Equipment

Photographers use all kinds of equipment to craft their art, from cameras and lenses to lights and accessories. We cover the latest news and information on the tools of the trade in the photography industry.
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Neewer’s Bright F700U OLED Monitor Earned a Place in My Camera Bag

Field monitors have long been considered an essential tool for videographers, but they're becoming increasingly useful for photographers as well. For this hands-on showcase, I spent time using the Neewer F700U during both photography and video sessions to see whether adding an external monitor to my kit would genuinely improve my workflow or simply become another accessory to carry.

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Sigma Cine Zoom Lenses With Autofocus Review: Cracking the Code

Whenever a new autofocus-equipped cinema lens is announced, I always have mixed feelings. While I often find autofocus extremely useful, the manual focus experience inevitably suffers compared to a mechanically coupled manual focus lens. When they were first teased, I was told that this would not be a problem with the new Sigma Cine Zoom with AF lens series. Now I have reviewable copies of the 28-45mm T2 and 28-105mm T3 and get to answer the very important question: Has Sigma really managed to make a breakthrough?

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SmallRig’s New Camera Backpack Has an Anti-Drop Divider System

SmallRig has announced the Professional Outdoor Backpack (25L) 6521, a camera backpack that stands out with an innovative interior divider system designed to better protect camera gear while hiking, traveling, and shooting on location. Rather than relying solely on traditional padded dividers, the backpack incorporates anti-drop baffle flaps that help keep cameras, lenses, and other equipment securely in place, even when the bag is opened or tilted.

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Godox’s New Inflatable Full-Color Light Sets Up In a Minute

Godox has announced the Knowled AM800R, a new 800-watt inflatable RGBWW LED mat light designed for film, television, and commercial productions. Featuring a 4 x 4-foot (1.2 x 1.2 meter) lighting surface, the fixture combines high-output soft lighting with an inflatable frame that can be deployed in about a minute.

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Which High-Resolution Full-Frame Camera Has the Best Sensor?

The mid-range sensor market is very competitive, especially because the vast majority of potential buyers will be acquiring one eventually. But what about the high-end market? The costs go up, but so do the megapixels, and the sensors at this stage will be the pinnacle of technology from each of the manufacturers. If you are looking for the best of the best, this sensor showdown is exactly what you need to know.

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Why Other Reviewers Love the Sony RX10 V Even Though We Didn’t

Sony unveiled the long-awaited RX10 V this week, bringing out a new versatile bridge camera for the first time since the RX10 IV in 2017. You've already seen what we think, but we believe it's important to get a diverse assortment of opinions when considering something as important as a camera purchase. $2,299 is a lot of money, after all.

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The Sony RX10 V Upgrades the Bridge Camera Experience for $2,299

When the Sony RX10 IV arrived on the scene in 2017, bringing with it a new stacked Type 1 20-megapixel sensor and a Zeiss-engineered 24-600mm f/2.4-4 equivalent Vario-Sonnar T* built-in lens, it quickly attracted fanfare. It was undoubtedly the best bridge camera on the market as soon as it arrived. Nearly eight years later, its successor, the RX10 V, brings these familiar features alongside some requested updates and looks poised to help Sony keep its crown.

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New Selfie-Friendly Dual Display Camera Has Y2K Energy

Cheap, compact digital cameras continue to be all the rage, with new models popping out of the woodwork from every which way. The latest in Japan, the DIGI+ Dual Display Digital Camera DGP-DCM01, combines a translucent body design with a secondary selfie-friendly front screen.

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This New $20 35mm Film Camera Embraces a Classic East German Brand

Photographers in 2026 live in the age of reusable film cameras. There is the Pure35 that U.K. retailer Analogue Wonderland launched last month, Lomography's huge array of cameras, and Dubble Film's SHOW camera, to name just a few. Now there's another one on the scene, and it arrives with a legendary name, the Praktica VF212.