Gear

Laowa shows off 15mm f/5 “Cookie” lens at CP+ 2024

Mar 4, 2024
John Aldred

Despite not having been officially announced, Venus Optics has been showing off a new lens at CP+ 2024. It’s the Laowa 15mm f/5 Cookie lens,…

New Shoten lens adapter puts the Canon 50mm f/0.95 lens adapter on your Sony

Mar 4, 2024
John Aldred

Shoten has announced a new lens adapter. It’s called the Shoten L095-SE, and it lets you adapt the legendary Canon 50mm f/0.95 and other lenses…

You can now buy a Leica CL prototype for “just” $65,000

Mar 2, 2024
Sagiv Gilburd

If you ever dreamed of owning a one-of-a-kind Leica camera, now is your chance… if you have $65,000 lying around. An unknown prototype of the…

Free film simulations come to the Nikon Zf (and other Z cameras)

Mar 1, 2024
John Aldred

There’s an online tool for Nikon users. It’s been sitting there, happily running away in the background, with most Nikon owners completely unaware of its…

Canon quietly releases ST-E3-RT Version 3 flash trigger

Mar 1, 2024
John Aldred

Canon has released a new Canon ST-E3-RT Version 3 flash trigger (buy here). They haven’t made a big announcement, though. It’s just started popping up…

Shimbol M7 and Memory 7 Pro 7″ field monitors feature built-in recording

Mar 1, 2024
John Aldred

Shimbol has announced its newest monitors, the Shimbol M7 (buy here) and the Memory 7 Pro (buy here). The two monitors are essentially 7″ versions…

Here are the biggest camera flops of all time

Feb 29, 2024
John Aldred

Cameras are at a point now where there are almost no bad ones anymore. There have been some odd camera releases to get where we…

The Brightin Star 12mm f/2.0 MKIII has no distortion

Feb 29, 2024
Sagiv Gilburd

Brightin Star added a new lens to their catalog. The new lens is a new revision of their 12mm f/2.0 lens, earning the name Brightin…

The best travel photography setups, from basic to luxury

Feb 29, 2024
Roman Fox

In this blog, I will cover different photography kits depending on your budget and your needs. I will show you what can be achieved with…

Prime vs. zoom lenses: What’s best for Milky Way photography?

Feb 28, 2024
Alyn Wallace

The debate over prime versus zoom lenses is one that echoes around most genres of photography but there are important and specific points to be…