equipment
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Fujifilm’s New Hybrid Instant Camera Pairs Retro Style With Modern Amenities
As much as our brains have grown to depend on the steady stream of likes from sharing photos on social media, there’s still something to be said for the immediate gratification of an instant camera spitting out a fridge-worthy snapshot. With Fujifilm’s new retro-themed Instax Mini Evo, you get the best of both worlds.
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Joby Redesigned the Flexible Legs on Its Iconic GorillaPod Tripods
It feels like Joby’s GorillaPod tripods have been around unchanged since the dawn of time — but for good reason. Their design is very clever, with flexible legs that hold any shape allowing them to grip random objects for the ultimate flexibility in where a photographer or videographer can perch their camera. Fifteen years after…
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DJI Turned Its Smartphone Stabiliser Into a Steady Telescoping Selfie Stick
Today DJI revealed the fifth iteration of its affordable smartphone stabilisers that help turn the device in your pocket into a surprisingly capable filmmaking tool. Although the DJI OM 5 now includes a telescoping arm that makes capturing group shot selfies and low-angle shots easier, the improvements come with a significant cost to battery life.
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I Miss My First (and Only) Medium Format Camera
One of the most sickening sounds I have ever heard was the crunch when my just-purchased Mamiya 7 fell out of my passenger seat and onto the pavement outside the post office in Arroyo Seco, New Mexico. The blocky camera managed to neatly pirouette like Simone Biles off the seat, but unlike the GOAT of…