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Drobo 8D This is the first Drobo drive to incorporate new 'Intelligent Volume Management' technology that lets you control how data is handled across different drives. You can create storage [...]

Useful gadgets and gear for your photo studio. SAVAGE UNIVERSAL 86-INCH SEAMLESS Savage's (relatively) new seamless paper size hits the sweet spot for a paper that's long enough for full-body [...]

Phase One IQ4 150MP By now most moviegoers should know what comic book fans have known for decades: The Infinity Stones can bestow god-like powers on any being strong enough [...]

LITEPANELS GEMINI 1x1 RGBW LED Litepanels' newest LED panel can deliver both full-spectrum white light and all the colors in the color wheel. The Gemini 1*1 weighs in at 11.7 [...]

TIFFEN MAVIC 2 PRO 6 FILTER KIT Drop this kit in your drone bag and you'll have everything you need for great aerial landscapes. The kit includes 2-, 3--and 4-stop [...]

THE UNITED STATES COPYRIGHT OFFICE (USCO) The interface may be a bit outdated and the process can be a bit clunky, but USCO registration is the ultimate tool for protecting [...]

SIGMA 40MM F/1.4 DG HSM ARTWith an optical design aimed at minimizing axial and magnification chromatic aberration, Sigma promises this new Art lens will deliver plenty of sharpness while shooting [...]

Instagram may be the alpha and omega of photographic social networks, but it's not without its discontents. 'I have an inherent distrust of Facebook,' says photographer Greg Williams. 'I don't [...]

TAMRAC BUSHWICK 2Pavement pounders and street shooters in the market for a compact, budget-friendly shoulder bag should give the Bushwick 2 a look. The exterior is weather resistant with expandable [...]

CHASING INNOVATION GLADIUS MINIBefore the arrival of drones, the only way to achieve high-quality aerial images was to rent a helicopter or plane or put your faith in a hang [...]

The innovative products of 2018 and some of the gear and tech we're looking forward to in 2019.Sony RX100 VIAs feats of miniaturization go, they don't get more impressive than [...]

LOUPEDECK+ The next generation editing console will now not only work with Lightroom Classic CC but also with Skylum Aurora HDR; Skylum Luminar and Capture One support are coming later [...]

FUJIFILM GFX 50S Unlike other 50-megapixel medium-format cameras on the market, the GFX 50S uses a sensor of its manufacturer's own design. It delivers 14 stops of dynamic range and [...]

DxO PHOTO LAB 1.2 Formerly DxO Optics Pro, the renamed Photo Lab continues to offer RAW and JPEG processing based on optical corrections from DxO's lab models, plus PRIME noise [...]

16 Tripods, Stabilizers and Gimbals for Still and Motion Work. BENRO SLIM The Benro Slim is a lightweight carbon fiber tripod kit which features a slim shoulder profile, allowing for [...]

CONTINUOUS K5600 [JOKER.sup.2] K5600 has revamped its popular Joker models to give them wireless DMX control, a three-way axis yoke and a redesigned lens holder. The Joker 400W Kit includes [...]

FULL FRAME TH SWISS IRIX 11MM F/4 The 11mm f/4 is the second lens from the relative newcomer. It's available for full frame Canon, Pentax and Nikon DSLRs and is [...]

LOMOGRAPHY LOMO'INSTANT SQUARE Instant photography is riding high enough that there aren't only new instant cameras hitting the street, but new instant film as well. Fujifilm's new Instax Square film [...]

Whether you work in the cloud or are anchored to the desktop, you can outsource the administrative drudgery of running a studio or photo business to these powerful software apps. [...]

VIDEO CAMERA SONY FDR AX700 Boasting a 1-inch stacked CMOS sensor, this video camera offers a Hybrid Log Gamma recording mode to capture HDR video. Its Fast Hybrid AF system [...]

VANGUARD ALTA RISE 28 This messenger bag can house a DSLR with lens attached and up to three extra lenses, a flash, accessories and a 10-inch tablet. Using the company's [...]

LEICA CL When Leica introduced the TL2, the company sought to make a bold, minimalist design statement. The CL shares many of the TL2's imaging specs, but a completely different [...]

Gear for steadying your photography and filmmaking. DAVIS AND SANFORD TRAVERSE 684C-36 This carbon fiber tripod boasts four leg sections with twist locks and three independent leg angles. The legs [...]

What caught our eye, what we're excited about for the next year. LIGHTING & MODIFIERS ROTOLIGHT NEO 2 The NEO 2 can pull double duty as a strobe or a [...]

MANAGE THOSE MULTIPLYING MEGABYTES WITH THESE PORTABLE AND DESKTOP STORAGE SOLUTIONS. DROBO 5D3 With a pair of Thunderbolt 3 ports and a USB Type-C (3.0) port, the 5D3 has the [...]

Since the introduction of its GH4, Panasonic has made solid inroads into the pro video market. With its full-frame S1 and S1R mirrorless cameras, they're hoping to do the same [...]

When DJI bought a majority stake in Hasselblad, it seemed like a slightly incongruous pairing. DJI is known for rapid product iterations, while Hasselblad has a very stately release cycle. [...]

CANON IMAGEPROGRAF PRO-6000 Do you relish the thought of printing your own gallery-sized giclees? The PRO-6000, the latest member of the revamped imagePROGRAF series, is the largest 12-ink printer currently [...]

Why do photographers build their own light modifiers? Some do it to save money. Others to scratch a creative itch or solve a problem. Others to better understand their craft. [...]

MEYER OPTIK NOCTURNUS 50 F/0.95 II Sony's a7S II has pushed the boundaries of low- and available-light photography with heretofore unimaginable ISO levels. But sometimes, it's better to let the [...]

Keeping pace with Pentax's KP DSLR; hands-on with On1 Photo RAW 2017 and going deep with the Vuze virtual reality camera. PENTAX KP If you've followed the evolution of the [...]

PANASONIC GH5 In the February 2016 issue of PDN, we documented how some filmmakers are being lured away from DSLRs and mirrorless cameras into lower-cost cinema cameras from the likes [...]

9 Drones to Take Your Photography & Filmmaking to New Heights. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] GOPRO KARMA The original Karma had a bumpy lift-off into the market, but GoPro says version 2.0 [...]

BOWENS GENERATION X These strobes are no slackers. They include the battery-powered XMT and the AC-powered XMS strobes. The 500 w/s XMT offers TTL and high-speed sync (HSS) functionality (up [...]

MINT INSTANTFLEX TL70 This self-consciously retro camera boasts a large viewfinder with an anti-glare glass pane. Its five-bladed leaf shutter lens gives you more control over the aperture than your [...]

IRIX 15MM F/2.4 This 15mm manual focus prime lens should please pixel peepers with its minimum focusing distance of just under 11 inches and Neutrino Coating to reduce flare and [...]

PHASE ONE XF CAMERA SYSTEM One of the promises Phase One made when it launched the XF system was that it would deliver a regular stream of updates to improve [...]

THRIFTY BUYS GIFTS UNDER $100 Alpine Labs Pulse Camera remotes have come a long way. Hook up Pulse to your camera's USB port and shoot photos, video or time-lapse footage [...]

OLYMPUS STYLUS TOUGH TG-TRACKER The Tough TG-Tracker is loaded with sensors including GPS, an electronic compass, an accelerometer, a thermometer (active only underwater), a barometer, a manometer and a water [...]

In our January issue, we explored the concept of 'computational photography': the use of processing power and algorithms to enhance images. Computational photography is usually mentioned in the context of [...]

A look at eight new video cameras that serve a wide range of filmmakers, from those who want to jump into live streaming and those ready for creating cinematic effects. [...]

Whether you're editing for a quick turn, archiving for the long haul or seeking storage on the road, these drives have your back (ups). AKITIO THUNDER3 QUAD The Thunder3 Quad [...]

New cases and bags for the traveling creative. WANDRD PRVKE The PRVKE may look like it's lost some vowels along the way, but you won't have many worries transporting your [...]

Freezing time with Sony's a6300, fiddling with Fujifilm's X-Pro2 and putting Corel AfterShot Pro 3's processing prowess to the test. SONY A6300 The a6000 was the best-selling mirrorless camera of [...]

The latest crop of camera tripods and stabilizers ensure smooth sailing for your stills and video. CAME-TV OPTIMUS One of the NAB debutantes, the Optimus is a 3-axis gimbal for [...]

Here's a look at some of the innovative photography and filmmaking tools we're excited about--from hardware you can get in your hands now to the gear we're eagerly anticipating SIGMA [...]

Photographers and filmmakers know best which yet-to-be-invented equipment, software and other tools would make them more productive in the studio, on location or in transit. PDN asked image-makers who work [...]

DANFUNG DENNIS, Condition One Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker Danfung Dennis has been doing immersive storytelling since before it became a thing. To hear Dennis tell it, his evolution from photojournalist [...]

VENUS OPTICS LAOWA 105MM Chinese lens maker Venus Optics has a very straightforward strategy: It makes lenses that are anything but straightforward. The company's latest unconventional optic is the Laowa [...]

DJI PHANTOM 4 Decades of science fiction have conditioned us to view robots warily. For every helpful R2D2, there's a menacing T1 or HAL looming in humanity's future. DJI's new [...]