Peak Design Donating Profits From Travel Tripod to COVID-19
Peak Design is donating 100% of their profits from this week’s sales of the new Travel Tripod to COVID-19 and environmental relief.
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Peak Design Travel Tripod – Hands On!
Peak Design’s new Travel Tripod just raised over $12million on Kickstarter. Now I have a pre-production version in my hands.
Peak Design Launches Innovative New Travel Tripod
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 2008 I …
Gear Check: Really Right Stuff TFC-24L Mk2 Tripod
Long-term blog readers will know that I’ve relied on tripods and heads from Really Right Stuff for many years. For a long time the TVC-24L was my primary tripod – I just loved the height to which it could extend, even for a tripod of relatively modest weight. With it’s 40lb load rating I trusted …
Can You Fly with a Tripod?
I have often wondered what the official stance on this is, but it turns out there’s a simple page on the TSA website that tells you the answer. Clearly it says that monopods and tripod are ok to travel with, as long as they fall within luggage dimensional limits. Of course those vary from airline …
Gear Check: UniqBall iQuick Plate
I came across this interesting ballhead accessory when I was writing a guide about L plates for Shutter Muse. Typically an L plate for a camera is a big bulky thing that wraps around the end of a camera to allow you to switch between portrait and landscape orientation very quickly. One of the disadvantages …
Gear Check: Really Right Stuff TFA-01 Ultra Tripod
I just packed my bags for a trip to Ottawa and for the first time in a very long time, I’m getting on a plane without a camera bag. This trip isn’t about photography at all, it’s about celebrating the holiday season with loved ones. Whilst I’m not taking a big camera bag as I …
The Ultimate Lightweight Tripod Setup for Backpacking with a Camera
There’s many reasons why I love to work from a tripod, so I don’t like to leave one behind when I’m hiking. I had a pretty good solution in place, but I’ve recently upgraded it to something even more awesome, and much lighter!
Manfrotto Deluxe HDSLR Remote Review
At NAB this year Manfrotto launched a couple of interesting new products to compliment their SYMPLA rig lineup, the Deluxe HDSLR Remote and the Clamp On HDSLR Remote. My interest piqued because there are relatively few other options out there that can accomplish the same thing and none from a company with Manfrotto’s experience. So …
The Search For My Ultimate Tripod Setup – Really Right Stuff TVC-33s
Having broken my tripod recently I decided to look at what the high end of the market has to offer. A cheap tripod rarely does you any favors and whilst my previous one wasn’t exactly cheap, I’d often wanted a bit more stability and a generally nicer feel to things. I did a lot of …
New Budget Friendly Fluid Head From Sachtler
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 …
Manfrotto 055 Mag Photo-Movie Head Review
DSLRs with HD video capabilities have changed the way many of us shoot and many photographers are being asked to return from assignments with videos, or simply making that choice themselves to make their business stand out from the crowd. The problem is that DSLR video is incredibly susceptible to camera shake because in-body image …