by Travis Lawton on February 27, 2012
GorillaPod SLR-Zoom
Joby has been creating their signature GorillaPods for quite some time now. They have been the perfect little throw in your bag, go anywhere tripod. The big plus with GorillaPods are that they effectively made anything into a tripod. Wrap the GorillaPod around practically anything to create an instant tripod.
For a while, GorillaPods where only made for use with small compact cameras due to the weight of the bigger DSLR’s on the market. Luckily Joby stepped up and created the SLR-Zoom GorillaPod
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by Chris Gampat on February 24, 2012
HoldFast Gear not only sent me the Indispensible Wallet to caress fondle play with, but also their Camera Leash: a fully leather wrist strap for DSLRs. As I’ve stated many times through various posts, I much prefer to wrap my camera strap around my wrist. The reason why is because it keeps my camera at the ready and because it feels more natural as the camera almost becomes a part of me during the shooting experience.
With all that said, I’ve become very smitten with the strap.
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by Mike Pouliot on February 22, 2012
The world of sub $200 tripods seems to be an ever-growing category. In this post, we are going to take a look at one of the newest entries to the party, the Oben AC-1310 with BA-0 ball head. So, is this tripod simply another “disposable” tripod (i.e. you will most likely need to replace it in a year or two), or is this a hidden jewel in the world of tripods? Let’s put it through the ringer and find out.
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by Chris Gampat on February 21, 2012
I’m a photographer that will use something until it totally dies. That means that I’m a big fan of gaffer’s tape, film cameras, etc. Sure the nicest products are nice, but I don’t always need them. When Lexar announced their new 32GB UDMA 8 7 1000x speed professional CF card, I understood why someone would want one: for movies with an HDSLR. Additionally, when used with a USB 3.0 card reader, the upload speeds are blazing fast. But as a photographer that primarily shoots stills and only videos sometimes (like many of you) I wondered if it was worth the investment for myself.
So I put the two cards head to head in a test to see just how much faster the newer technology is than my older card.
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by Chris Gampat on February 17, 2012
I’m a photographer that values both functionality and beauty. Those two can sometimes mix very well together in the photography world. In the case of the newly announced HoldFast Gear Indispensible Wallet, you’ll get an item that is both functional as a wallet for your CF, SD, and business cards while still being quite beautiful. Admittedly though, it leans a bit more towards the beautiful side than functional.
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by Travis Lawton on February 17, 2012
Top View
I think we can all agree that Pocket Wizards are the most popular wireless flash triggering system on the market today. I think we all can also agree that they are the most expensive wireless flash triggering system on the market today. Lucky for all of us non-millionaires, many companies have rose up to challenge Pocket Wizard for people’s business in this arena.
One of those companies is Phottix with their hot shoe wireless flash system they’ve dubbed the Strato II
. In this post we’ll take a look at how well these perform and whether they are a viable alternative to the more expensive, yet proven Pocket Wizard.
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