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After the success of the Lime One in 2020, German-based HEDECO has released the follow-up Lime Two which maintains a small form factor but adds new features and options. The Lime One was successfully backed on Kickstarter in 2020 when it raised €72,453 (about $82,740 in that year’s average exchange rate). Back then, PetaPixel noted

RODE has announced a headset version of its NTH-100 headphones that adds a broadcast-grade condenser microphone for highly detailed voice reproduction. The mic is also available as an add-on for those who already own the headphones. The NTH-100s that were launched last year were RODE’s first foray into the headphone space and it is following

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

After new flagship full-frame camera releases in 2021 from Canon, Nikon and Sony, 2022 was quieter on the full-frame mirrorless front, but there were some exciting introductions of smaller-sensor cameras. Full-frame models tend to draw the most attention, but there are advantages of APS-C and Micro Four Thirds sensors in terms of focal length magnification

Ricoh has announced the GR III Diary Edition, which features a different “warm gray” finish, comes with specially-designed accessories, and debuts a new image mode that provides “a negative-film finishing appearance.” The limited edition camera kit, which Ricoh will only produce 2,000 total units of worldwide, is yet another special edition version of a the

Autel has announced the EVO Max 4T drone that can perform semi-autonomous flight missions and is equipped with two high-resolution cameras — including a telephoto option with a 10x optical zoom — and an infrared camera. Autel is positioning the EVO Max 4T for as ideal for both “prosumer” applications as well as for enterprise,

Leica. The name conjures notions of luxury, history, quality, and precision. This especially applies to Leica’s M-mount lenses. While some of Leica’s latest camera bodies like the M11 have gathered praise, the lenses have set the industry gold standard. This article is a complete guide to Leica M lenses, from picking the right lens for

Leica making a TV seems very out of place, and yet, it showcased its new Cine 1 Laser TV at CES this week, opening a new product category the brand says it’s committing to going forward. While it might still come as a surprise to many, Leica telegraphed its plans to get into home entertainment

Canon’s new RF 135mm f/1.8 L IS USM is an essential lens in the company’s mirrorless system, not only because the focal length is a staple choice of portrait, wedding, and corporate photography, but because Canon’s latest prime is truly exceptional. The RF 135mm f/1.8 L stands out because it’s one of only two lenses

Apple is interested in developing a way for its Pencil accessory to be able to sample both the color and texture of real-world surfaces via an optical sensor in its tip. According to a patent application spotted by Patently Apple, the Silicon Valley giant has described a way to enhance the Apple Pencil with functionality

Nanoleaf’s latest uses a television-mounted camera to watch on-screen content and match its lighting products’ output to produce a room-filling, immersive experience. Nanoleaf has announced a set of new products that push its support for lighting out of the office and into the rest of the house with the launch of new overhead lighting and