It was only a matter of time. Following hot on the heels of the rebirth of the digital photo frame is the Joy Album: the family album redesigned for the digital age and the self-styled "world's first interactive photo album."
If you're hungry for new ways to proclaim your love of Leica's iconic red dot, you're in luck. Leica has teamed up with ONA Bags to create six different luxury camera bags that are both stylish and red dot approved.
San Francisco-based Shoot Film Co. has launched a new notebook for film photographers called PhotoMemo. It's a small, simple, and elegant way to jot down technical details and notes while you're out shooting.
Check out this tin that's designed to look like the vintage Leica M3 35mm rangefinder camera. From a distance it may be mistaken for the real thing, but the storage tin simply has the design printed flat on the surface.
London-based DIY computing company Kano has created a new kit for people who would like to assemble and program their own digital camera. It's called the Kano Camera Kit.
Apple's powerful, photographer-friendly line of Retina display MacBook Pros are overdue for an update. But if you're thinking of getting one anyway, don't! Reliable reports claim Apple will announce an update to these laptops at the end of the month.
"I get it digital picture frames are dead, uninteresting things that we all tried and left on the wayside with fax machines and 8-track tapes," wrote Aura founder Abdur Chowdhury a few days ago. "But what if they weren’t?"
AER is based on the premise that you don't need a drone to capture sweet aerial shots. Nope, just snap your GoPro into this Nerf football looking thing, turn the camera on, and throw it with all your might.
Forget printing your photos on paper. There's a company out there that can turn your favorite cityscape or family portrait into... crayon art. Mosaics made up of hundreds or even thousands of different colored crayons.
Carrying a reflector around town with you is useful, it's just not usually practical. That's where the new Flash Bag comes in. This creatively designed camera bag comes with a reflector build right into the bag itself—just open it up.
There's no shortage of timelapse controllers out there—from feature-rich camera triggers that use your phone as a sensor, to popular motion control systems. But the Astro Core has one specific feature that sets it apart: gesture control.
MeFOTO just announced a new line of ultra-portable tripods that come with a few very interesting features. In addition to working like any other versatile travel tripod, the MeFOTO Air tripods come with a bluetooth remote and selfie stick built right in.
Affordable, high-quality high speed cameras a tough to come by. But that might soon change, thanks to Kickstarter and years of work by one diligent engineer.
It's not often we have a reason to write about scanners, but Epson's FastFoto FF-640 gives us one very compelling reason: speed. Dubbed the 'world's fastest photo scanner,' it can digitize prints at a blinding fast one photo per second.
Syrp—the company behind the much-beloved Syrp Genie timelapse controller—has just released a very interesting product called the Slingshot. Basically, the Syrp Slingshot is a camera-toting zipline that lets you move your DSLR up to 100m (~330ft) to add long-distance motion to your timelapses.
The company behind the popular MIOPS Smart Trigger is back, and this time they're turning your smartphone into what they've dubbed "the world's most versatile camera remote."
HANGIE is a new minimalist mount that lets you elegantly display your cameras on your walls. The 3D-printed design has a slim-profile that makes your cameras look like they're floating.
A few more photos that allegedly show the Hasselblad-branded camera add-on (or 'MotoMod') for the MotoZ and MotoZ Force phones have surfaced, giving us a closer look at the next partnership between a smartphone maker and a major camera brand.
Edelkrone's motto, lately, seems to be: "Why not? Let's give it a shot!" It's the spirit behind products like their StandPLUS, the "reinvented tripod", and the strange-but-probably-useful Povie smartphone necklace mount. And it's the same spirit that, today, brings us the Edelkrone Wing.
Datacolor today announced Spyder5CAPTURE PRO, a new calibration bundle that's geared towards pro photographers. The tools in the pack allow you to optimize your photos from shooting them through post-processing them.
Coloring books for adults have exploded in popularity over the past few years, as more and more people are revisiting their childhood activity for fun and therapy. Now one photographer's classic photo book is capitalizing on the craze by being re-released as an adult coloring book.
If you're getting into drone photography and you don't want to end up paying for someone's roof or head injury in case of an accident, you might want to look into Verifly. A drone insurance company, they offer $1,000,000 in coverage that you can buy by the hour so you're only insured when you fly.
Holy terabytes Batman! A 60TB drive would be massive by any standard, but the latest Seagate SAS drive is mind-blowing for one other very important reason: it's a solid state drive. In fact, it's officially the world's largest SSD.
Foto Nouveau is a new watch and accessory brand that offers designs inspired by vintage and modern camera designs.
Edelkrone's new Povie is one of those inventions that makes you think "this is crazy... why didn't I think of that!?" The ... necklace mount? ... holds an iPhone at neck level for POV photo and video purposes, and while it looks weird, it also looks very useful.
Controlling your DSLR from your smartphone or tablet has never been ... smaller. Meet the CASE Remote Air, the self-proclaimed "world's smallest and most powerful smart camera controller."
If you thought the idea of taking a picture with the wink of an eye died with Google Glass, think again. A new hopeful product-to-be called Blincam is bringing back the idea: a standalone, handsfree camera that attaches to any pair of glasses and captures photos with a wink.
Lighting company Aputure just released a light that we're pretty sure will make it into many (many many) photographer and videographer gear bags. It's called the Amaran M9, and it's tiny, ultra versatile, and costs only $45!
Peak Design and photographer Trey Ratcliff have found a winning formula in the world of camera bags. Their Everyday Messenger bag raised nearly $5,000,000 on Kickstarter in July 2015 when it was unveiled. Now they're back with a set of new bags that expand the Everyday lineup: a backpack, tote, and sling.
Renowned street photographer Bruce Gilden is dipping his toes in the world of fashion. The Magnum shooter has launched a new limited edition T-shirt.
The standard, traditional camera strap puts a lot of strain on your neck and back—one of the reasons why so few photographers use one—but the Camera Lift-Strap changes all that. With a simple alteration, it moves the weight from your neck, to your shoulders.
GoPro is the de facto action camera choice for many divers, but that might be changing very soon. Meet the Octospot: a 4K action camera designed by divers for divers that can go where no GoPro dares tread.
Have 5 GoPro cameras and just can't find a good way to carry them all around? GoPro's new Seeker backpack is designed for you! It's a sleek weather-resistant daypack that provides mounting points in addition to storage space.
Avoiding the paparazzi usually involves celebrities covering their faces or surrounding themselves with body guards, but why do that when you can just toss a stylish scarf around your neck? This anti-paparazzi scarf lets you do just that.
The golden ratio (or golden mean, or golden section, or divine proportion, or whatever you want to call it) is the subject of heated debate among photographers. But if you love using the golden ratio when you shoot, you should definitely check out this creative little pocket-sized card.
Fuji's first SP-1 Instax printer made a bit of a stir when it was unveiled back in January of 2014. A portable, Wi-Fi enabled instant printer, it made printing your smartphone photos practical and fun. With the brand new SP-2, Fuji promises to make that experience even better.
If you like to physically control as many of the settings on your camera as possible, the ICELAVA Warm-to-Cold Fader is right up your alley. This neat little lens accessory puts color temperature control onto a variable filter you simply twist to adjust.
If you judge your photography gadgets on versatility, then the Pinout should score high marks. A remote shutter release, intervalometer, and geotagging device with a nifty loss/theft prevention feature built in, Pinout promises to do a lot given its minuscule size.
Canon made lens replica mugs a big thing when it started handing them out during the 2010 Olympics. The market was soon flooded with all kinds of realistic lens-shaped mugs. But there's a new one on the market that shakes things up a bit -- literally.
If you have a bunch of 35mm, 120, and even large format negatives lying around in your attic, slowly succumbing to the ravages of time, Ricoh has a solution for you. It's their newest "film duplicator," and it'll let you digitize all that film using your DSLR or digital medium format camera.
GoPros are for recording crazy stunts and extreme action, but how are you supposed to control the GoPro while you're BASE jumping or surfing or riding a dirt bike? The GoHawk proposes an interesting hands-free solution: use your teeth or tongue instead.
Traveling and photography go hand-in-hand, but without the right gear it can also be a pain. Fortunately, there's some great affordable travel photography accessories out there that will make traveling with a camera a joy.
There's no shortage of smartphone lenses out there to choose from, but these two from DynaOptics promise to be both special, and unique. Designed with their patented 'free-form' technology, the OOWA smartphone lenses claim they are "the highest-quality lens attachments ever created for mobile photography."
A tripod is an indispensable accessory for photographers, but you're bound to run into a situation where you either didn't want to or weren't allowed to bring one with you. The mini Plaster Hand was created for those exact situations.
Turning your smartphone into a 3D-capable machine might soon be a lot easier than you think thanks to the Eye-Plug: a tiny little Android accessory that wants to add a second camera to your smartphone, and will supposedly cost just $35.
Imagine being able to swap between medium format, instant film, digital full-frame, and even large format 4x5 at will—a single camera that could handle it all AND let you use almost any lens you want. What you're imagining is already in the works, and it's called the Mercury camera.
GoPro wants you to strap its action cam to a sportbike, or your snowboard, or your BASE jumping helmet; Polaroid has other ideas. The company's Polaroid Cube and Cube+ action cams recently got their own... shot glass mount.
Gear Mat is a new product that's designed for photographers who don't want to use a camera case for their compact camera, yet would like more protection than none. It's an elegant leather pad that provides "protection you need with the look you want."
If you want to capture 3D with your GoPro camera without dropping hundreds of dollars on an extra Hero camera and a 3D housing, then you definitely need to check out the soon-to-be-released Vitrima 3D lens.
In 2014, filmmaker Tom Leveritt used an ultraviolet camera to show people their skin like they'd never seen it before. Now, you can do the same thing with the Sunscreenr: a tiny, waterproof UV camera that is meant to keep you slathering on sunscreen by showing you when you've used enough and where it's worn off.
