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We are giving away one Sachtler ACE XL head + Carbon Fiber Flowtech Tripod kit

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Update: the giveaway has ended, and the winner has been announced. Huge thanks to Sachtler for playing with us.

We are giving away a Sachtler Flowtech ACE XL kit worth $1,638.75. If you just want this nifty tripod click here to join the giveaway. If you also want to know why we are giving it away, read on.

A few weeks back we did a very stupid thing, we dunked a Sachtler Flowtech 75 in the dead sea.  Legs, head and all. Now, Dunking a tripod in saltwater is not clever, but dunking one in the most corrosive waters in the world is just plain stupid. Surprisingly, it performed beautifully after the dip. That’s easy though. If you wanna see how it works two months after, hit the jump. + We are giving one of these beauties away, continue reading to see how you can win one.

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Canon EOS RF/EF hybrid will have a moving sensor to support both flange distances, rumor suggests

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If the rumors are correct, Canon is working on an EF/RF hybrid EOS mirrorless camera. Now, Canon Watch suggests that this camera will support a moving sensor. And when they say a moving sensor, they mean a sensor that sits on some kind of rails and can move to adjust between different flange distances.

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First leaked image of the new Sony A7S III

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Remember that about a year and a half ago, Sony confirmed that an A7S III is coming soon. Then Sony announced the Sony A7R IV a year later. (a mark 4 A7R camera before announcing the A7S mark 3? Then nothing? The wait for the highly anticipated Sony A7S III may be over.

Rumors site Sony Alpha Rumors just posted what they claim is the first out-in-the-wild photo of the Sony A7S III.

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Sigma CEO: we will make smaller lenses, but bigger cameras

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Over at Saloon De La Photo in Paris, Sigma held a quick Q&A session with Mr. Kazuto Yamaki, CEO of Sigma. There is a wonky angle capture of this talk, if you want to see the entire thing (starts about  40 minutes into the video). It is a long session, with many interesting questions, but photographer Paul Monaghan took a few key notes from this session and allowed us to share them.

The first take is that the new up-coming full-frame Foveon will not be in the FP format:

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We’re giving away over $1,500 of software, lights, and bags

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We teamed up with the leading brands in the world to give you a killer sweepstakes. We’ll be giving away over $1,500 of goodies to two lucky photographers.

We’re Giving Away Software, Lights, And Bags

We teamed up with Luminar, Cosyspeed, and Spiffy Gear to offer you everything you need to elevate your photography kit.

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One photographer’s response for a $12,000,000 renovation asking for free prints

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We love Tim Wallace. We love him for his stellar, high-end photography (check it out). We also love him for his wit, and for fighting the war-of-value fo the photography industry.

Take this email for example. Tim got an email from a  ‘high-end interior designer’ based in California asking, not only for free prints but actually asking for the high-res source files.  Tim’s response is nothing but priceless, and should be rewad by all photographers that are promised “exposure for work”.

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Here is the gear we use to cover trade shows like IBC

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With the many tradeshows we cover, a constant question that comes up is what gear we are using to cover each show and why. Some of the gear has been with us for a long time and some of it changes as we go. For now, though, this is the optimal setup we use to cover tradeshows.

Starting with probably what is our first decision when we plan our coverage is the camera. We have grown quite fond of the Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K (or BMPCC4K). The footage quality is great and the low light performance are fantastic, especially when it comes to shooting on the tradeshow floor were light can be pretty unpredictable.

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Godox wants a piece of the LED market, shows an Aputure 120D-like light

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When it comes to lights, we used to have a pretty good distinction. Godox did Strobes, and Aputure did LEDs. Of course, we had the occasional SL 60 or SL 200, but generally, it was quite a split world.

Now Godox are expanding into the LED market with a Bowens type light, and it looks like it is aimed to directly compete with Aputure’s line of 120D and 300D.

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