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DJI has announced the DJI RS 3 Mini handheld gimbal. The portable travel-oriented stabilizer is smaller and lighter than the existing RS 3 and RS 3 Pro gimbals released last year while still being able to support various full-frame mirrorless cameras and lenses, including popular combinations like the Sony A7-series and...
Lensrentals has published their annual roundup of the top rented photo and video products of 2022. Compared to last year's breakdown, there are some interesting changes and emerging trends.
However, what hasn't changed is Canon and Sony's dominance. The two Japanese giants in the camera industry held the top two...
Losing your photos is every photographer's nightmare. A failed memory card is bad enough, but what if your hard drive fails and you don't have a backup? You lose everything. Unfortunately, for unprepared photographers, this horrible event can occur. The good news is that you can dramatically reduce, if not eliminate, any...
Photographer and instructor Michael Andrew has spent the last few years developing what he calls the world's most convenient camera filter system, the Maven Magnetic filter system. Beyond being easy to use, the filters promise true color neutrality. After using expensive neutral density filters, Michael grew tired of...
Earlier this week, Pergear announced new CFexpress Type B cards that blend performance and price. There are three new categories of cards: Lite, Pro and Ultra.
Starting with the most affordable cards, the Pergear Lite CFexpress Type B cards. These come in 64GB and 128GB sizes, costing $65 and $99, respectively. The...
Western Digital announced the SanDisk Pro-Blade modular SSD system in May. The pro-oriented system is built around a solid-state drive (SSD) cartridge, or mag, that you can hot-swap between two primary devices, the Pro-Blade Transport, and the Pro-Blade Station. The former is a shell that accepts a Pro-Blade Mag and...
Improvements in camera equipment make photography easier and more accessible. New camera models often feature incredible advancements in autofocus, automatic exposure, and burst shooting speeds, allowing photographers to capture more tack-sharp, well-focused images. However, photographer Thomas Heaton prefers to make...
Lexar has announced the world's fastest CFexpress Type A card and a new CFexpress Type A/SD card reader. The Lexar Type A Gold Series CFexpress Type A card promises transfer speeds up to 900MB/s, 900MB/s read speed and 800MB/s write speed. Concerning minimum write speed, Lexar states the card delivers at least 700MB/s...
Techart, the makers of adapters for a wide range of cameras and lenses, has announced the second generation of its Leica M to Sony E autofocus adapter for manual lenses, the LM-EA9.
The new adapter follows years of research and development. Compared to the original adapter, the new version promises a more powerful...
In our "Essential landscape photography gear" guide, I wrote, "While you don't need specific clothing or attire for landscape photography, you want something comfortable, and warm if you plan to be in colder conditions. You want to stay as comfortable and as dry as possible." Photographers are in luck because German...
Profoto has announced a brand-new light, the Profoto A2 Monolight. The light is designed to be easy to use and extremely compact. The A2 is about the size of a soda can and weighs 495 grams (17.5 ounces). If you're after portability, Profoto has designed the A2 for you.
The A2 includes AirX connectivity, so you can use...
Ricoh Imaging Americas Corporation has announced the Pentax O-GPS2, a new GPS unit designed for use with Pentax DSLR cameras. The GPU unit makes it easier to capture images of the night sky. The O-GPS2 is the successor to the O-GPS1 and provides more reliable and higher-precision positioning than its predecessor, thanks...
ExpoImaging, Inc., the creators of Rogue FlashBenders, announced a new system of Rogue Round Flash Magnetic Modifiers for round flashes and rectangular speedlight flashes.
The Rogue Round Flash Magnetic Modifiers are designed to attach directly to Godox, Geekoto, Westcott and Profoto A series round flashes. You don't...
Teleconverters are a tricky and sometimes polarizing topic in photography. Before diving into the pros and cons of teleconverters, what even is a teleconverter? A teleconverter, or "extender," is special glass inside a housing between your lens and camera. The teleconverter magnifies the image produced by your lens to...
Last August, Megadap announced the ETZ11 autofocus adapter. This adapter allows photographers to use Sony E-mount lenses on APS-C and full-frame Nikon Z cameras. However, the adapter was plagued with compatibility and performance issues. Not even a year later, Megadap is back with a brand-new, second-generation adapter,...
Update: We originally wrote that the Pro-Blade Station would ship next month. However, the Pro-Blade Station will begin shipping in late 2022. The SSD Mag and Transport products are expected to ship in June.
At today's What's Next Western Digital Event, Western Digital announced new products under its SanDisk and...
Photography is an expensive hobby. Even if you exclusively buy entry-level equipment, the costs can add up quickly. Mads Peter Iversen's new video provides many tips to help landscape photographers save money. While the video is aimed at landscape photographers, some of Iversen's tips apply to other photographic genres.
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Over at the B&H Event Space, photographer Mahesh Thapa delivered a presentation aimed at the traveling landscape photographer, 'Essential Gear for Travel Landscape Photography.' That said, the talk should interest any landscape photographer, as there's a lot of overlap between landscape and 'travel' landscape...
H&Y Filters has announced the launch of the world's first magnetic modular filter system, the Revoring Swift. The Swift is the follow-up to the H&Y Revoring, which launched on Kickstarter two years ago. Like the original Revoring, the Revoring Swift is also starting on Kickstarter, where the project has already been...
While we generally focus on camera and lens announcements, binoculars announcements sometimes come across our desks. Optical manufacturers, like Canon, Nikon and Pentax, also make spotting scopes and binoculars in addition to high-quality photographic lenses. The lattermost manufacturer just announced a new series of...