Gear Announcement

    Hollyland’s Mars 400S Pro wireless video transmitter lets you live stream to YouTube
    Oct 15, 2020 John Aldred

    I’ve been a big fan of Hollyland’s Mars 400S ever since getting one last year and you can read my review on that model here….

    Sachtler’s new aktiv fluid video tripod head series is built for speed and easy setup
    Oct 14, 2020 John Aldred

    Sachtler has announced its new “aktiv” series of fluid video heads. Designed to replace their popular FSB model heads, the aktiv line is focused on…

    Canon announces the EOS M50 Mark II – Still has a 4K crop and no IBIS
    Oct 14, 2020 John Aldred

    Canon has today announced the new EOS M50 Mark II mirrorless camera. Not much appears to have changed on the outside between the original Canon…

    Freefly launches Wave – A 4K slow mo camera that shoots up 9,259 frames per second
    Oct 9, 2020 John Aldred

    Freefly, yup, that Freefly, the one who makes drones and gimbals, has launched a camera. It’s called the Wave and it’s a small high-speed 4K…

    Straw delivers power to your cameras from a Type-C USB power bank
    Oct 8, 2020 John Aldred

    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/arseniy/straw-power-your-camera-from-usb-pd-power-bank A few months ago, some of you might remember I posted a video about some prototype USB cables I’d been testing. These cables take…

    Canon has released a 0.71x EF to RF speed booster adapter
    Sep 24, 2020 John Aldred

    Canon has announced a new EF to RF 0.71x speed booster adapter. Like the speed boosters from Metabones and similar items from Viltrox and others,…

    The Canon EOS C70 is Canon’s first RF mount cinema camera – 4K 120fps (without overheating?)
    Sep 24, 2020 John Aldred

    We knew it wouldn’t be long before Canon finally started switching their cinema cameras over to the RF mount and they’ve finally done it. Today,…

    Profoto’s new A10 speedlight is basically just an A1X with Bluetooth
    Sep 23, 2020 John Aldred

    Profoto has now officially updated its “World’s Smallest Studio Light” (speedlight) from the A1X to the new Profoto A10. It’s essentially the same speedlight as…

    Blindspot Gear launches range of USB PD cables to power your cameras from USB power banks
    Sep 22, 2020 John Aldred

    I’m always interested in different ways of powering kit externally on location and USB Power delivery has been particularly fascinating to me. With more power…

    Datacolor’s low-cost ColorReader EZ lets you match the colour of just about anything
    Sep 18, 2020 John Aldred

    Datacolor has increased their range of ColorReader products with a new low-budget ColorReader EZ. The new device comes as a cheaper alternative to the company’s…