Eric Reagan

Affinity Photo Now Available as a Serious Photoshop Competitor

July 11, 2015 By Eric Reagan

Affinity Photo is a new Photoshop competitor for Apple users. While there a many features that mirror the functionality inside Photoshop, a notable one is that you can open, edit and save Photoshop PSD files inside Affinity Photo. [Read more…]

Lytro Releases Big Updates for ILLUM Camera and Imaging Software

July 10, 2015 By Eric Reagan

Lytro has announced new updates for its ILLUM camera and has updated the Lytro Desktop software to version 4.3. [Read more…]

Olloclip Active Lens & iPhone 6 Case Review

July 9, 2015 By Eric Reagan

I first saw Olloclip’s new iPhone case back at CES this year in its pre-production form and was pretty pumped at the concept. Now that I’ve been using the Olloclip iPhone 6 case (they call it the “Ollocase”) along with the new Active Lens. [Read more…]

Nikon D750 Service Advisory Warns of Shutter “Shading” Problem

July 9, 2015 By Eric Reagan

Nikon has issued a service advisory for the D750 as a result of a shutter malfunction that affects some units manufactured between October and November 2014. [Read more…]

Manfrotto Adds New 20L Backpack to Off Road Collection

July 9, 2015 By Eric Reagan

Manfrotto has added a smaller 20L backpack option to its popular Off Road Collection, which we first saw late last year and was officially unveiled in January this year. [Read more…]

Canon Has Produced 110 Million EF Lenses (but is slowing down)

July 9, 2015 By Eric Reagan

On June 22, 2015, a Canon EF 11-24mm f/4L USM lens rolled off the production line as the 110,000,000th lens in the EF-series product line.

Canon began producing EF lenses for the Canon EOS system in 1987 and, by 1995, had produced 10 million lenses. Canon has reached each 10 million lens production mark faster than than last with the exception of a measurable decline for the last two milestones. [Read more…]

Canon Unveils the Radio-triggered Speedlite 430EX III-RT

July 8, 2015 By Eric Reagan

Canon has added another radio-triggered flash to its lineup. The Canon Speedlite 430EX III-RT replaces the existing 430EX II, which did not feature triggering via radio technology. [Read more…]

Amazon Announces ‘Prime Day’ with More Deals than Black Friday

July 8, 2015 By Eric Reagan

Amazon has announced Prime Day, a one-day shopping event for Amazon Prime members that takes place next Wednesday, July 15.

Amazon says that it will offer more deals than Black Friday (and it always has a ton of great deals on Black Friday).

Obviously, this is a ploy to get more people to sign up for Amazon Prime memberships. That said, I’ve been an Amazon Prime member for years and have always been happy with my membership benefits.

Aside from the free 2-day shipping, Amazon Prime offers a ton of other benefits with free instant video, Prime music, photo storage and lots more.

You can learn more about Prime Day here on Amazon.com.

I’ll post any great photography or video deals that I see next week on Prime Day.

Watch the Mars Rover Drive a Marathon Over 11 Years

July 7, 2015 By Eric Reagan

NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity started driving around Mars in January 2004. Over 11 years later, it completed its first marathon as the odometer rolled over 26.2 miles. [Read more…]