggest problem that I found with this is that
it can be a little bit hard to align the lens with the dot perfectly sometimes.
Especially if you have this mounted on a belt or on a bag, and you might have a wider lens,
it could be hard to clip it directly in there, going straight down.
A lot of lenses are marked differently with the alignment dot from others,
so it can be a little bit tricky to find the perfect alignment
and when you're in a rush or in a hurry on a photoshoot,
and don't have a lot of time to fumble around with lenses,
that can be a little bit frustrating, especially since this product is designed to save time.
So what I wish they would do is open up the tolerances so that you can put that dot
into maybe into a 1/2 inch opening, or even if it's a 1/4 inch,
it would be much better than this perfect alignment you currently need
so that there's a little bit of wiggle room to get the lens in there
and then tighten it down using the bayonet mount.
Now that being said, when you do get some practice with this,
it's actually not too bad. It is workable, but I would say,
this is something that I would like to see improved.
So is the Peak Design Capture Lens kit worth $90?
Well, I think that's a really good question, and it really comes down to
what kind of shooting you do and what you already have available for equipment.
If you already have a lot of equipment and have some Peak Design products such as their messenger bag,
or a camera strap, then I would say this is an addition that would make sense.
If you're just starting out with photography, my advice would be, spend your money elsewhere.
You'll find a way to swap lenses on the fly.
Really, if you're not shooting regularly and switching your primes back and forth all the time,
I would say invest your money in something else for the time being.
So that was it for my review of the Capture Lens by Peak Design.
If you have any questions, just let me know in the comments and I'll get back to you.
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