Gear

You could probably store your photographic life’s work on Seagate’s new 60TB SSD

Aug 11, 2016 John Aldred

When I upgraded from 386 to 486, my hard drive went from a measly 40MB to a whopping 240MB. Totally blown away. Look at all this…



Shooting With a Nintendo Game Boy Camera from 1998

Aug 10, 2016 Theo Acworth

A little while ago I spotted a Nintendo Game Boy Camera in a second hand shop and my eyebrows went up. It looked pretty jazzy,…



5 Reasons why you need a 70-200mm lens

Aug 1, 2016 John Aldred

There was a time when the Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8VR was the lens I used most often. I was mostly shooting portraits on location. Once I started moving…



The new Laowa 12mm f/2.8 is designed for full frame and almost distortion free

Aug 1, 2016 John Aldred

Ultrawide angle lenses are practical and fun. Almost every landscape, architectural, wedding or event photographer has one, as do many filmmakers. I have one, too….



Turn your phone into a teleprompter with the new Parrot Teleprompter 2

Jul 27, 2016 John Aldred

As somebody who speaks to camera now and again, having a script is great. But, I still mess up lines and may end up shooting the same…



9 Lenses with very special bokeh

Jul 24, 2016 Nitsan Simantov

I have played with photography a little bit since I was a boy, first with an old Olympus 35mm film point-and-shoot, then with a GameBoy…



DSLR Underwater Camera Housing Options for Portrait Photography and Video

Jul 23, 2016 JP Danko

It’s mid-summer and I have been doing a lot of underwater portrait photography lately…which has started me thinking that it might finally be time to…



Full Frame Sony A7II vs. Crop Sony A6000, which is better for portraits?

Jul 21, 2016 John Aldred

When you’re looking to pick up your first portrait camera, the whole full frame vs crop thing can be confusing. Technical explanations can be difficult…



Canon patents 40-800mm F4.5-5.6 lens, it would be great if it’s made, but I am skeptical

Jul 21, 2016 Udi Tirosh

Canon just patented a 40-800mm lens. Isn’t this just incredible. In old point and shoot terms the box would have been marked X20. You have to…



Is a full frame camera really worth it?

Jul 18, 2016 Alexander J.E. Bradley

Since I got my Nikon D7000 camera 6 years ago I’ve used it almost everyday. That is a lot of shutter clicks, 148,558 to be…