Gear

    How I got my drone confiscated in Morocco (the most important thing you need to know about drones!)

    Jan 24, 2020 David Williams

    With drone photography, things right now are very fast-paced, both in the development of the tech and the implementation of the rules. There’s a lot…

    Laowa ‘leaks’ a 9.5mm ultra wide angle rectilinear lens

    Jan 22, 2020 Ole Henrik Skjelstad

    Laowa is absolutely killing it with new lenses! They already have a 4mmF/2.8 fisheye lens, a rumored F/0.95 ARGUS lens, and a 12mm t2.9 full-frame…

    This weird retro-style camera lets you directly capture GIF files

    Jan 21, 2020 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    Fragment 8 Retro Camera brings together the Super 8’s look and feel with modern-day technology and social media. This strange little gadget is inspired by…

    The Edelkrone JibONE is a motorised remote controllable mini-jib for your camera

    Jan 20, 2020 John Aldred

    I see a lot of jibs, sliders, cranes and other doohickies appear across my screen as new gear is announced. Other than the ridiculous ones…

    Platypod’s Platyball is an inverted tripod ball head with built-in electronic level

    Jan 17, 2020 John Aldred

    If you haven’t heard of Platypod before, they’re the company that makes that little flat kind-of-tripod of the same name to provide you with a…

    This is what a CFast 2.0 card looks like on the inside

    Jan 16, 2020 John Aldred

    CFast 2.0 might be on the way out, thanks to CFexpress, but it’s a popular format still in use by a lot of cameras. The…

    Breakdown of the Nikon Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S lens shows internal design like nothing before

    Jan 15, 2020 John Aldred

    Seeing lenses taken apart and dismantled for the first time, or anything mechanically or electronically complex just fascinates me. I don’t know what it is…

    Hasselblad’s new 45mm f/4 “P” lens is the ideal street photography lens for their X mirrorless system

    Jan 15, 2020 John Aldred

    Hasselblad has today announced the new XCD 45P; a 45mm f/4 lens for the Hasselblad X medium format mirrorless system. Officially, the “P” stands for…

    This weird gadget powers your camera with power tool batteries

    Jan 15, 2020 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    Many of us have some DeWalt batteries lying around the garage or workshop. What if I told you that they can double as camera batteries?…

    Canon 1DX Mark III white papers explain (in great detail) its stills and video capabilities

    Jan 14, 2020 John Aldred

    A pair of white papers have been released by Canon exploring the new Canon 1DX Mark III DSLR. The two white papers cover its stills…