Profoto is finally bringing HMIs back into their line-up with the announcement of the ProDaylight 400 Air and ProDaylight 800 Air, Metal Halide based continuous light sources, dedicated to work with most of the existing line of Profoto’s Light Shaping Tools. The powerful Metal Halide lamp provides daylight or color temperature, ideal for photo and video shoots.
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Schneider-Kreuznach is launching new tilt-shift lenses for digital single-lens reflex cameras with full-frame image sensor: Super-Angulon 2.8/50 mm HM and Makro-Symmar 4.0/90 mm HM in mounts for Sony A-Mount, Nikon, Canon and Pentax K-Mount at Photokina 2010
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One of the truly cool things about the Sony NEX cameras is their adaptability to many different lenses. One of the very easy adaptations is using the Sony NEX to Alpha mount adapter to pop an Alpha-mount Lensbaby Composer on the Sony NEX-5 camera for a very compact camera that lets your vision run wild…
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Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Capa are rewinding in their graves as the Leica film era comes to an end after a storied 85-year history. I no Leica this news… Read more at asahi.com
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My favorite new piece of cool photo gear is this super-slick Acratech GP Ballhead. It’s great design maximizes function while minimizing weight. Unlike in other ballheads, the Acratech ballheads have no excess metal so no excess weight and no place for dirt or sand to get trapped. Scott Dordick and the guys at Acratech are
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