Aquatcech have unveiled their new housing for the Canon 5D Mark 3 today, the DCV-V3. Essentially the design remains unchanged from previous versions but of course updated to account for the new button layout of the 5DMK3. You can also purchase an upgrade kit to convert both your previous DCV-v2 5D MK2 housing, or your 7D housing.
Price looks to be $1895
This morning Think Tank have announced a new first of its kind camera bag. The 4-Sight features 4 wheels on the base similar to many current carry on luggage bags, designed to make it even easier to get your gear through the airport. The bag will begin shipping in May for a cost of $299 and readers of my site can as always receive a free gift when shopping through my links to Think Tank products. The 4-Sight appears to be somewhat similar in size to the Airport Airstream which is my current roller bag of choice and will hold a couple of cameras and 3 or 4 lenses. This time they are also including a cable tidy bag as well. Interestingly the opening will swing to the side this time instead of downwards like all their other rollers and there appears to be no provision at all for carrying a laptop, assuming you have a separate shoulder bag. Despite having 4 wheels though they have clearly made some weight savings in other areas as the 4-sight weighs in a little less than the Airstream does.
· Internal Dimensions: 12.3” W x 16” H x 5–6.7” D (31.2 x 40.6 x 12.7–17 cm)
· External Dimensions: 14” W x 19.5” H x 8” D (35.6 x 49.5 x 20.3 cm)
· Weight: 7–8.9 lbs (3.2–4 kg)
· MSRP: $299.75 (U.S.)
Rode Microphones has just announced details of two new DSLR friendly microphones. The Stereo Videomic Pro continues their form factor and feature redesign that we saw last year in the Videomic Pro but implements it on the old Stero Videomic. The second microphone is even more interesting though as it is the first microphone in the world to combine a shotgun mic with a built in recorder and basic mixing capabilities as well as audio monitoring. Read on for more details….
As well as Canon’s new EOS C300 camera being made available for order today, B&H also have new Cinema EOS lenses that will be a perfect compliment for this camera.
Last week at CES I had some hands on time with the new zooms and they are meticulously constructed, a joy to use.
Canon CN-E 14.5-60mm T2.6 L S Cinema Zoom Lens with EF Mount
Canon CN-E 14.5-60mm T2.6 L SP Cinema Zoom Lens with PL Mount
Canon CN-E 30-300mm T2.95-3.7 L S EF Mount Cinema Zoom Lens
Canon CN-E 30-300mm T2.95-3.7 L SP PL Mount Cinema Zoom Lens
Gura Gear is a camera bag company started by wildlife photographer Andy Biggs. Andy’s very first bag was called the Kiboko and it was very well received my a great many people. Built specifically with wildlife photographers in mind it allowed people to travel with the very biggest lenses but still in a bag that complied with airline restrictions. The Kiboko is also incredibly lightweight, being built from nylon sail cloth and so it made a lot of fans amongst outdoor photographers who carry their gear a long way.
Recently Gura Gear launched a new website along with a new bag and intentions of launching a Kiboko 22l in the near future (the regular Kiboko is 30l). The new bag is called the Chobe and it is a shoulder bag that expands to offer either a 19 liter capacity or 24 liters. The bag can be specified with a padded camera compartment or without, allowing you to tailor the bag to your current needs. It features all the usual travel friendly features for photographer such as room for a laptop, passports, keys etc Notably the bag is also made out of the very same super light weight sail cloth of the Kiboko. The Chobe costs $349 for the bag including the photo insert. There’s no getting past the fact that this is a steep price to pay for a shoulder bag, especially when rivals like Think Tank photo make a very good airline travel shoulder bag for less than half the price. So what do you get from the Chobe that you don’t get from rival bags ? Well we will have to wait to find out on that one, I’m hoping to get a chance to test this bag out at some point. In the meantime though I just wanted to make people aware of it because it certainly looks like a smart bag for those that want the very best looks. In the literature on their site Gura Gear make mention of several other types of business user who might like the Chobe and it seems that maybe they have desires to expand their reach a little bit to encompass other people who also travel a lot. No harm in that when they make bags that look this good !
You can order the Gura Gear Chobe from Outdoor Photo Gear HERE
I’m a big fan of Sachtler fluid video heads but they don’t come cheap. With more and more budget conscious DSLR film makers out there Sachtler have decided to address the lower price point with the launch of a new full fluid head called the Ace , which comes partnered with a tripod for an expected price of only around $500. This price would make it the cheapest proper fluid head on the market and initial reviews of the heads build quality have been glowing.
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