Dinesh Chauhan

I have spent the last four months testing action cameras on my skateboard – dropping down stair sets, grinding rails, and bombing hills to see which models survive real skating. After mounting them to my board, helmet, and chest rig, I can tell you the best cameras for skateboarding videos in are not all created … Read more

I have spent the last two years riding with cameras strapped to my helmet, chest, and handlebars. The best cameras for motovlogging all share three traits: rock-solid stabilization, wind-resistant audio, and mounting flexibility that survives highway speeds. Motovlogging is recording video while riding a motorcycle, typically with an action camera mounted on a helmet or … Read more

I’ve spent the last six years riding sport bikes, ADV rigs, and a beat-up scrambler through rain, dust, and mountain switchbacks. Along the way I’ve strapped action cameras to every helmet I own. I burned through three cheap mounts, lost one camera to a wet tail, and learned that “4K” on the box doesn’t mean … Read more

Drone racing demands split-second reactions, and the camera on your quad is the single component standing between you and a clean gate pass at 90 mph. When I built my first racing drone five years ago, I picked a camera based on price alone and spent months wondering why I kept clipping gates in bright … Read more

I’ve spent the last decade filming everything from bass tournaments in Texas to fly fishing trips in Montana, and I can tell you one thing: the best cameras for fishing videos have changed more in the last three years than in the previous decade. When I started out, action cameras were bulky, shaky, and died … Read more

I lost a Canon point-and-shoot to a rogue wave on Lake Michigan three summers ago. The plunge taught me a hard lesson: regular cameras and kayaks do not mix. After that sinking moment, I spent the next two summers testing dedicated waterproof rigs on everything from glassy sea kayaking trips to class III whitewater. This … Read more

I have spent the better part of three years testing cameras on backcountry trails, alpine lakeshores, and rainy campgrounds across the western US. The right camera can make or break your outdoor memories. The wrong one ends up as dead weight in your pack or worse, broken after one trail day. Finding the best cameras … Read more

I lost three full days of wildlife shots in Yellowstone last spring because my Sony NP-FZ100 batteries died and I had no way to recharge. That mistake pushed me to test every solar charger I could get my hands on, and what I learned changed how I pack for every backcountry trip. Photographers who work … Read more

I’ve spent the last five years shooting Milky Way landscapes and deep-sky targets, and I can tell you from experience that the wrong headlamp will wreck a shoot faster than a dying battery. When I set out to find the best headlamps for night photographers in , I tested 10 models across three months in … Read more

Living on the road means every sunset, mountain pass, and campfire moment deserves a camera that can keep up. I have spent the last two years testing camera gear from the cramped confines of a converted Sprinter, and I can tell you firsthand that not every camera works for van life. Van dwellers face challenges … Read more