Category: gear announcements

Tamron updates its 150-600mm f/5-6.3 lens with new design, reduced flare and faster autofocus

John Aldred

Tamron have today announced the updated “G2” next generation version of its popular 150-600mm f/5-6.3 zoom lens. The new lens boasts faster autofocus and enhanced vibration control (VC) offering up to 4.5 stops of steadiness. It also has a few new features not found in its predecessor. They say that the new iteration has been developed in response […]

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Nikon kills the SB-910 speedlight and releases a new D7200 Firmware, but is there another new Nikon DSLR announcement on the way?

John Aldred

Things seem to be happening all at once for Nikon at the moment, with several announcements, and one rumour. First up, for those that have been lucky enough to receive their Nikon D500 body already, the Nikon MB-D17 grip is now available to order from Amazon, offering a very welcome weight balance for those shooting longer lenses, as […]

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The C-PAN camera guide arm is a jib, slider and curve all rolled into one

Udi Tirosh

I have to admit that the jib market is not an innovative market, I mean the mechanical basics have been laid down years ago and aside a few clever travel form factors for jibs we have not seen much. But 9.solutions really got me by surprise when they announced the C-PAN camera guide. I am not exactly […]

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Godox Announce Sony TTL, and Mark 2 For V850, V860 and QT600 Studio Strobe

John Aldred

With all the gear announcements lately, it’s easy to miss a relatively small name like Godox, but they’ve just announced some updates to their popular Lithium-ion powered range of flash units, and their QT600 studio strobes. The big news here is that Godox have also added Sony TTL to the Godox X series of 2.4Ghz radio triggers […]

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Tamron Announces New 85mm f/1.8, 90mm f/2.8 Macro and DIY Firmware Updates

John Aldred

The lens leaks and announcements are coming through thick and fast at the moment, aren’t they? You might’ve noticed Tamron’s teaser image floating around lately suggesting that some new lenses might be coming, but now Tamron officially joins Sigma, Sony, Samyang, SLR Magic, Canon, and others launching new glass in 2016 with the announcement of two new lenses. Tamron SP […]

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QuickRelease One Wants To Rid You Off The Chaos Of Competing Quick Release Plates Standards

Udi Tirosh

If you use any gear that connects to a camera via a plate in your workflow (Tripod, Jib, Gimbal, SteadyCam, Slider, …) you will recognize this pain right away. Your Tripod may work with a Manfrotto square plate while your Jib works with an ArcaSwiss plate and your video head takes that weird Manfrotto Penta-plate. […]

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