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Review: Multiblitz Profilux Monolight

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Ok, let ‘s start this off with a few disclaimers here. First, hell is not freezing over, pigs are not flying, and the world is not coming to an end, although many of you may …

Review: Canon EOS M Mirrorless Camera

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If you haven’t bought a mirrorless camera yet, you will soon. Yes, that is a pretty bold statement, but let’s face reality here, it is more than “just likely” that ALL cameras will be mirrorless …

Review: Savage Paper Tech Table

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Not everyone does tethered shooting but most people have a need for an extra table once in a while and the new Tech Table from Savage Paper fills both of those needs quite well. The …

SD Cards – Are All Things Created Equal

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Memory card manufacturers are always touting the latest and greatest cards with ever increasing speeds, but does it really matter how much you spend on a card. To put this idea to the test, we …

Lytro Light Field Camera – The Future or a Cute Gimmick?

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As a Christmas present I received a Lytro Light Field Camera and when I posted my first impressions of the Lytro I got quite some flack on social networks that the Lytro goes against the …

Review: Sony NEX 7 Mirrorless Camera

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Ask anyone that really understands cameras and the photography industry and they will tell you that the future of digital cameras is the new mirrorless technology. Without all of the bulk of mechanical mirrors, pentaprisms, and …

Review: Techart Canon EOS EF/EF-s to Sony NEX Adapter

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The Sony NEX mirrorless cameras have certainly helped boost the sales of mirrorless cameras but the downside is a lack of lenses. While there a a handful of different adapters available, so far they haven’t …

Review: Eye-Fi Pro X2 16gb SD WiFi Card

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The Holy Grail of camera connectivity is being able to wirelessly and immediately send images from your camera directly to your PC or mobile device. Eye-Fi solved this connectivity issue a few years ago with …

Top Five Reasons To Rent Camera Gear

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Most people don’t realize how cost effective it can be to rent camera gear when you need it rather than making a huge investment up front. Even if you have never considered renting gear before, …

Review: Cotton Carrier Vest System

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Finding a good system for carrying your gear is always a challenge as everyone’s needs are different.  Some people need quick access, some need to carry lots of heavy equipment, others may want to have access to …

Get Your Lost Gear Back With SticKee Tags

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Few things are worse than that feeling in the pit of your stomach when you realize you have left your phone, tablet, or other important item somewhere. The problem is that very few of our …

Review: Switronix TorchLED TL-50 Video Light

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Videographers and photographers are always looking for great ways to add additional light when they need it and there is no doubt that LED lighting is the wave of the future. The problem is that …

Review: JuicedLink RA333 Preamp

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I am quite often a perfectionist, or possibly lazy, or maybe a combination of the two. Whichever it is, I want to spend less time in post production by getting things right “in camera”. The …

Review: Sticky Filters Gel Kit

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I love using gels on my speedlites, from basic color correction to faking a blue sky to creating colored backgrounds, gels can really come in handy. The downside is finding a way to put the …

Review: Fotodiox FD to NEX Adapter

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As you may have noticed recently, I have become almost obsessed with my new Sony NEX 5n. With image quality surpassing most current prosumer DSLRs, the 5n is also a a fun camera to use …

Blurity! – How Not To Sell Software

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The Holy Grail of image processing is the ability to take blurry images and make them usable. Adobe demoed this technology last year and I expect to see it integrated into Photoshop in the near …

Using The JuicedLink RA333 Riggy-Assist PreAmp

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If you have been following Camera Dojo over the past year you may have followed along as I discovered Why DSLR Audio Recording Sucks and What To Do About It and then used a JuicedLink DS214 Amp to improve …

Review: TriPad Tether Table

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One of the things I love about running Camera Dojo is getting to see new and interesting products all the time and quite often they are just way too goofy and sometimes never make it …