Category: gear

Backup in the field to Seagate’s new 5TB drive, the largest portable hard drive ever

John Aldred

With higher megapixel cameras and 4K footage becoming the norm, Raw files and videos are taking up more space than ever before. Large capacity memory cards are cheap enough that you can afford to buy a bunch to keep you going all day. If you own a camera with a dual card slot, then you […]

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DJI dominates 2016 with a two-cameras Inspire 2 and Phantom 4 Pro drones

Udi Tirosh

DJI already had 2016 going for it drone-wise. Their Mavic Pro smashed the competition from GoPro and is possibly what everyone is getting for Christmas, but now, they are making another push with two new drones: a pro Inspire 2 and an update to the popular Phantom line: Phantom 4 Pro. Inspire 2 This is a […]

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Shooting wildlife with a crop sensor vs full frame & 1.4x teleconverter

John Aldred

The crop vs full frame debate will never end. Of that there is little doubt. The truth is, for the vast majority of people out there, there’s really going to be virtually no practical difference between the two. But there are times when one definitely shines over the other. Wildlife is one such case. Camera […]

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What an SLR being cut in half by a 60,000psi water jet looks like

John Aldred

Destruction is always entertaining, but sometimes it’s useful, too. It can show us how things work on the inside. Cutting cameras and lenses in half is commonplace for manufacturers. You see them at all the shows in glass display cases. Cameras cut in half so the curious public can see exactly what is contained within […]

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Zoom solves the issue of bad audio in your videos by building a camera into a microphone

John Aldred

Bad audio is something that’s plagued action cameras since their inception. Some of them don’t do too terrible, and a few even let you plug in external mics. But action camera sound does generally tend to feel like an afterthought. Zoom have come up with a novel way of solving this issue. Instead of trying […]

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Nikon adds Bluetooth and timelapse features to the new Nikon D5600

John Aldred

Nikon have today announced the successor to their entry level Nikon D5500. That comes in the form of the not surprisingly named D5600. While the two don’t differ greatly, there are a couple of significant changes. The first being that Bluetooth has been added. This brings the D5x00 range in line with Nikon’s new SnapBridge […]

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Polaroid SX-70 vs Canon Rebel T5 (1200D) – the state of camera technology

John Aldred

I like shooting with older, more limited cameras. There’s less for me to think about, it’s more relaxing. I get more selective in my shots when it costs money every time I hit the shutter. But it does make you think just how far the cameras in our hands have changed today from what they […]

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Canon 6DmkII will probably not have 4K, may have a tilting touch screen and might be announced at NAB

Udi Tirosh

The rumor mill has dried up. This is not unusual for the Post-Pohotokina, Post PPE time of the year and so we are left with very little bits and pieces for our gear lasting souls. Enter the Canon 6DmkII. The latest rumors from CanonRumors give us some data to hand on to, though it is […]

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Shooting amazing portraits using vintage lenses

John Aldred

Regular readers here on DIYP will know how much we like seeing Mathieu Stern’s videos. He’s shown us some great old and weird lenses working with modern cameras and shared a few cool stories. Now, he’s teamed up with fellow French photographer Serge Ramelli to talk about portraits. More specifically, they’re portraits with vintage lenses. In these […]

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