Gear

    Laowa’s new 85mm f/5.6 2x Ultra Macro APO boasts to be the world’s smallest 2x full-frame macro lens

    Nov 29, 2021 John Aldred

    Venus Optics has just announced their new Laowa 85mm f/5.6 2x Ultra Macro APO lens for full-frame mirrorless cameras. They claim that it’s the world’s…

    The Solarcan Puck is a tiny solar camera that lets you shoot three super long exposures

    Nov 29, 2021 John Aldred

    Solarcan is back with a new product, the solarcan.co.uk/PUCK. It’s a solar camera that comes in a very tiny tin package to let you shoot…

    Keep warm this Winter with these gloves designed for photographers

    Nov 29, 2021 Alex Baker

    Winter is coming. Actually, for some of us, it has well and truly arrived already, depending on where you live in the world. Even Valencia…

    The best vloggig rig – its quite unorthodox

    Nov 27, 2021 David Williams

    I’ve only recently gotten into vlogging with my new YouTube channel, and I’m far more used to being in front of someone else’s camera for…

    Wrong assumptions beginners make about lenses – are you guilty of spreading these myths?

    Nov 26, 2021 John Aldred

    When you’re new to photography, there’s a lot of new jargon to learn and some of it can be confusing. There are also technical aspects…

    Samyang announces “Xeen Meister” line of T1.3 full-frame cine lenses and a 50mm T2.3 2x Anamorphic

    Nov 26, 2021 John Aldred

    Samyang has today announced a new set of Xeen Meister cine lenses. The new collection is kicking off with three lenses at 35mm, 50mm and…

    Kodak Reelz lets you digitise all your old 8mm and Super 8 home movies with the push of a button

    Nov 24, 2021 John Aldred

    Kodak has announced Kodak Reelz, their new film digitiser. It allows you to capture 8mm and Super 8 film straight to 1080p high definition video…

    Rode’s Lavalier II features a new low profile design for everything from content creation to cinema

    Nov 24, 2021 John Aldred

    Rode has announced their new Rode Lavalier II microphone. It’s the latest iteration of Rode’s premium lavalier microphone first introduced around 2010. It comes with…

    The Dronut is a weird cylindrical drone that looks like it should be firing lasers at Jedi in training

    Nov 23, 2021 John Aldred

    Drones have become such commonplace things these days that almost all of us either own one or know somebody who does. Most of them have…

    Insta360 speeds up ONE R and ONE X2 workflow with faster transfers and better in-camera stabilisation

    Nov 22, 2021 John Aldred

    Insta360 has announced a big update to the Insta360 ONE R and Insta360 ONE X2 cameras with new firmware that implements their new Quick FlowState…