Category: gear

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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Tether Tools unveils hot-swappable Case Relay system for uninterrupted power to your camera

Gannon Burgett

Tether Tools has announced the Case Relay system, a camera attachment that they claim to be the world’s first device that will allow you to provide uninterrupted power to your camera using a standard wall outlet or USB battery pack, such as the ones you use to charge up your smartphone. The device itself isn’t […]

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Polaroid further plunges into irrelevancy with sad, white-labelled 360º pocket tripod

Gannon Burgett

Polaroid has devolved from one of the most commanding photography companies in the world to a label that gets slapped on third party accessories in an attempt to sell at least something. Proving this further is the release of a brand new portable Polaroid Panorama Eyeball Head, designed to simplify the process of taking panoramic […]

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Sigma Announces the New EF-630 Multifunction Flash

John Aldred

Sigma have just announced a new top dog in their flash line up in the form of the EF-630 Electronic Flash. This unit adds to the previous model, the EF-610, by offering more power, covering a wider zoom range of 24-200mm that taps out at 17mm with the built-in Wide Panel, and automatic zoom when mounted on top […]

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This Is How Your Tripod Was Made

John Aldred

Tripods are, quite literally, a solid foundation upon which you can create your photography, but have you ever wondered how they’re made?  Assuming you’re not using a fancy carbon fiber tripod, it was probably something like this. In this video, the Science Channel takes us through the workflow of the Manfrotto assembly line to demonstrate […]

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Sigma unleashes two new mirrorless cameras with Foveon X3 sensors and dual-screen LCD

Gannon Burgett

In addition to the lenses Sigma revealed earlier today, the Japanese electronics company also announced two new mirrorless cameras and a dedicated speedlight. Taking inspiration from the company’s DP Quattro cameras, the sd Quattro and sd Quattro H drop the fixed lens for a Sigma SA mount, all while keeping Sigma’s signature Foveon Quattro sensor […]

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Will a selfie stick blend?

Gannon Burgett

‘Will it blend?’ These three simple words are known across the web thanks to Blendtec, a company famous for putting its blenders through brutal tests by grinding up everything from markers to iPhones. In one of their most recent videos, Blendtec continues its growing collection of destroyed products by answering the question of whether or […]

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World’s Fastest microSDXC UHS-II Card Released by SanDisk – Up tu 275MB/s

John Aldred

As some of the devices we use as photographers start to get smaller and less obtrusive, so do their storage formats.  While their physical size is getting smaller, however, the data they’re collecting and recording becomes more demanding. Going from basic stills to 720p, then to 1080p, and now with 4K starting to become standard […]

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