Photo Gear

Cool Gear: Acratech GP Ballhead

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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PhotoShelter Salutes Point-and-Shoot Cameras

Grover Sanschagrin of PhotoShelter put together this great article about Professional Photographers who also shoot with Point-and-Shoot cameras. It’s great to see that so many of my friends also carry a small camera with them everywhere they go. Afterall, the best camera you can own is the one you’ve got with you…

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Sony Launches NEX-VG10 E-Mount HD Camcorder

Sony has launched it’s E-mount NEX-VG10E camcorder, the worlds’ first consumer-grade HD camcorder with interchangeable lenses. Although appearing under Sony’s Handycam brand, rather than Alpha, it retains a lot in common with the Alpha NEX series. It features the same 14.6MP Exmor APS HD CMOS sensor but is capable of recording 1080i video at a

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Sony NEX-5: This Small Camera is going to be HUGE!

I finally got my hands on the new Sony NEX-5 digital camera this morning, when FedEx showed up with a pre-production model. Though I saw prototypes at PMA this year, it’s shocking to hold it your hand and try to figure out how Sony was able to fit an APS sensor into such a small

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The NEX Big Thing

Can’t wait to get my hands on the new Sony NEX-5 that puts an APS sensor into a tiny point-n-shoot body. With the 16mm/2.8 lens, it’s got the makings of a perfect walk-around camera… The 1080 HD Video is very impressive as well… Sony also announced this cool new E-mount interchangeable lens HD camcorder

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