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
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