Reviews :: Miscellaneous

Mar 27 2013

LPA Design, the manufacturer of PocketWizard line of products, has recently released PocketWizard PlusX — the company's first radio transceiver priced under $100. PlusX offers the PocketWizard's quality, reliability, and compatibility, but it is more affordable than any other PocketWizard radio trigger...

Dec 31 2012

If you are like me, you must think there has to be a better way to view photoson an iPad than the default iOS Photos app. Only being able to view photos as small thumbnails or fullscreen images is limiting when we want to showcase our photography to friends or clients...

Dec 07 2012

PRESSlite, the manufacturer of one of the most versatile flash diffusers (see PRESSlite VerteX review), has recently released PRESSlite ECLIPSE Light Shield, a new accessory for speedlights designed to give photographers more control over the light when bouncing flash light off of walls and ceilings...

Nov 16 2012

While there are quite a few solutions on the market today to mount more than one speedlight on a light stand, most of them are designed to be used with an umbrella. To find a simple setup to fire multiple hot-shoe flashes into a softbox seems to be not as simple. The recently released LumoPro LP739 Double Flash Speedring Bracket tries to fulfill...

Oct 15 2012

These days, cell phones are everywhere, and they all have built-in cameras making it so easy to capture and share your life with the world... In this review, we are taking a closer look at the new iPhone 5 camera...

Oct 04 2012

We've been using Nasty Clamps for over a year now, and we found them very useful for positioning of speedlights both on location and in studio. This time around, we review two new Nasty products: Nasty Flag and Double-Headed Nasty Clamp...

Aug 24 2012

Not long ago, we have reviewed Promaster Duolight 250 Hybrid Lighting System that delivers qualities of a studio strobe, hot-shoe flash, and video LED light in a single unit. Promaster also offers an accessory kit for Duolight 250, which we review below. Additionally, we go through some of the third-party light modifiers...

Aug 21 2012

LumoPro has recently released an ultra-compact background light stand (LP734) designed for maximum portability when shooting on location or in studio. According to LumoPro team, the engineers spent weeks of testing and tweaking to make...

Jul 28 2012

Reflectors can be a great help for photographers shooting in a studio or on location. They help fill in the shadows or can even be the main light source when redirecting the light from powerful sources like the sun... In this article, we review a Light Panel Set from LumoPro, an established manufacturer of lighting gear.

Jun 19 2012

I've been doing a bit of research to help a friend find a deal on a new camera for the summer. He is definitely a camera newbie and isn't sure if he wants to step up to a digital SLR or just upgrade his point-and-shoot. While he's excited for a new camera, he'd have no problem buying last year's model to save a few bucks. Since most camera models usually just seeing minor updates each year...

Jun 01 2012

Loving photography and being a big Android fan, I have to share my absolute favorite photography app: Camera Zoom FX. Historically, you could always find a Canon Elph in my pocket, whenever I was at any gathering, party, event, or any situation where some quick snapshots were needed to save the memories...

May 18 2012

Regardless of what type of photography you do, post-processing is usually a critical step in creating final images. While I've been using Photoshop for around a decade, I have to admit I'm still pretty slow :)... I have recently learned about Portrait Professional, a software package that is aimed at a more specific task of improving portraits...