Dinesh Chauhan

I spent three months shooting fashion editorials in my Brooklyn studio with eight different parabolic softbox kits, and what surprised me most wasn’t the price differences – it was how dramatically the light quality shifted between sizes and depths. A parabolic softbox for fashion photography isn’t just a bigger softbox. The deep, curved shape produces … Read more

Finding the best padded camera dividers changed how I travel with my gear. After losing a lens to a cracked filter ring during a backpacking trip, I started testing every divider set I could get my hands on. Two years and 23 different inserts later, I know which ones actually protect glass and which ones … Read more

After spending 90 days testing 12 different models in real homes and backyards, I can tell you the best pan tilt security cameras in are a completely different category than the fixed-lens models from a few years ago. These motorized cameras cover a full 360-degree horizontal sweep with a single lens, which means one camera … Read more

I spent the last three months shooting with every Lumix model I could get my hands on, from compact point-and-shoots to the full-frame S5II. After roughly 800 hours of field testing across weddings, wildlife shoots, and travel assignments, I have a clear picture of which Panasonic cameras actually deliver in . Panasonic Lumix cameras have … Read more

If you shoot with a Panasonic Lumix S, Leica SL, or Sigma fp camera, picking from the best Panasonic L mount lenses can transform your work without forcing you to leave the mount you already trust. I have spent the past three months rotating twelve L-mount lenses across my Lumix S5II and S1R bodies, shooting … Read more

If you shoot with a Panasonic Lumix S5 II, S1R, S5 IIX, or one of Leica’s SL bodies, the lens you mount changes everything about how your images look. After testing 12 native Panasonic L mount lenses over six weeks in our studio and on location, I picked the models that delivered the best balance … Read more

When filmmakers ask me which brand consistently delivers the best video tools in a mirrorless body, my answer is always Panasonic. I have been shooting with Lumix cameras since the original GH2, and I have watched Panasonic push video specs into the GH series, the S series, and now the second-generation hybrid lineup. The eight … Read more

I slipped a pancake lens onto my Sony a6400 for a two-week trip through Lisbon, and the camera basically vanished inside my jacket pocket. That experience changed how I think about mirrorless setups. A pancake lens trades a few millimeters of focal length flexibility for a camera body that you actually carry, and the best … Read more

I spent the last three months shooting coastal cliffs in Oregon, snowy ridges in the Rockies, and a dozen sunrises in the California desert with eight different panoramic tripod heads bolted to my carbon-fiber legs. The result is this list of the best panoramic tripod heads for landscape photographers I would actually carry again. A … Read more

I learned this the hard way on a shoot in Iceland. My camera body arrived with a cracked LCD after a checked-baggage handler clearly did not share my affection for it. That was the day I bought my first Pelican case, and I have not trusted soft bags with cinema gear since. If you film … Read more