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    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…

    PolarPro Defender Body Cap

    PolarPro’s new Defender Body Cap has a secret compartment
    Feb 5, 2024 John Aldred

    PolarPro has announced its new Defender body cap. It’s available in Canon EF & RF, Sony E and Nikon Z mounts. But it’s not just…

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    The OCTOPUS16 is a new Super16 sensor camera with internal 4k RAW recording for under $1000
    Feb 4, 2024 Sagiv Gilburd

    Octopus Cinema (OC) just announced the OCTOPUS16, a Super16 camera that can fit in your pocket. Not only that, it will not burn a hole…

    K&F ND10000 Solar Filter

    K&F’s new ND100000 Solar Filter blocks 16.6 stops of light
    Feb 1, 2024 John Aldred

    K&F has announced a new ND10000 Solar Filter (buy here), which offers 16.6 stops of light reduction. This means extremely long exposures for things like…

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    The AstrHori 18mm f/8 2x periscope probe macro APS-C lens is 38 cm long
    Feb 1, 2024 Sagiv Gilburd

    Any fan of macro photography knows about AstrHori’s probe lenses. AstrHori is not the first company to create a probe lens; that would be Laowa…

    Viltrox AF 20mm f/2.8 Z

    Viltrox’s low-budget full-frame AF 20mm f/2.8 lens comes to Nikon Z
    Jan 31, 2024 John Aldred

    Viltrox has announced a new AF 20mm f/2.8 Z lens (buy here). It’s essentially the same as the Viltrox AF 28mm f/2.8 E lens for…