Gear Announcement

    Panasonic officially announces the 60fps stills capable Lumix G9 mirrorless camera

    Nov 8, 2017 John Aldred

    The Panasonic Lumix G9 is now official, and it’s a little beast. While Panasonic have become a favourite for video shooters, stills photographers tend to…

    Lensbaby release new Sweet 80 lens and new Creative Bokeh Optic

    Sep 19, 2017 John Aldred

    In the past, I’ve not really been big on the whole Lensbaby thing. But, having now tried a few of them in person, I can…

    Sony’s new RX10 IV shoots 20.1MP stills at 24 frames per second

    Sep 13, 2017 John Aldred

    The Sony A7III announcement that some were expecting yesterday never happened. Perhaps Sony simply didn’t want to compete with Apple’s new iPhone releases. Regardless, Sony did…

    Profoto teams up with Fujifilm to bring TTL & HSS to Fuji cameras

    Sep 11, 2017 John Aldred

    Well, they may have been lagging a little behind Godox and Cactus, but Profoto have finally caught up. Profoto have announced a new Fuji compatible…

    Sony’s new RX0 action camera shoots 1080p up to 1,000fps and outputs uncompressed 4K video

    Sep 1, 2017 John Aldred

    It’s not often a piece of new kit leaves me lost for words, but the new Sony RX0 action camera has left me kind of…

    Spekular LEDs are like a Swiss army knife for lighting

    Aug 31, 2017 John Aldred

    Just when you think you’ve seen all LED lighting panels that the world can have, here comes a new LED light that makes you open…

    The new Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III adds 4K video and 121 point AF system

    Aug 31, 2017 John Aldred

    The Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II was pretty much everything anybody could want in an entry level mirrorless camera. It’s fairly inexpensive, small, feels like…

    Canon finally unleashes 85mm f/1.4L IS, EOS M100 mirrorless, and three new tilt-shift macro lenses

    Aug 29, 2017 John Aldred

    A bunch of new gear announcements from Canon today. First up, the EOS M100 mirrorless camera with an APS-C sized 24.2MP sensor and EF-M lens…

    Samyang releases full frame 35mm f/2.8 FE lens for Sony that competes with Zeiss at half the price

    Jun 5, 2017 John Aldred

    Samyang have added another lens to their slowly growing autofocus lineup. They’ve announced a new 35mm f/2.8 FE lens for full frame Sony mirrorless cameras….

    Nikon announces new 28mm f/1.4E wide lens, 8-15mm full frame Fisheye and budget friendly 10-20mm DX lens

    May 31, 2017 John Aldred

    Three new wide lenses have been announced by Nikon today. Two for full frame, the 28mm f/1.4E ED and 8-15mm f/3.5-4.5E ED Fisheye and one DX lens,…