Gear Announcement

    Sigma’s new 105mm f/2.8 DG DN Macro Art lens achieves “best ever optical performance”
    Sep 30, 2020 John Aldred

    Sigma has now officially announced the new Sigma 105mm f/2.8 DG DN Macro Art series lens. Designed for full-frame mirrorless cameras, the lens is available…

    Aputure’s new colour-mixing Accent B7c LED bulb is every practical light you’ll ever need
    Sep 29, 2020 John Aldred

    If you’ve shot video, or even sometimes if you’ve shot stills, you know what a hassle practical lighting can be. It’s always too bright or…

    Laowa brings three new 9mm, 12mm and 15mm cine lenses to the Canon RF mount
    Sep 28, 2020 John Aldred

    Venus Optics has announced three new ultra-wide Laowa cine lenses for the Canon RF mount. Designed for use on the Canon EOS R5 & EOS…

    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…

    Breakthrough Photography’s new EF to RF drop-in filter adapter is $100 cheaper than Canon’s
    Sep 19, 2020 John Aldred

    Although Breakthrough Photography announced their filters for the Canon EF to RF drop-in filter adapter first, they weren’t the first to bring them to market….

    Laowa’s super compact 14mm f/4 full-frame Zero-D lens uses small 52mm filters
    Sep 18, 2020 John Aldred

    Venus Optics has announced a new compact full-frame rectilinear 14mm f/4 Zero-D lens for mirrorless camera systems. And it’s available for just about all FF…

    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…