Review: ProGrade Digital Dual UHS-II SD Card Reader
An in-depth look at ProGrade Digital’s UHS-II Dual-Slot SD Workflow reader and how it can be incorporated into your own workflow routines.
Dan Carr
Sony Launching Tough CFexpress Cards Capable of 1700MB/s
The CFexpress memory card format is gathering momentum, and appears to be the logical successor to Compact Flash, CFast and XQD cards. By the end of 2019 there will be cameras from Nikon, Sony, Panasonic and Canon that use this card format. Something which never happened with the half-hearted partial adoption of the CFast and XQD formats. ProGrade Digital were first out of the gate by demoing a 1TB CFexpress card at several earlier trade shows, and now Sony have joined in by unveiling the TOUGH series CEB-G128 (CFexpress Type B). Whilst the ProGrade Digital card has the edge in …
5 Tips To Protect Your Camera Gear In Cold Weather
Find out the 5 most important things you can do to protect your expensive camera gear in colder and wintery weather.
Best Camera Strap in 2025 – 22 Straps Reviewed and Compared
UPDATED! There’s a very short list of things that every single photographer should definitely have for their camera, but a camera strap is on that list! Here’s a look at the best camera straps on the market this year.
Photography Highlights from CES 2019
The Consumer Electronics show is coming to a close in Las Vegas so I thought I’d highlight a few interesting photography related announcements. Typically this is not a show where large manufacturers present a lot of new photographic gear, but every year there are a few things worth taking a look at. Nikon Nikkor Z 14-30mm F/4 S Lens Nikon unveiled the next lens for their Z-mount system at CES 2019, and it comes in the impressively small form of the Nikkor Z 14-30mm f/4 S. Much like the 24-70 f/4 S, this lens collapses into itself when not in …
Sandisk Extreme Portable SSD Review
The Sandisk Extreme Portable SSD manages to explain itself very well in its own name. It’s an SSD, and it’s extremely small! But is it any good? Let’s find out.
What Is White Balance?
White balance is a key ingredient to getting accurate colour reproduction in your images. Learn what it is and which settings you should use.
Review: Anker PowerCore Lite to Charge Your Camera
In recent years there has been a shift to allow charging of cameras via the USB port, instead of having to remove the battery and place it into a normal battery charger. As far as I can see, this USB charging feature is rare in current DSLRs, but rapidly becoming a standard feature with newer mirrorless cameras. With mirrorless on an unstoppable rise, it won’t be long before USB charging of cameras is expected in all modern releases. As it turns out, this new feature is particularly useful because most mirrorless camera batteries do not last as long as the …
Northern Exposures Podcast
Our very own Matt Jacques did a wonderful podcast interview on the CBC photography podcast, Northern Exposures, with Mark Kelly and Alistair Maitland.
8 Items from My Gear Closet That Are on Sale for Black Friday
As usual this year, I pieced together a big curated list of the best Black Friday Photography Deals. I was going through the various online stores looking for the bargains, I noticed that many of the items I use on a weekly basis for my own photography were on sale. I’m not sure if that’s bad luck for be because I already have them, and likely didn’t get a discount on them, or perhaps it’s good luck for you guys because it means there’s several sale items I can really confidently recommend. 1. Canon 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS II – …