This is everything that's wrong with photogaphic kickstarters

[Khalai]

They are indeed very good, but I would not consider them "great price" at all. I have a strap and small bag from them, quite happy with them, but their bags are quite pricey and e.g. Think Tank Retrospective or Signature are as good as Peak Design with better pricing.

True, Peak Design products are premium priced, particularly the bags. But this is a Kickstarter thread. There were great offers on the PD products for those who came in early on the Kickstarter campaign.

-pw

Right, that's true. I'm perhaps just a little jealous, because PD Kickstarter was still not that appealing to us, EU citizens (VAT, duties, shipping...), so I've never considered PD as a "great priced brand" even with kickstarter campaigns...

 

[Hector1970]

I'm a regular on Kickstarter. It's a very clever move by a company. You get your sales upfront and get a lot of advertising. You also buy add ons. Your financial risk on a new product is much lower. Your backers are paying your R&D costs. I bought a Petzval lens and I quite like it. I've a number of Peak Design bags. I've never been happy afterwards with Peak Design bags. They are too expensive and some of them not comfortable. I was very tempted by the Meyers Optik Trioplan. I thought the price too high. I bought a second hand Trioplan. The lens is fine , the adapter Fotodiox is not so good. The results however are good. Not a very sharp lens but I love the bubble bokeh. I looked at this lens. I couldn't see the point of it. It's a clever piece of selling. It's a pity you can't comment unless you invest. You could warn people it's not a great investment. It's quite common in Kickstarter for jackets etc to sold at way higher prices than you would in a shop. What surprises me is the lack of really innovative inventions. They are almost all me too products. There are some good photo books I've backed down through the years.