Tenba has released a number of cool new bags this year, including the Roadie II rolling camera cases for travelers, the functional and mobile Discovery collection, and the colorful Vector collection camera bags. [Read more…]
Smith-Victor Fluorescent Light Bank Overview
The Smith-Victor FLO-220 and its sibling models are affordable, fluorescent lights for video use. The lights come with built-in barn doors and have custom eggcrate louvers available. The lights are daylight balanced at 5600K, use flicker-free tubes, and are dimmable down to 1/4-power. [Read more…]
Speedotron Brown and Black Line Overview
Speedotron has been in the photo gear business since 1939. The core of the Speedotron products are the Brown line and Black line packs and heads. [Read more…]
Western Digital Storage Products at PhotoPlus 2011
I caught up with Matt Bennion at PhotoPlus 2011 and talked to him about some of the recent products from Western Digital.
I’m very excited about the My Book Live, which I talked about when the WD 2go App was announced a couple months ago. The update through the WD 2go App for the MyBook Live drives gives us so much power to freely share large files without the need of some middleman charging us for another storage or transfer service. [Read more…]
Spider Holster Overview
If you are looking for an alternative to the traditional camera strap, take a look at this overview of the Spider Holster system from PhotoPlus 2011. The Spider Holster does what it sounds like – it provides a holster for your DSLR that you wear on your hip. [Read more…]
Cool-lux On-Camera Lighting Gear
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I checked out some of the Cool-lux quartz-halogen lights for on-camera use while I was at PhotoPlus 2011. Bob Higgins from Cool-lux provided a quick rundown of a couple key products in the above video.
Here are links to the products he talked about in the video: [Read more…]
SmugMug at PhotoPlus 2011
SmugMug had a packed booth at PhotoPlus 2011. There were a number of SmugMug staff members on hand who were offering support to members on the iMacs in their booth, as well as showing off site features to prospective customers. [Read more…]
Fuji X10 and X-Series at PhotoPlus 2011
I talked to Fujifilm’s Kayce Baker at PhotoPlus 2011. She gave us a little overview of the new Fuji X10, along with a little tease about future X-Series cameras that should be along very soon now. [Read more…]
New Lowepro Bags at PhotoPlus 2011
Lowepro had some new bags at PhotoPlus 2011, including the recently announced DSLR Video Fastpack bags, which comes in three sizes. In the above video, you can also see a quick overview of the new Messenger bag and Lowepro’s lightest roller bag yet, the Roller Lite.
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Ilford Imaging at PhotoPlus 2011
In the above video, Ilford Imaging’s Jane Dixon gives a brief overview of the company’s paper products, including Ilford’s Gold Fibre Silk, Smooth Gloss, Smooth Pearl and others. [Read more…]