Camera gear

Protect your GoPro, Because Life’s Unruly

Unruly

Starting off as a Kickstarter project, Unruly makes a range of products to enhance your GoPro Hero or Hero 2. Their lightweight aluminium cases, the Headgear and Headcase Pro, both protect your GoPro.  They have up to 9 additional mounting points that allow you to more securely mount your camera than you can using the standard […]

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OUTRIDE Turns Your iPhone into a Sports Action Camera

mophie outride iphone

With the OUTRIDE case and app from mophie, you can turn your iPhone 4/4S into a sports action camera.  The OUTRIDE case is waterproof and impact-resistant, and it comes with a variety of modular quick-release mounts so you can use it for capturing a variety of sports.  The case has an integrated 170-degree wide-angle lens

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Panasonic tries to MILC the London Olympics with the DMC-G5

Panasonic DMC G5

Still not convinced that a Mirrorless Interchangeable-Lens Camera (MILC) can replace your Digitial Single Lens Reflex (DSLR)?  If Panasonic has its way, you will.  While the MILC format has slowly gained ground, it’s still never been considered a “serious” contender for “professional” photographers, so Olympic sponsor Panasonic has given their new DMC-G5 to Getty Images sports

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The Samsung MV900 Multiview Digital Camera Makes Self-Portraits a Snap

samsung mv900

Are you one of those people who is constantly snapping your own picture to post on Facebook for all your followers to comment on? Yes, you’re too sexy for that shirt and yes your new hair style looks fabulous. At least I think it does… I could tell a lot better if your whole face

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JVC GC-XA1 ADIXXION POV Camera

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JVC has announced on their blog site their entry into the ever growing POV action camera market. The JVC GC-XA1 ADIXXON doesn’t require a waterproof housing, weighs in at .28lbs (126 grams), and is waterproof to 5 m ( 16.4 feet), shockproof , dust-proof, and freeze-proof.  The unit includes built in Wi-Fi, 1.5″ LCD, image stabilization, and

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Toma Sony NEX-5n Half Case and Wrist Strap Review

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In response to my Gariz Sony NEX-5n Half-Case Review, the folks at LoveCases, a British tech-accessory website, offered to send me the Toma half-case and matching wrist strap to review. Like the Gariz case, the Toma half-case is a form fitted leather case that adds a bit of protection to the base and sides of

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Swann Freestyle HD Camera Accessories

Swann Freestyle Accessories

In my review of the Swann Freestyle HD Camera, I mentioned that there were no optional accessories available at the time of writing and that Swann were going to release some soon.  Well the accessories have just hit their website.  All accessories and mounts on the chart above (click on for a larger version) are now

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BlurFix for GoPro Hero/Hero2 Review

Snake River Prototyping

I’m really loving the GoPro2 HD Hero2; it’s wide angle 170° FOV lens and small size make it so versatile and handy, and it nicely compliments my “normal” camera gear. The waterproof housing supplied with it means it’s a robust little unit, and knowing that it’s waterproof to 60m gives you quite a bit of peace

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Add a Polarizing Filter to Your iPhone 4/4S with the Trygger Camera Case

This is another Kickstarter project, and this one has exceeded funding goals before the end of the funding period.  The Trygger Camera Case is a bumper-style case that includes a felt-lined sliding panel on the back of the phone.  Slide the panel up to move the polarizing filter (a color-neutral polarizing film layered between two

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