Gear

    First look and impressions of the Godox V1 round head speedlight
    Mar 19, 2019 John Aldred

    The Godox V1 is the new and somewhat controversial round head speedlight from Godox. The controversy is a topic for another discussion, although feel free to do…

    The Crack Light is a one year old product that you can buy on kickstarter for $5 over its retail price
    Mar 17, 2019 John Aldred

    We love Kickstarter here at DIYPhotography. It has brought many great photography accessories into our lives. True, sometimes it failed, but for the most part, Kickstarter…

    Using coloured LEDs as modelling lights for your strobes
    Mar 13, 2019 Jake Hicks

    This is the second part of a three-part series of articles on LED lights for photographers. Part 1 looked at the pros and cons of…

    The Insta360 EVO is a 2″ cube 360° camera that unfolds into a stereoscopic 3D 180° camera
    Mar 13, 2019 John Aldred

    Teased last week, Insta360 has today launched the new Insta360 EVO, a 360° camera that also turns into a stereoscopic 3D 180° camera. Like the…

    Canon hopes to succeed where Nikon’s KeyMission failed
    Mar 11, 2019 John Aldred

    It looks like Canon may be hoping to succeed where Nikon failed with its short-lived KeyMission series of cameras. The folks at Cinema5D spotted a…

    Leica’s new Q2 comes with a 47.3-megapixel CMOS sensor that shoots 4K DCI video
    Mar 7, 2019 John Aldred

    Leica has today officially unveiled the new Leica Q2 mirrorless camera, offering a rather impressive 47.3-megapixel CMOS sensor, with 10 frames per second shooting up…

    SmallHD goes big with the new FOCUS 7″ 4K touchscreen field monitor
    Mar 7, 2019 John Aldred

    The new SmallHD Focus 7 brings not only a size upgrade over the previous SmallHD Focus model but also some tech upgrades. It has a…

    insta360 look deeper teaser

    “You’ve never seen your phone do this” says cryptic teaser for new Insta360 product
    Mar 7, 2019 John Aldred

    I’m not normally a big fan of teaser videos, but something struck me about this one because there really isn’t much indication at all as…

    Nikon’s 58mm f/0.95 looks more like an appendage-waving proof of concept than a lens they expect people to use
    Mar 7, 2019 John Aldred

    There hasn’t been all that much information released on the Nikon Z 58mm f/0.95 S Noct lens. We know that it’s 58mm, that it’s…

    The pros and cons of adding LED lighting to your photography kit
    Mar 6, 2019 Jake Hicks

    In this article, I look at what LEDs actually are, how they started out and where they sit in the world of photography now. Many…