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MagMod is giving any Speedlite up to 3 stops of power!

March 1, 2016Patrick Shipstad

Our friends at MagMod are launching their 3rd Kickstarter campaign for a new lighting modifier and if you use speedlites, it’s something to get excited about! It’s called the MagBeam and it’s based on the refractive Fresnel lens used in Hollywood style constant lights, spotlights, and even lighthouses! The MagBeam’s special refractive lenses focuses the […]

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Sony a6000 with Neewer Underwater Case

March 1, 2016Erika Thornes

I use Sony a6000 as my primary underwater camera. It is 24.3MP so I can easily compose in editing. The kit lens is sharp and shoots wide. The Sony shoots in RAW, necessary for white balance and editing after the fact. It has very fast autofocus which can keep up with my subjects as well […]

I’m Getting Rid of My Flash Gear and Here’s Why

February 29, 2016John Aldred

People often ask me about the flash equipment I currently use, and what I would do differently if I were to start over today. I also often see “What should I buy?!?!” posts on photography groups on Facebook, and the simple truth is, we don’t know. We have no idea what you need. We only know what we […]

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The Fuji X-Pro2 Starts Shipping In 3 Days, Here Is Your Shot Editing A Raw File Before You Buy One

February 28, 2016Udi Tirosh

The delivery date for the Fuji X-Pro2 is set to March 3rd. If this was not a leap year, that would have been in three days. Sadly, we will have to wait for another day before we see it shipped. If you are considering getting one of those cameras, here is a RAW file right out […]

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Rumor Has It: There Will Be A 4K Canon 5D, It Will Be Named 5Dx

February 28, 2016Udi Tirosh

According to DigitalRev, a new Canon 5D is on the horizon; the camera will not be a 5Dmk4, but a 5Dx, and it will shoot 4K. if DR is correct, they are sharing quite a bit of information. Including an impressive set of features, and an announcement date. If this is not good enough for you, […]

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Close-Up with a Tilt Lens: Lensbaby Edge 50 Mini Review

February 27, 2016Levi Sim

I really enjoy close-up photography, so when my daughter had a dance recital recently, I had ulterior motives for buying her a bouquet of flowers. Right after she was in bed, I set about photographing her flowers. In this case, I wanted to put a new lens through its paces, and this lens is uniquely […]

Lab2Cam turns Impossible Project’s Instant Lab into a manual SX-70 instant camera

February 26, 2016Gannon Burgett

In 2012, the Impossible Project launched the Instant Lab, a contraption that turns your iPhone snapshots into Impossible instant prints. While awesome on its own, analog aficionados SUPERSENSE decided to further improve the usefulness of the Impossible Instant Lab by creating the Lab2Cam Conversion Kit, a manual Polaroid SX–70 lens lens attached to a mounting […]

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Oppo claims to have developed the world’s first, smallest sensor-based OIS for smartphones

February 25, 2016Gannon Burgett

Yesterday, Chinese smartphone manufacturer Oppo announced it has developed a SmartSensor, a smartphone sensor Oppo claims contains ‘the world’s smallest optical image stabilization technology.’ Teaming up with smartphone camera innovators MEMS Drive, Oppo has created a 3-axis sensor-based image stabilization system. Much like the systems found in Olympus and Sony mirrorless cameras, the SmartSensor compensates […]

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Anker’s PowerCore+ powers your whole photo studio

February 25, 2016Haje Jan Kamps

If you’re a photographer on the move, you’re probably in a constant state of battery anxiety. Many of us carry a couple of USB battery packs with us, but with the new generation of USB-C computers coming to market, it’s possible to charge all of your gadgets – including your laptop -on the go using […]

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Tether Tools Unveils Case Relay Power System for Infinite Camera Power

February 25, 2016Eric Reagan

Tether Tools has released the Case Relay Power System, which allows you to connect an external power source such as USB battery packs or AC power. When the external pack runs low on power, you can hot swap to another USB battery pack without losing power to your camera. Here’s how it works: Simply insert […]