At the end of 2024, SmallRig, in collaboration with YouTuber Potato Jet, released a unique hydraulic video tripod. This tripod now has a successor, the Second Edition. You can read more about this tripod in this review.
Today, we’ll have a look at the brand-new color calibration tool from Datacolor: the Spyder Express.
Calibrating your monitor is kind of like brushing your teeth. It’s boring to talk about, and you don’t always feel like doing it. But if you don’t, sooner or later, you’re going to regret it.
The release of the Tamron 70-180mm f/2.8 Di III VC VXD G2 lens for the Nikon Z mount completes something people have been waiting on: a full f/2.8 G2 zoom lineup that covers everything from wide to telephoto. You get the range, the light, and the stabilization that makes handheld shooting easier across situations from portraits to wildlife.
JPEGs are having a moment again, and not just on small sensors. When you shoot fast, deliver same day, or want a clean preview without a laptop, dialing in color in-camera changes how you work on set and what you hand off later.
Shiny specs like megapixels and frames per second grab the headlines, but they don’t always make a camera worth carrying every day. The real difference between a tool you love and one that gathers dust often comes down to overlooked features hiding beneath the marketing gloss.
Canon finally shipped the portrait prime you’ve been asking for: an 85mm with speed, modern autofocus, and a body you won’t dread carrying. If you photograph people, you’ll want to know where the Canon RF 85mm f/1.4 L VCM lands against the staples in this focal length.
Wind, scooters, and a single compact body on an island built for sun and stone. This video shows how a tight travel setup changes what you shoot and how you move.
Are you looking for a full frame mirrorless camera that’s relatively affordable? Then check out the Nikon Z5 II. This entry-level model is more than just a basic camera and offers semi-professional features within reach.
The camera industry evolves through a pattern of gradual obsolescence where features that once seemed essential slowly fade away as new technologies offer superior alternatives that better serve photographers' actual needs. Here are five features likely on their way out in the next decade.
The 56mm lens, an 85mm full frame equivalent, has long been the crown jewel for portrait photographers using Fujifilm’s X-mount system. For years, the market has been a crowded battlefield. Fujifilm's own 56mm f/1.2 set the original standard, while the stalwart Sigma 56mm f/1.4 became a legend for its incredible sharpness-to-price ratio.
Wildlife photography often comes down to reach and sharpness. You need distance without losing detail, and that balance usually means testing limits—optically and technically. The OM SYSTEM M.Zuiko Digital ED 50-200mm f/2.8 IS PRO lens aims to hit that balance, but how well it holds up once you start adding teleconverters is what separates an ideal setup from a compromise.
Ranking the greatest camera designs in history isn't just about technical specifications or optical performance. It's about identifying the pivotal moments when engineering brilliance, innovative thinking, and perfect timing converged to fundamentally change how we capture and think about photography. Here are five of the most remarkable camera designs in history.
If you’ve purchased a lovely camera, shouldn’t you buy a lovely, luxurious camera strap for it? That’s a rhetorical question—of course you should! If your camera is your pride and joy—something you’ve aspired to own for a while—and you finally bit the bullet and treated yourself, it’s fitting to give it a beautiful handcrafted shoulder strap.
The Viltrox AF 14mm f/4 Air lens takes the idea of an affordable, ultra-wide option and turns it into something serious for both stills and video. You get the kind of coverage that captures everything in front of you without the heavy cost or bulk of most full frame wide lenses.
Street shooting puts any compact camera to the test, and this one gets pushed in fast-changing light, dense crowds, and constant motion. You’ll see how it actually behaves in the places you use a pocket camera instead of a studio chart.
The lens is arguably the most important piece of photography equipment you own. So, make sure you're spending your money wisely.
Professional work often comes down to speed and flexibility. A fast standard zoom like a 24-70mm f/2.8 is one of the most useful tools you can keep in your kit, and Nikon’s update to their flagship model brings a mix of subtle improvements and some genuinely new features worth paying attention to.
The Fujifilm GFX100RF challenges the way you think about medium format. A camera like this doesn’t simply compete with interchangeable lens systems. It pushes you to consider portability, design, and shooting style in ways that matter when you’re out in the field.
A compact 75mm lens with autofocus is a rare find, and when it comes in at under $200, it turns heads quickly. The TTArtisan AF 75mm f/2 promises sharp images, smooth background blur, and enough reach to compress a scene without weighing down your bag.
Car photography often comes down to balance: placing a strong subject in a compelling setting. A lens that can handle both the environment and the vehicle in front of it can save you from swapping glass constantly and missing the shot.
Canon has released a vlog camera based on the popular Canon EOS R50 mirrorless camera. This APS-C camera is aimed at content creators and has an attractive set of video features without making it too complicated. Canon Netherlands provided the Canon EOS R50 V for a review.
The Sigma 135mm f/1.4 DG Art lens is a unique option if you want razor-sharp portraits with serious background separation. A lens this fast and this long offers something most other telephoto primes can’t: the creamiest blur combined with wide-open sharpness.
A 20–200mm travel zoom changes how you work in tight rooms and sprawling streets. With this lens, you get framing options a 28–200mm simply can’t reach indoors, plus half-macro close-up tricks without switching lenses.
Travel pushes you into long-reach situations you can’t plan but want to capture anyway. A compact super telephoto that stabilizes like a gimbal and fits under an airline seat changes what you can bring and what you get.
Hollyland has consistently been at the forefront of wireless audio capture, and their latest flagship, the LARK MAX 2, represents a push to consolidate nearly every desirable modern audio feature into a single comprehensive system. Are all these features important, or is the result overly complicated?
The photography industry is littered with the corpses of once-mighty brands that dominated their markets for decades before making single, catastrophic decisions that destroyed everything they had built. The worst part isn't that these companies failed. It's that in most cases, they had the technology, resources, and market position to dominate the future they instead chose to ignore.
I believe great photography is a result of great lighting. As someone who has spent a lot of time traveling and shooting in a variety of conditions, light has always been a top priority. Small portable LED lights started to become popular around 5–6 years ago, when dozens of brands began making a variety of lights in different shapes and sizes.
Macro lenses rarely change the way you shoot, but this one pushes past life-size and keeps autofocus. If you want cleaner close-ups, steadier handheld results, and more control over depth, take a look at this option.
The Panasonic Lumix S 100-500mm f/5-7.1 O.I.S. lens gives you reach that’s rare in a package this compact. Wildlife, sports, and travel shooters often need long focal lengths, but carrying massive lenses adds weight and hassle. This lens aims to fix that by stretching all the way to 500mm while staying small enough to fit comfortably in a standard kit bag.
Wacom has introduced the MovinkPad Pro 14, a larger and more powerful addition to its Portable Creative Pad family. Building on the MovinkPad 11, the new device features a 14-inch OLED display, upgraded performance, and enhanced workflow tools aimed at both aspiring and professional creators.
There was something almost sacred about the ritual of loading film, the weight of a purely mechanical camera, and the knowledge that every shot truly mattered because you couldn't just delete your mistakes. We gained convenience with digital, but we lost the soul of what made photography feel like an art form instead of just pointing and clicking.
Wildlife work lives or dies on reach and handling, and a long zoom that actually goes to 800mm changes what you can shoot. You get tighter subjects without creeping closer, plus the flexibility to reframe when behavior shifts or the scene opens up.
The Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S II lens is built as a workhorse, and the update matters. This is the kind of lens you can keep on your camera for most situations, whether that’s video, weddings, or travel. Nikon trimmed the weight, refined the build, and packed in features aimed at both still shooters and video creators.
Here are 10 features that should be standard on every camera regardless of price point, but somehow still aren't.
Sony has announced the FE 100mm f/2.8 Macro GM OSS, a new medium-telephoto macro lens for its full frame E-mount system. Positioned within the company’s high-end G Master lineup, the lens is built to deliver sharp rendering with smooth bokeh, advanced macro-specific controls, and enhanced autofocus performance.
Back in the day, if you wanted a full frame 14mm f/2.8 lens, the price tag was hard to swallow. Today, you can get one for a fraction of the cost, which is why this new budget option has drawn attention.
There was a time when professionals swore by a format that gave them speed, reach, and reliability in ways nothing else could. A decade later, it’s little more than a ghost in photography’s memory.
The Hasselblad 907X and CFV 100C medium format mirrorless camera is one of the most unique systems you’ll come across. It takes the retro waist-level shooting style of film cameras and pairs it with modern digital features, all while packing in a massive 100-megapixel sensor. The combination creates a slower, more deliberate shooting process that can change how you approach your work.
The Fujifilm GF 50mm f/3.5 R LM WR stands out because it makes medium format shooting far more practical than it used to be. You can carry it on hikes, toss it into a bag for travel, or leave it on a camera at home without it feeling like a burden. That opens the door to using medium format in places you’d normally default to a smaller camera.
Prime lenses can look similar on paper but behave very differently once mounted. Differences in size, sharpness, and focusing speed end up shaping how you actually shoot.
The camera industry has never been afraid to experiment. Over the years, manufacturers have pushed boundaries with bold ideas, ambitious technology, and sometimes outright gambles. Innovation often comes with risk, and not every product makes it across the finish line successfully.
The 9mm focal length opens creative doors you don’t get with more common lenses. Its perspective exaggeration can give you drama in landscapes and an immersive feel in tight spaces. At the same time, wide angles aren’t easy to master, so having one that balances performance with portability makes the challenge more rewarding.
The Panasonic Lumix S 100-500mm f/5-7.1 O.I.S. lens is a surprising release. It manages to pack a long focal range into a lens that feels smaller and easier to handle than you’d expect. If you shoot sports or wildlife, you already know how rare it is to find reach like this in a package that won’t demand a huge bag or tripod every time you take it out.
I recently shot a roll of side-by-side photos in the Ricoh GR1 and the Minolta TC-1. I loaded both of these compact classics with Kodak Portra 160 and shot the images around Brisbane.
A 6mm circular fisheye lens isn’t something you come across every day, and it immediately changes how you think about composition. With a 220° field of view, it literally captures more than your eyes can see, making it both a challenge and an opportunity. Shooting with it demands new habits, like holding your camera far out to avoid including your own arms in the frame.
For portraits on medium format, you may not always want absolute sharpness. There are times when you want softness, glow, and character in your images, and certain lenses can give you that mood in ways others cannot. The choice of lens affects not just the look of your photos but also the way you approach shooting.
Let’s discuss insights from a video by Pit Haupert on effectively using a 35mm lens for photography. It highlights key composition techniques to enhance the clarity and appeal of images captured with this lens.
The Viltrox AF 14mm f/4 Air lens is compact, light, and priced at just $200. For travel, street work, or simply keeping your kit lightweight, this kind of wide angle option changes how you think about what you pack, opening up creative framing possibilities without taking up much space in your bag.
This lens is definitely not what we expected, and I’m saying that as a good thing. Gone are the days of wide lenses being such a hassle to use, and this lens is one of the reasons behind that.
We’ve reached the limits of physics, but not of imagination. The next great leap in photography will come from computation, not optics.