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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rivergazer" data-source="post: 1726451" data-attributes="member: 77125">Open bridge is becoming more and more popular, and I do kind of like the feel of it in my hands. The one thing about open bridge is that when mounted on a monopod or tripod, the mount is at the very front of the bins, and they hang, seemingly precariously (to me) off the front mount; the leverage and resultant downward twisting force on the mount bothers me. A similar force is generated when mounting single bridge bins, but the potentially damaging leverage is considerably less, as the mount is further back, closer to the center of gravity of the bins. No problems with it so far, I'm just very careful, but wonder if it bothers anyone else, or if it has resulted in damage. In this "center of gravity" issue, the safest mounting type of all is the porro type, as used on Nikon SE's. It's a bit more fussy to use, but provides a very safe and secure mounting. I wistfully dream of a Zen porro, modernized SE killer. :t: And while we're talking about styling, Zen-Ray is probably not about to drop the Zen-Ray name, which I don't think is doing them any good, but I'd be happy with a compromise, if they'd just call them Zen, instead of Zen-Ray. It eliminates the suggestion of a 1930's sci-fi weapon used by spacemen. Hmmm ..... with no new bins to talk about, we've degenerated into talking about spacemen.marty</blockquote>