Photo Gear

Cool Gear: Vincent Laforet Rolls Out MōVI

Photographer/Director Vincent Laforet has just rolled out a really slick camera stabilization rig called MōVI. Which he describes as digital 3-axis gyro-stabilized handheld camera gimbal. What that mean to you is that it helps keep your video rig steady even if your running along side you subject. The rig weighs under 3.5 pounds bare and […]

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Shooting Serena and Sharapova at the Sony Open

Last week, I dropped by the Sony Open to photograph some tennis, catch up with a couple old friends and try out two of Sony’s new telephoto lenses: the Sony 500mm/F4 G and Sony 300mm/F2.8 G II. Since these two lenses together retail for a bit north of twenty grand, BIG thanks to Sony’s Kenta

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Cool Gear: TetherTools Aero Table + LoPro-2 Bracket

Published: March 22, 2013 The truth is that I’ll do anything I can to avoid tethering, but I do it to make reviewing images easier when clients are on set. I’ll also tether if I want to apply preset “look” to the shoot. I love that Tether Tools makes this as easy as possible and

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Cool Gear: Sony CZ 135/1.8 Lens

My pal Chris Gampat just posted his great review of the Sony Zeiss 135mm f1.8 on thephoblographer.com It reminded me that though I’ve mentioned the lens many times, I’ve never written a full post about it. That’s a mistake on my part since this lens certainly deserves more attention. Sony’s Zeiss 135/1.8 lens (Amazon |

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Sony Alpha Firmware Updates

Sony Electronics has released Firmware Updates for the Sony a99, a77, a65 and a57 cameras. It takes a bit of digging to find the right link for every camera on the Sony website, so I’ve compiled them all here. If your camera is missing from this list: Search for Sony firmware updates here by searching

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