Gear Announcement
Godox is stepping up to compete with Aputure with the new M600D 600W Bowens mount LED light
Nov 30, 2021
John Aldred
First teased in October at the P&I Shanghai International Wedding Photographic Equipment Exhibition, the Godox M600D presents what appears to be Godox stepping up to…
ZY Optics calls its new Mitakon Speedmaster 90mm f/1.5 a “budget alternative” to the Leica Summilux-M
Nov 30, 2021
John Aldred
Zhongyi Optics has announced their new Mitakon Speedmaster 90mm f/1.5 lens. They’re billing it as “a budget alternative to the legendary Leica Summilux-M“. And at…
Laowa’s new 85mm f/5.6 2x Ultra Macro APO boasts to be the world’s smallest 2x full-frame macro lens
Nov 29, 2021
John Aldred
Venus Optics has just announced their new Laowa 85mm f/5.6 2x Ultra Macro APO lens for full-frame mirrorless cameras. They claim that it’s the world’s…
The Solarcan Puck is a tiny solar camera that lets you shoot three super long exposures
Nov 29, 2021
John Aldred
Solarcan is back with a new product, the solarcan.co.uk/PUCK. It’s a solar camera that comes in a very tiny tin package to let you shoot…
Kodak Reelz lets you digitise all your old 8mm and Super 8 home movies with the push of a button
Nov 24, 2021
John Aldred
Kodak has announced Kodak Reelz, their new film digitiser. It allows you to capture 8mm and Super 8 film straight to 1080p high definition video…
Rode’s Lavalier II features a new low profile design for everything from content creation to cinema
Nov 24, 2021
John Aldred
Rode has announced their new Rode Lavalier II microphone. It’s the latest iteration of Rode’s premium lavalier microphone first introduced around 2010. It comes with…
K|Lens One, the world’s first light field imaging lens, is finally being released next week
Nov 22, 2021
John Aldred
The whole “light field” thing caused a bit of a buzz a few years back when Lytro started announcing light field cameras. They looked like…
Feiyutech launches two new gimbals – the Feiyu Scorp and the modular Feiyu Scorp Pro
Nov 19, 2021
John Aldred
Feiyutech has announced two new motorised 3-axis gimbals. These are the Scorp and the Scorp Pro. Unlike many other gimbals, though, the “Pro” model isn’t…
Fujifilm’s new Instax Mini Evo Hybrid instant camera comes with 10 lens and 10 film effects
Nov 17, 2021
John Aldred
Fujifilm has announced its new hybrid camera, the Instax Mini Evo. It combines the “I WANT IT NOW!” factor of instant prints with some of…
Zhiyun updates two of its popular smartphone gimbal lines with the Smooth 5 and Smooth X2
Nov 15, 2021
John Aldred
Zhiyun has launched two new smartphone gimbals today. The Zhiyun Smooth 5 and the Zhiyun Smooth X2. The Smooth X2 is the follow-up to the…