Gear Archives

Three Fujifilm lenses get superlative sharpness results on Fujifilm GFX 50S

Feb 21, 2017 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

French website Le Monde De La Photo (The World ofPhotography) has recently published test results for three Fujifilm lenses on a Fujifilm GFX 50S camera….

How to fold giant reflectors and backgrounds without looking like an idiot

Feb 21, 2017 John Aldred

Folding reflectors, softboxes and backgrounds are awesome. There’s no two ways about it. They pack down really small for transport or storage, they pop up…

Sigma officially presents four new lenses: an ART zoom, two ART primes, and a Contemporary zoom

Feb 21, 2017 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

It seems that the rumors around new Sigma lenses were true. At least partially though – because they didn’t launch two new lenses, but…

Watch a Mavic Pro drone taken down by a roll of toilet paper

Feb 20, 2017 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

While some people are training eagles to take down drones, and others are using nets, it seems there are much simpler ways to take down…

This is why fluid head video tripods are useful for photography

Feb 20, 2017 John Aldred

I switched over to mostly using fluid head video tripods for stills photography about 8 years ago. I still have a couple of Manfrottos with…

How and why to use a Rode VideoMic as a wireless boom microphone

Feb 20, 2017 John Aldred

Boomed shotgun mics are my preferred method of recording audio. Lav mics are great, but for interviews and talky pieces to camera, they really don’t…

Save $5,000 by getting a monochrome Fuji X-Pro1 or X100S instead of a Leica

Feb 20, 2017 John Aldred

When Fuji released the X-Pro1 and X100S, they became instant hits. Relatively small cameras with amazing image quality. Many photographers added one to their kit as…