Dinesh Chauhan

I have spent the last three months shooting portraits with Pergear lenses on my Sony A7 III and a borrowed Panasonic S5, and I want to save you the trial-and-error I went through. The best Pergear lenses for portrait photography punch well above their price tags, especially when you mount one of their f/1.4 primes … Read more

I spent the last three months shooting short films across three cities with nothing but a smartphone and a bag of clip-on lenses. After roughly 40 hours of footage, 12 different rigs, and more rolling shutter than I care to admit, I know which phone camera lens kits for filmmaking actually deliver cinematic results and … Read more

I spent six weeks shooting restaurant menus, Sunday brunch spreads, and a stack of cookbooks with nothing but my phone and a handful of clip-on lenses, and what I learned surprised me. Phone camera lenses for food photography have come a long way from the cheap fisheye toys of a few years ago, and some … Read more

I’ve spent the last two months testing clip-on and case-mount phone camera lenses on my Galaxy S24 Ultra, snapping roughly 1,200 photos at concerts, in my garden, and during a road trip through the Smokies. The best phone camera lenses for Samsung Galaxy phones can transform your built-in cameras into wide-angle landscapes, extreme telephotos, and … Read more

I have been shooting with Nikon DSLRs for over a decade, and the question I get asked the most in is still simple: which one should I buy? The honest answer is that Nikon has not released a new DSLR body in years, yet the lineup they built between 2014 and 2020 is so good … Read more

Choosing the best Nikon DSLR cameras for filmmakers in is harder than it looks. Mirrorless cameras dominate the headlines, but a great Nikon DSLR still delivers 4K video, full-frame depth, and access to decades of F-mount lenses at prices that make sense for indie creators. After testing eight current Nikon DSLRs for video over the … Read more

After three months of testing eight different models in real driving conditions, I can tell you which best nextbase dash cameras actually deliver on their promises and which ones come up short. Nextbase holds the title of UK’s bestselling dash cam brand, and that reputation comes from a mix of solid hardware, regular firmware updates, … Read more

When I started shooting video professionally back in 2018, I struggled with blown-out highlights every time I stepped outside. The 180-degree shutter rule that gives footage that cinematic motion blur left me with images so overexposed they looked like I was filming the sun itself. After spending three months testing the top nd filter kits … Read more

I’ve spent the last four months shooting with ten different Nikon lenses across two systems, from street photography in Lisbon to wildlife shoots in Yellowstone, and I’m convinced the right glass matters far more than the body you strap it to. The best Nikon lenses today split into two worlds: native NIKKOR Z optics for … Read more

Choosing the best nikon prime lenses for filmmakers changed how I shoot video on my Z6 III. After three years of testing glass on documentary projects and wedding gigs, I learned that prime lenses give you the cinematic look, shallow depth of field, and clean autofocus that zooms rarely match. Filmmakers need lenses that breathe … Read more