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Photographers use a range of different filters on their camera lenses for different effects and purposes, and one of the most common filters found in a camera bag is the standard UV filter. In this guide, we will analyze what a UV filter is and if it is necessary to have one attached to our

A long list of Sony’s consumer products is getting a 14% price hike starting on February 1, the company announced today. That includes the Alpha series of cameras and interchangeable lenses. Citing a range of external factors, Sony says that it has to revise its pricing across a wide range of consumer products that are

Canon has designed a pair of RF-mount catadioptric telephoto lenses that it says successfully corrects for field curvature while still being small, lightweight, and have a large aperture: a 300mm f/2.3 and a 400mm f/5. The most impressive of these two designs is the 300mm f/2.3, as the design is just seven inches long according

The Power Junkie v2 is a small platform that can connect to and power up to three devices — including a camera and accessories like a monitor — via 12V or 8.4V DC output or USB-C that can output a range of voltages up to 20V at 1.1A. Blind Spot, the group behind the Power

Nikon Japan has announced that it will discontinue the production of the SB-500 Speedlite and is also temporarily suspending new orders for the SB-5000 Speedlite due to difficulty sourcing parts. The company previously had to “temporarily” suspend the production of the SB-500 on August 4, 2022, but has decided not to resume that production due

Apple’s Mac mini has always been positioned as the company’s affordable desktop machine, an alternative to the low-end iMac for those that don’t need or want the iMac’s display. It’s a machine that has sometimes seemed to languish while other Mac models got performance upgrades. That has changed. Historically, the updates to the Mac mini

Tilta’s new battery camera grip not only improves ergonomics but also holds a rechargeable 50Wh battery that can provide 60W power delivery via a USB-C connection. Tilta produces a range of accessories that enhance the base shooting experiences for multiple cameras, including an add-on SSD for any Sony Alpha camera that uses CFexpress Type A

Low-cost lenses started appearing in the market in the last twenty years or so, with prices coming down steadily. When I saw another inexpensive lens in an article a couple of months ago, it grabbed my attention not with its price but with its core feature. It was a shift lens. An 18mm, fixed-aperture at

Sony has transitioned the manufacturing of cameras that are destined to be sold in Japan, the United States, and Europe out of China and to a factory in Thailand, which amounts to about 90% of its total production. According to a report from Nikkei, Sony determined that the risk wholly China-based manufacturing to its supply

Benro has developed what it says is the world’s first travel tripod with “one-key auto-leveling” that uses a battery-powered system that will adjust a tripod to be perfectly level automatically. The new tripod is called the Theta and is billed as a travel tripod that has built-in smart features that allows a photographer to focus