Camera gear

SOLOSHOT – Get yourself in the action

Can’t find a camera person willing to film all your heroic exploits?  SOLOSHOT has you covered. The SOLOSHOT sits between your camera and tripod (included) and uses a wireless waterproof armband to track its subject.  It’s capable of rotating 360 degrees with a maximum pan speed of 40 degrees per second. Range is up to

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Pre-order Skooba Design’s new Photo / Tablet Traveler V.3 and the Cable Stable Rollup Kit and save 25%

skooba camera and cables bags

Skooba Design is offering their two newest bags at a 25% savings if you pre-order before release day.  The Photo / Tablet Traveler V.3 is a portable “digital studio”, with room for a DSLR and mounted lens plus a tablet.  (Click the image for a larger view.)  There are more than a dozen pockets, including

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Memoto logs your life by snapping a photo every 30 seconds

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Memoto is a Swedish company that has created a wearable life logging gadget and is seeking funding through a Kickstarter project. Actually they reached their $50,000 funding goal in less than 24hrs and are already past $165,000 in pledges. So what exactly is a Memoto? It’s a postage stamp sized 5MP camera that snaps an

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PQI Air WiFi memory card – bring your own memory

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If you follow our ramblings, you’ll know that Julie and I both love our Eye-Fi cards (see Related Items below). The biggest issue is that they only come in set memory sizes (not a big issue because of the continuous memory function).  The PQI Air gives you the WiFi functionality to be able to browse images from your camera

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Timbuk2 Sleuth Camera Backpack

timbuk2 sleuth camera bag

I think I’ve mentioned before that the photographer who shot my wedding carried his camera gear in backpacks and tote bags because, as he said, nothing says “Steal me!” quite like a bag embroidered with the logo of your expensive camera.  Timbuk2 has a few bags to carry your camera under the radar, and they

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GoPro HERO3 – smaller, lighter and more powerful

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GoPro is trying to keep ahead of  the competition coming from all the newcomers to the action POV camera market with the release of their new GoPro HERO3. “CEO Nick Woodman announces the GoPro HERO3: the smallest, lightest, most powerful way to document your life. The Wi-Fi enabled HERO3: Black Edition is the most advanced GoPro,

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New iPhone 5 case from Fotodiox promises to reduce purple lens flare

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Like all lenses, the iPhone 5’s camera can experience lens flare, resulting in a purple haze in photos.  Lens flare is, according to Wikipedia, “light scattered in lens systems through generally unwanted image formation mechanisms, such as internal reflection and scattering from material inhomogeneities in the lens.”  All lenses can have it, but more expensive lenses can reduce it with coatings

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GoPro App available (finally)

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After a long wait, GoPro has finally released their app for controlling your GoPro via your smartphone or tablet with their WiFi BacPac. The current version of the app gives you full control of your camera settings and live previews. However, it’s still not all picture perfect.   The additional functions – like being able to share

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Transform Your Photos into Aluminum Art with Aluminyze

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A lot of families like to give photos of their children to the grandparents as holiday gifts, and Aluminyze  has a unique photo product that is the perfect gift.  Instead of paper, Aluminyze infuses your images on a thin, solid sheet of aluminum.  Vibrant colors make your photo come alive, and the aluminum means your

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The Chromonaut Camera Bag

photojojo chromonaut camera bag

Here’s another fun photography-related product from Photojojo.  The Chromonaut Camera Bag looks an old-fashioned book bag from the outside, but it’s much more than that.  The exterior is water-repellent canvas to protect what’s inside.  It’s handmade in Japan with lots of attention to details and triple stitching at the stress points to ensure the bag

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Shutter Thumb Rester Helps Prevent Camera Shake

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The Shutter Thumb Rester from Brando is a add on for your camera that provides a resting place for your thumb. The idea is that it allows for a more relaxed/natural grip on your camera, so that it will prevent shaking. The accessory is made of a “high quality material”… Not sure what the actual material

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Eye-Fi Announces a 16GB Class 10 Memory Card

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We’ve done a lot of reviews of various models of Eye-Fi cards here at the Gadgeteer.  Check the related posts (after the jump) to see a list of some Eye-Fi reviews.  These SD cards have built-in WiFi to give your camera the ability to transfer photos to your computer, tablet, or smartphone wirelessly, so you

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TurtleJacket Turns Your Samsung Galaxy Note into a DSLR (Sorta)

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Earlier this Spring we told you about the TurtleJacket iPhone accessory from Turtleback, which turns the phone into a psuedo DSLR. Turtleback is now offering a similar accessory for the Samsung Galaxy Note Android phone/tablet hybrid. This version of the TurtleJacket is made of Aluminium and features a tripod mount, a pair of strap holders and a

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Highlight Hunter Release Upgrade 2.0 for PC

We covered Highlight Hunter back in April, a useful video tool that allows you to easily mark  highlights while recording your videos by placing your hand over the lens and easily extract them later.  Highlight Hunter has just released version 2.0 of their software for PC. They’ve included a new intuitive interface and design, a

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VuPoint Solutions Photo Cube Photo Printer Review

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If own an iPhone or Android smartphone and enjoy using your phone as a camera to snap all manner of pics, the VuPoint Solutions Photo Cube Photo Printer is a great little accessory to consider if you’re the type of person that likes instant gratification. Staples was kind enough to sent me this printer for

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