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Run all your gear on location with this 1200 Watt DIY portable power station

Jun 17, 2021 John Aldred

Portable power for use on location is always a fascinating topic. Over the last few years we’ve seen more battery-powered portable strobes from companies like…



Powering a camera for a month-long 24/7 timelapse

Jun 4, 2021 John Aldred

Long term timelapses are a lot of fun to shoot, but they can come with a lot of challenges. What happens if your gear gets…



Volta Version 2.0 turns their top-handle power bank into a whole camera power ecosystem

Apr 23, 2021 John Aldred

If you’ve been a visitor here for a while, you might remember Volta. They released the first version of their top-handle power bank in November…



Apple’s dongle-gate is coming to an end with new MacBook Pro; a report

Jan 30, 2021 Udi Tirosh

If you are one of the many, many creatives who use a MacBook, your biggest problem is probably the dongles. Or rather, your biggest problem…



The Omnicharge Off-Grid Power Station is a powerful 1500W plug socket in the wild

Oct 20, 2020 John Aldred

Portable power has become a big deal over the last few years as more photographers and filmmakers are discovering the joy of getting out of…



Straw delivers power to your cameras from a Type-C USB power bank

Oct 8, 2020 John Aldred

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/arseniy/straw-power-your-camera-from-usb-pd-power-bank A few months ago, some of you might remember I posted a video about some prototype USB cables I’d been testing. These cables take…



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…



The V200MICRO has 200WH, a reversible D-TAP and a tiny flashlight

Sep 16, 2020 Udi Tirosh

We don’t write about batteries often; I mean, they are batteries, they deliver power, that’s the end of it, right? The V200MICRO from Bebob showed…



This tiny cable will power your camera from a USB power bank

Jun 16, 2020 John Aldred

USB has been undergoing a pretty rapid development over the last few years since the Type-C connector came along. We’ve seen massive increases in speed,…



Power ONsite offers, well, power on site – a 110V on-site solution review

Apr 19, 2020 Udi Tirosh

ONsite is a system that provides 110 volts of power from DTAP batteries. If you are coming from the video or movie industry you are…