Month: July 2019

Peak Design Travel Tripod Available for Pre-Order

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The new Peak Design Travel Tripod raised over $12million on Kickstarter, but if you missed out on the campaign I have some good news for you. The tripod is now available for pre-order and is expected to ship by the end of the year. Of course Kickstarter orders will be fulfilled first, but after that, regular pre-orders will be fulfilled in order of when they were placed. I actually have a pre-production version of the tripod in my hands right now and I’ll be doing a full review very soon. Initial impressions are very good! In fact as this post …

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The 12 Million Dollar Tripod – Great Deals End Tomorrow

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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 12 million dollars, and it will easily surpass that mark by the end of the campaign. 10 million dollars! People are REALLY excited about the design of this new tripod!! >> Don’t miss your chance. Carbon Travel Tripod – $479 (retail $599) Aluminum Travel Tripod – $289 (retail $349)

Fuji X100 Mark II Wide and Tele Conversion Lens Review (28mm & 50mm)

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The Fuji X100 series has been incredibly popular since the very first version and I was excited to buy my own X100F as soon as it was announced. The camera has a fixed 23mm f/2 lens on it that delivers an angle of view that’s equivalent to a 35mm lens on a full frame camera, but Fuji have been selling two conversion lenses for a number of years. Alongside the X100F launch, they also launched new “mark II” versions of these 28mm and 50mm conversion lenses. Throughout this review, I’ll be referring to the conversion lenses by using their 35mm …

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