Gear

    This deep 24″ collapsible beauty dish folds down to just 6″
    Jun 16, 2016 John Aldred

    Designed by portrait photographer Joel Grimes, the new 24″ Rapid Box Beauty Dish from Westcott seems to tick all of the boxes when it comes to…

    Enormous and rare Canon mount 1000mm NASA lens goes up for sale
    Jun 15, 2016 John Aldred

    When it comes to photography, there are many out there who believe that size matters. For photography collector Jim Headley, it definitely seems true. Built…

    Panasonic unveil the super fast wide angle Leica DG Summilux 12mm f/1.4 lens
    Jun 15, 2016 John Aldred

    Panasonic have announced a new ultra fast, wide lens built for professional daily use.  The Panasonic Leica DG Summilux 12mm f/1.4 ASPH lens for Micro…

    The BrushKnob USB dial wants to help you speed up your Photoshop workflow
    Jun 14, 2016 John Aldred

    External dials and gizmos have been common in the movie industry for years.  Their sole purpose in live is to help speed up workflow and productivity, assisting…

    I left Canon for Sony and I expect I am not the last to do so…
    Jun 12, 2016 Joseph Parry

    An article to end all articles. It’s really not, but I feel like the potential for a flame-war and s–t storm is so great that…

    These cheap Soviet lenses are as out of this world as their “Jupiter” name would imply
    Jun 11, 2016 John Aldred

    Jupiter was a class of lens made by manufacturers of the former Soviet Union.  There were quite a few different lenses in the Jupiter lineup, and in this…

    Has the 5D Mark IV been spotted out in the wild?
    Jun 8, 2016 John Aldred

    If windsurfer, Levi Siver’s Instagram feed is to be believed, we appear to have the first shot of the impending Canon 5D Mark IV. During what…

    Here’s 50 Ways to Use Gaffer Tape and Some of Them Might Surprise You
    Jun 8, 2016 John Aldred

    In the words of Jay P Morgan, “If you can’t fix it with gaff tape, it probably does not deserve to be fixed”, and he’s…

    Canon’s new 1000mm lens could be half as big and ready in time for the Olympics
    Jun 8, 2016 John Aldred

    Companies put out patents for new stuff all the time, and Canon have filed 4,134 of them, many of which will never actually exist in…

    DJI’s new follow focus lets you remotely focus your drone’s camera lens from 3 miles away
    Jun 7, 2016 John Aldred

    Designed for both the land and air, the new DJI Focus remote follow focus system wants to change the way we record our aerial footage. No…