Category: gear

Sigma announces pricing and availability for 18-35mm and 50-100mm T2 APS-C Cine lenses

John Aldred

Sigma recently made a big leap into the world of the cinema by announcing 8 new cine lenses all at once. While most are expected to be released throughout the course of 2017, pricing and availability for the first two has now been announced. Those two lenses are the 18-35mm T2.0 and 50-100mm T2.0 lenses for APS-C sensor cameras. Designed for super […]

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Create Timeless Images with History-Making Gear

Rose Clearfield

When you’re in a creative rut, experimenting with new gear offers the perfect opportunity to challenge yourself. Consider investing in one or more the following scene-setters to create new classic, timeless photos and video. Angenieux Optimo Lenses Pierre Angenieux was a French engineer and optician and one of the inventors of the modern zoom lens. […]

Sample footage of Google Pixel’s camera capabilities is pretty impressive

John Aldred

Google’s Pixel phone has received a lot of attention since it was announced just a few short weeks ago. This attention is most notably caused by its camera. After quite a boastful announcement, DxOMark gave it the highest score it’s ever given to a mobile device. There’s a little sample footage out there now, but […]

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Finally there’s a small affordable backup solution for use in the field

John Aldred

I say “finally”, there used to be a number of them. Back when I shot a pair of D100 bodies back in 2002, I used a 20GB Super Digibin 2 to backup my massive 128MB CompactFlash cards while still out shooting. It was slow and the battery didn’t last very long, but it was reliable […]

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Sony a6500 vs. a6300 overheat test, looks like it’s fixed

Udi Tirosh

The Sony a6300 was one of the most promising cameras that Sony ever released. A 4K crop-sensor mirrorless for less than $1000. Promising, but not delivering if you tried to shoot 4K for over 13 minutes. Then the camera would overheat and shu itself down. If there was one single issue that kept haunting this […]

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Watch Annie Leibovitz shooting Sony mirrorless

Udi Tirosh

If you were the world’s most famous portrait photographer, what camera would you take on a job? If you’re Annie Leibovitz the answer is probably all. Annie shot a “roadtrip” commercial for Lincoln Continental featuring quite a few celebs “going on a roadtrip”. Most of the movie is filled with Nikon and Hasselblads (I have no idea […]

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YI CEO: Splitting off from XIAOMI, We are not afraid of crappy counterfeits, China will get bigger

Udi Tirosh

We are keeping a close eye on YI. initially dubbed as the GoPro killer, YI has been growing. They have a gimbal out, a drone in the planning and a mirrorless camera. I thought it would be very interesting to speak with YI CEO, Mr. Sean Da, about the past, present and future of YI. It is […]

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Watch a GoPro Hero 5 taken apart piece by piece (then put together again)

Udi Tirosh

When you were a kid, you may have toyed around with taking things apart. Then, putting them back together again. For me, more often than not, the put-back-together part ended with some spare parts. The lack of which did not seem to impact the assembled piece though. Watch the GoPro Hero 5 undergoing the same procedure.  […]

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