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    Panavision Ultra Panatar II 1.3x T2.8 Anamorphic lenses

    You can’t buy Panavision’s new Ultra Panatar II 1.3x T2.8 Anamorphic lenses
    Feb 20, 2024 John Aldred

    Panavision has announced a new set of lenses. They’re the Ultra Panatar II 1.3x anamorphic lenses, coming in seven different focal lengths. Panavision says the…

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    A world’s first: The Laowa 10mm f/2.8 full-frame autofocus rectilinear lens
    Feb 20, 2024 Sagiv Gilburd

    The Laowa 10mm f/2.8 Zero-D ($699) is a game changer. It’s Laowa’s first AF lens and the world’s widest f/2.8 full-frame rectilinear lens. In other…

    Fujifilm X100VI

    Fujifilm X100VI adds 40.2MP sensor, 6-stop IBIS and X-T5-like video feaures
    Feb 20, 2024 John Aldred

    Fujifilm has announced its latest compact fixed-lens camera line, the Fujifilm X100VI (buy here). It comes with a number of changes from its predecessor, the…

    DoPchoice Snapbag Airglow

    DoPchoice Snapbag Airglow is an inflatable softbox for your LED panels
    Feb 15, 2024 John Aldred

    DoPchoice has announced the new Snapbag Airglow. It’s an inflatable softbox designed for 2×1′ LED panel lights. It’s an interesting design, both in terms of…

    Lomography Sprocket Rocket

    Lomography Sprocket Rocket pano film camera is now bursting with colour
    Feb 14, 2024 John Aldred

    Lomography has announced two new colour varieties of their popular Sprocket Rocket panoramic 35mm film camera. The two new colours don’t add anything to the…

    Sachtler Cine Series Fluid Heads

    Sachtler Cine Series fluid heads hold camera rigs up to 50kg
    Feb 14, 2024 John Aldred

    Sachtler has announced three new fluid tripod heads. They fall under the new Cine Series banner, with three models appearing at launch. There’s the Cine…

    CFexpress memory cards

    The official list of VPG certified CFexpress cards has been released
    Feb 8, 2024 John Aldred

    Memory cards have various speed classes and specifications. With SD card specs, for example, we’ve got things like V30 to guarantee 30MB/sec sustained write speeds….

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    This Mini L-Shaped Mount Plate is like a rig transformer
    Feb 6, 2024 Sagiv Gilburd

    If your rig just does not let you mount your gear the way you want to, you should take a look at the Mini L-shaped mount plate kit…

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    ZGCINE new X Series V-Mount Batteries have a larger IPS display and quick charging
    Feb 5, 2024 Sagiv Gilburd

    ZGCINE announced the ZGCINE X series, a new V-mount battery series. The series includes three different batteries: the ZG-X50 ($149), ZG-X99 ($219) and ZG-X160 ($279),…

    SmallRig PH8 Fluid Tripod Head

    SmallRig PH8 is a small, lightweight fluid head with 8kg load capacity
    Feb 5, 2024 John Aldred

    SmalRig has announced its new PH8 Professional Fluid Head (buy here). Designed for video shooters, it’s small enough for compact mirrorless shooters but beefy enough…