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Lomography unveils Daguerreotype-inspired Achromat lens for modern-day DSLRs

April 6, 2016Gannon Burgett

Lomography is at it again with Kickstarter. This time, they’re reviving the world’s first photographic optic lens from 1839, the Daguerreotype Achromat 2.9/64 Art Lens. Following in the footsteps of their Petzval and other lenses, Lomography is bringing back an iconic lens originally designed by Louis Daguerre and Charles Chevalier in the mid–19th century. The […]

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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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Capture Real-Time Selfies With The NoPhone (And Nothing Else)

December 21, 2015Liron Samuels

Growing up I remember hearing about one of the crazes from when my parents were younger. It was a super low maintenance pet that did not need to be fed, walked or groomed. In fact, it didn’t really come with any requirements as it was a rock – a pet rock. Unlike the pet rock, […]

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Autonomous Lily drone delayed: or, why crowdfunding tech isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

December 18, 2015Gannon Burgett

Earlier this week, we shared with you how Peak Design became Kickstarter ninjas, crowdfunding numerous products and – so far – delivering on every last one of them. But that’s not always the case with crowdfunding projects. Just look at TriggerTrap’s Ada, a Kickstarter project that failed a year after it successfully raised over £290,386 […]

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How Peak Design Became Kickstarter Ninjas

December 17, 2015Haje Jan Kamps

Peak Design have created five incredibly successful Kickstarter campaigns. Their most recent – for the Everyday Messenger bag – raised nearly $5m from more than 17,000 backers. In this article, I talk with Peak Design’s Adam Saraceno, to find out how they keep knocking their projects out of the proverbial ballpark. And, perhaps, to find […]

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StandInBaby is a fully articulating – and slightly creepy – baby mannequin for newborn photographers

December 10, 2015Gannon Burgett

We’ll go ahead and file this one under ‘creepy, but potentially useful.’ What you see above is StandInBaby, a Frankenstein-looking baby mannequin designed to improve your newborn photography without the hassle of screaming, dirty diapers and and everything in-between. Currently being funded on Kickstarter, StandInBaby is the creation of husband and wife dos Brendon and […]

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Lumo Power Converts Your iPhone To a Color Meter, Exposure Meter and Flash Meter

December 3, 2015Mitch Highman

Lumu Labs has started a Kickstarter campaign for their newest light meter! Anyone who uses a light meter knows they are a very important piece of gear. The current offering by Lumu Labs is great because the tiny form factor allowed me to carry the meter in my pocket and than plug into my iPhone. You […]

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WANDRD PRVKE Pack is a New Travel/Photography Backpack

October 21, 2015Eric Reagan

The WANDRD PRVKE Pack is another new photography backpack born on Kickstarter. As of this posting, it is about $3k short of its $60k pledge goal with 16 days remaining on the campaign. It will likely exceed that mark this week. The bag is built to be an all-purpose backpack for a variety of users and uses. […]

Light Is Promising A DSLR Quality Camera In A Smartphone Formfactor by Combinbing 16 Lenses

October 8, 2015Udi Tirosh

Every now and then a new technology comes that threatens to shake the existing paradigm of how photography is done. Mirrorless has done this to a certain extent, removing a significant element form the Camera’s body. But an even bigger step would be the move to computational photography. This is where several small optical and […]

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Aeon Is a New GoPro Gimbal That Looks Like An Alien Weapon

September 29, 2015Udi Tirosh

While GoPro supplies great footage it is often unusable without some sort of stabilization. Sometimes stabilization is made in post, with some cost in image quality, but we are seeing more and more options for stabilizing footage while shooting. This is what Aeon wants to do for your GoPro – “Create Smooth, Cinematic Videos“. The Aeon has […]

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