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If you often shoot with complex setups of multiple flash strobes remotely triggered using PocketWizard radio gear, the company has a new offering that will help you take care of your valuable transceivers. (And it can also double as a handy bag to protect a full-sized SLR, if you don't want to carry a full-sized camera bag.)
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There are a lot of rugged, weather-sealed digital cameras to choose from these days, but to date they've pretty-much all shared an Achilles heel. To charge them, you've had to open the camera up, adding a little wear and tear to the weather-sealing and perhaps introducing some dirt or debris in the process. The Pentax WG-3 GPS is, we believe,...
Pentax's first fixed-lens enthusiast model.
Until now, there's been a clear differentiation in Pentax's camera lineup. Between its various mirrorless, SLR, and medium-format models, the company provides quite a few options for experienced shooters and those looking for room to grow. Its fixed-lens models, meanwhile, are aimed at consumers...
(Editor's note: Photographer Alan Sailer captured the spectacular images of exploding cameras on this page with a Nikon D90, using high-speed photography techniques. The following is text he sent us explaining the process behind these mind-blowing shots. To see more of Sailer's images, check out his Flickr page.)
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What do you get when you place a Nikon D80 and a flash in a haunted house and have it automatically shoot a photo at one of the most frightening moments? Some hilarious photos of some very, very scared people.
That's what they've done once again at the Nightmares Fear Factory in Niagra Falls, Canada and some of the...
Now that large, high-resolution screens are commonplace, camera interfaces have come along in leaps and bounds over the last few years. The same can't really be said for the interfaces on external flash strobes, though. Even on high-end strobes with an LCD panel, the interface typically features a few soft buttons whose...
What separates great pictures from ordinary ones? It is the use of ambient light. Despite that, many people continue to shoot all their photos with their camera flashes blazing away.
Most of the time, that built-in flash in your phone or camera kills the natural light and is the ruin of otherwise decent photos. Certainly flash has its uses but it was never meant for every...
Updated firmware for LPA Design's PocketWizard MiniTT1 and FlexTT5 radios today adds support for several new camera bodies and flash accessories from Canon and Nikon, as well as certain Sekonic light meters. The updates also bring improvements in quite a number of other areas.
Newly-supported camera bodies include the Nikon D4, Nikon D800, and Nikon D800E. The expanded flash...
The other day, I went to an exhibition of photographs by W. Eugene Smith. Entering the museum, I spotted a sign that said, “No Flash Photography!” Out of curiosity, I walked over to a museum guard and asked him why flash photography was prohibited.
His response was "le froid de la lumière est mauvaise pour l'art" - "the cold from the flash is bad for the art." Cold from the...
Photo accessory company Gary Fong Inc. has launched a new flash diffuser compatible with Sony's unusual Quick Shift Bounce flash strobes. The Gary Fong Gamma Diffuser works with both the flagship HVL-F58AM strobe, and its somewhat less powerful (but more affordable) younger sibling, the HVL-F43AM.
The Gamma diffuser straps firmly onto the head of either strobe, and so swivels...
Portland, Oregon photographer Martin Waugh is obsessed with water. Trained in physics, about 10 years ago he was fascinated by high-speed photography and the balloon popping, smashing light bulb, water splashing images of Harold Edgerton.
Seeing those images, he decided that it was the perfect way to blend his love of science and photography. He set up a rig for taking photos...
When Fujifilm announced the Fuji X-Pro1 last January, a new flash strobe was quietly introduced alongside the attention-grabbing compact system camera. Today, the Fuji EF-X20 flash strobe makes its formal debut.
Although the retro-styled EF-X20's looks nicely complement those of Fuji's X-series cameras, the new strobe is also compatible with many of Fuji's other cameras,...
Nikon Inc. has today announced a new flagship for its Speedlight flash strobe lineup, in the form of the Nikon SB-910 Speedlight.
An update to the earlier SB-900 model, the Nikon SB-910 is just a little smaller--but a little heaver--than its predecessor, and has an identical guide number of 34 meters (111.5 feet) at ISO 100 with the zoom head in the 35mm position. Most other...
Mail-in rebate available in the U.S. only for MiniTT1® and FlexTT5® Wireless Flash Triggering System for Nikon
Elmsford, NY – (November 3, 2011) – MAC Group, a leading manufacturer and distributor of professional photographic equipment, announces today a $25 mail-in rebate for U.S. customers that purchase a PocketWizard MiniTT1 and/or FlexTT5 radio for use with...
