Product Reviews Nanlite MixPanel 150 review: all the colors of the rainbow Powerful, 150 watt RGB LED light with loads of customizable options and controls
Product Reviews Film Emulation Presets and Styles for Lightroom and Capture One Film emulation presets and styles stylize digital images to resemble classic film stocks of the twentieth century: Kodak Portra 400, Fuji Pro 400, Kodak Ektar 100, Ilford Delta 400, just to name a few. They’re popular for matching digital images to film (a common task today in wedding photography)
Product Reviews H&Y Revoring review: the end of step-up rings? For years, photographers and filmmakers have used step-up rings to mount large filters on smaller lenses because buying one, large filter and a set of step-up rings is cheaper than buying multiple sizes of the same filter. Step-up rings save money, but otherwise? They pretty much suck. Step-up rings frequently
Product Reviews Freewell Glow Mist filters review: getting the glow look Magnetized filters that bloom highlights, soften detail, lift contrast, and take some of the digital out of digital
Product Reviews PolarPro Summit Landscape Kit review: beautiful design and results Unique square filter system with solid neutral density filters and an integrated circular polarizer designed for landscape photographers
Product Reviews Datacolor SpyderX Pro review: simple display calibration If you’re a photographer, filmmaker, or designer, odds are you’ve heard people talk about the importance of display calibration. But why? What problem does it solve? In this video, I explain why desktop and laptop screens should be calibrated, answer common questions about display calibration, and go through
Product Reviews Canon EOS R5 / R6 photo and video accessories The Canon EOS R5 is a fantastic camera for both photography and video, but it’s even better with accessories! In this post, I’ll walk you through a list of recommended accessories for the R5 — batteries, cards, cables, adapters, you name it — to make your experience with the camera
Product Reviews Review: Weeylite Ninja 400 & Godox VL150 When building out a creative studio for photography or video, a bright continuous LED light is one of the most important hardware investments. Buying the right LED light can be tricky, for there are different types, with different features, sold at prices hundreds of dollars apart. You don’t want
Product Reviews EF to RF Adapters / Which One Should You Buy? Note: This article was updated on July 7, 2021 to include more information about Canon's OEM adapters, Viltrox compatibility information, etc. If you’re upgrading from a Canon DSLR to a new “R” mirrorless model, you probably own at least a couple of EF and/or EF-S lenses.
Digitally recreating the look of Kodak Aerochrome Kodak stopped producing Aerochrome infrared film in 2009, but the film lives on today thanks to digital technology. In this video — part two of my series about Kodak Aerochrome — I attempt to recreate the look of the film using a full spectrum infrared camera and film emulation presets for Adobe
Product Reviews Viltrox 33mm f/1.4 EF-M review: nice prime for less money 33mm prime lens with a large f/1.4 aperture that is compatible with all Canon EF-M mount cameras
Product Reviews iFootage Seastars review: fastest gear switch in the west Makes moving your entire camera setup from one tripod to another quick, easy and safe
Product Reviews My photo and video gear for YouTube (2020) I often receive questions from viewers of my YouTube channel about gear for creating YouTube videos. Every few months (or when my setup changes in a notable way), I post a video sharing new gear added to my studio. Update (12/19/2020): A couple of months after recording this
Product Reviews Kolari Vision neutral density filter review: pretty much perfect Kolari Vision is known for its full spectrum camera conversions and infrared filters, but now they’re getting into the (crowded) field of general-purpose neutral density filters. In this video, I test out the Kolari ND to see how it compares to two of the top neutral density filters from
Product Reviews Zeapon Micro 2 slider review: compact and fully motorized Real world test of the Zeapon Micro 2, a motorized, programmable slider in a small package
