Gear Announcement

    Paul C. Buff announces Celestial, a portable strobe with HSS and TTL capability
    Jan 4, 2023 John Aldred

    Paul C. Buff lighting company, producers of such lights as the Einstein, AlienBees and DigiBee lighting products, has announced a new strobe called the Celestial….

    Panasonic finally goes Phase Detect Autofocus with the new Panasonic Lumix S5 Mark II
    Jan 4, 2023 John Aldred

    Panasonic shooters have only been begging for it for about a decade, and Panasonic finally seems to have delivered. Panasonic has today announced the new…

    Viltrox launches its 75mm f/1.2 autofocus portrait lens for Fuji X cameras
    Dec 29, 2022 John Aldred

    Teased at the end of November with a little bit of a photos leak, Viltrox has now officially announced their new 75mm f/1.2 autofocus lens…

    Godox has officially announced the monster MG1200Bi – its most powerful LED light to date
    Dec 28, 2022 John Aldred

    Godox has now released the new Godox Knowled MG1200Bi LED light, first teased at IBC 2022. In Amsterdam, we got to see a prototype with…

    Colbor release a low-budget RGB version of their modular CL60 LED lights
    Dec 22, 2022 John Aldred

    Colbor has announced the new Colbor CL60R, it’s an RGB version of the CL60 and CL60M LED lights released in August. We got to check…

    Kondor Blue releases its new “Mondo-Ties” cable management system for video and cinema rigs
    Dec 22, 2022 John Aldred

    Kondor Blue has announced its newest product. It’s an unassuming little clip with big quality-of-life improvements for filmmakers, live streamers and others who potentially have…

    Laowa releases the world’s widest 6mm f/2 Zero-D rectilinear lens for Micro Four Thirds
    Dec 21, 2022 John Aldred

    Venus Optics has announced the new Laowa 6mm f/2 Zero-D lens, the widest rectilinear lens available for Micro Four Thirds. It’s essentially a photography version…

    7Artisans announces its new 12mm f/2.8 Mark II rectilinear APS-C lens
    Dec 20, 2022 John Aldred

    7Artisans has announced a new Mark II revision of its popular 12mm f/2.8 wide-angle manual focus lens for APS-C cameras. The new lens is going…

    The Godox AK-R21 turns your round headed Godox strobe or speedlight into a projector
    Dec 20, 2022 John Aldred

    Godox has announced the Godox AK-R21 Projection Attachment. It’s compatible with Godox lights that have a round head, like the Godox V1 speedlight, Godox AD100Pro…

    Irix has released another 150mm T3.0 cine lens but this one’s not a macro lens
    Dec 19, 2022 John Aldred

    You might get the slightest sense of deja vu here, but lens manufacturer Irix has announced a new 150mm T3.0 Tele Cine lens. No, it’s…