The Kickstarter campaign for the Peak Design Travel Tripod has just two days left. If you want to secure this record-breaking tripod at a large discount over the eventual retail price, you must act now! Incredibly, at the time of writing this post the campaign has raised just shy of 10 million...
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Save 15% on the entire range of MindShift Gear Backlight photo backpacks. While stocks last.
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In 2018 Canon launched an updated EF 400mm f/2.8 that shaved 26% off the weight of the previous version, bringing it down to a relatively svelte 2840g. Ok, that’s still quite heavy, but it’s 1KG lighter than the 400mm f/2.8 L IS II, and 2.5KG lighter than the original 400mm f/2.8 L IS....
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The Digital Holster range from Think Tank Photo has been around for some time, but now they have expanded it with the addition of the Digital Holster 150. This new larger size comes in response to customer demand for a holster that can fit the growing number of 150-600mm sized lenses on the...
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Hey folks! I have always maintained a gear list of my own personal gear so that I can quickly point people to it when they ask what camera/lens/bag/tripod etc. I’m currently using. This week I gave the page a pretty big spring clean and made it far easy to digest, as well as making sure it...
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I had a great time on the CBC Airplay show talking about photography with Mark Kelly, Alistair Maitland and Dave White. You can find it in all the usual podcast directories by searching for my name and “Airplay” or head here for iTunes and here for Google. You can also play it directly...
Read More Peak Design have launched a new travel tripod on Kickstarter and based on their past successes with the crowd funding platform, it should come as no surprise that they blew past the $2million funding mark in a single day. Smashing their $500,000 goal with 57 days still to go. “During my travels in...
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Is it a sin? Is it sensible? Have you ever done it yourself? Today we’re going to have a quick chat about hand holding filters instead of using a filter holder.
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On a recent wildlife scouting trip further North in the Yukon I found a beautiful lynx, but there was a problem that needed to be overcome to get a great shot…
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The BackLight Elite pack from MindShift Gear has a few unique features that I’ve never seen on photo packs before.
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Let’s take a close look at the three different ways to carry a tripod on the BackLight Elite photo pack.
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At the beginning of April we began an exciting new series of giveaways for a $150 B&H Photo gift certificate every month! The winner at the end of April, chosen at random, was James C. Cambridge from Massachusetts. The Giveaway Continues! The giveaway is ongoing, so you can enter again this...
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During the initial development and testing stages of the new BackLight Elite photo pack from MindShift Gear, it had just one large removable camera insert. This standard insert is quite large. In fact it’ll hold a 600mm lens, so it’s as big as you could ever hope it to be. At this...
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Over the past two years I have been using various prototypes of a camera bag that I wasn’t able to show you guys, but the time has finally come to pull the covers off and let you see what we have been working on!
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Think Tank launched a cool new memory card wallet that has a few tricks up its sleeve. Let’s take a look…
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Since moving to the Yukon a few months ago I have become involved with the local Yukon photography festival, the First Light Image Festival which takes place on April 27th and I’m happy that Shutter Muse is a sponsor of this great event. In the run up to the festival, we’re running...
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Find out how you can enter our new monthly giveaway to win a $150 gift certificate for B&H photo.
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I ordered my EOS RP from B&H Photo nice and early so that I could get the freebies that Canon USA were offering: EF EOR-R mount adapter, and EG-E1 Extension Grip. If you order by March 31st you can get them for free, too. ($178 value) To be honest, I didn’t know if I wanted, or needed...
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I just got my hands on the excellent little Canon EOS RP mirrorless camera (read this to find out why I purchased one) and one of the first things I wanted to do was figure out the best way to charge the camera via the USB-C port. USB-C port on the Canon EOS RP Unlike Canon’s DSLRs, the...
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I’m currently testing the new Sigma 105mm f/1.4 ART lens for a full review. One of the things I wanted to try and get was some wildlife images with the incredibly shallow depth of field that this lens is becoming famous for. That’s quite a tall order because 105mm is not all that long...
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