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Best Light Stands for Travel & Location Photography

[dropcap1]Q:[/dropcap1] My steel C-Stands are killing me when I travel! I’m tired of paying excess baggage charges and breaking my back. There’s gotta be a better way. What do you use? — Jeffery [dropcap1]A:[/dropcap1] My favorite stands for location portrait photography are Avenger Baby Alu lightstands. These heavy duty light stands feature black aluminum alloy […]

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Sony A7R Shuttershock MythBuster

Here’s a video by MythBusting photographer Davin Lavikka that rather cleverly debunks the entire myth of “Sony A7R shuttershock”. The Sony A7R is not the quietest camera I’ve ever owned – nor the loudest – yet I have never seen a single example of shuttershock no matter the focal length or shutter speed. Now the

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Sony announces 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 GII SSM lens

With an improved AF tracking algorithm and SuperSonic Motor providing performance 4x faster than its predecessor, the Sony 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G SSM II Lens $1,148 (B&H) is a versatile telephoto zoom lens well-suited to outdoor sports and wildlife photography. The lens works with A-mount full frame and APS-C cameras and has a maximum aperture of

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Sony A7II USA Price & Availability Announced

SONY A7II ARRIVING IN THE USA DECEMBER 9TH Following last week’s Sony Japan announcement of the A7II, 24MP full-frame mirrorless camera with 5-axis sensor-shift image stabilization – the first of its kind in a full-frame mirrorless camera – comes today’s US pricing and availability announcement. Sony A7II will be available for $1699 (Body Only) or

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One-Day Sale on Zoom Q2HD Video Recorder

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