Photoflex (Watsonville, CA, www.photoflex.com) recently introduced the high-powered TritonFlash lithium-ion battery- powered strobe kit. Designed for situations that require powerful output without the availability of AC power, the new kit includes TritonFlash strobe (300 watt- seconds with a 185 guide number), extra small OctoDome SoftBox with connector, built-in optical slave sensor, FlashFire wireless kit for… Continue reading »
Apr
11
Economical Fluorescent Lighting from Interfit
Interfit (www.Interfitphotographic.com), a leading manufacturer of photographic lighting, recently introduced Super Cool-lite 6 Fluorescent lighting. Designed from the ground up, the Super Cool-lite 6 features a rear grab handle, fully illuminated switches and new self-contained fixings for the high-contrast reflector and soft-box fitting built into the head. Its 32-watt lamps deliver output equivalent to 650… Continue reading »
Apr
08
Entry-level Lighting Equipment from Broncolor
Swiss lighting manufacturer, broncolor (www.broncolor.com), is marketing newly designed power packs and lamps targeted for students and beginning professional photographers. The new Senso power packs, available in two models, provide symmetric and free asymmetric power distribution over three lamp outlets in two channels. They feature easy-to-read power output displays—switchable from f-stops to Joules; built-in RFS… Continue reading »
Apr
07
Renowned Photographer Vincent Laforet Chooses Anton/Bauer Batteries
Award-winning director and photographer Vincent Laforet, exclusively uses Anton/Bauer (Shelton, CT, www.antonbauer.com) batteries to film commercials and films. He uses Anton/Bauer Dionic HC batteries to power all his equipment, including the Canon 5D Mark II and 7D cameras, Marshall monitors and Litepanels lights. Laforet chose the Dionic HC because it’s highly dependable and provides two… Continue reading »
Apr
06
Aurora Lite Bank Chooses Pakor as U.S. Distributor
Aurora Lite Bank (Republic of Korea), manufacturer of studio flash and LED lighting products, has named Pakor (Minneapolis, MN, www.pakor.com) as exclusive U.S. distributor of its Aurora brand studio flash, soft-box and LED lighting products and accessories. As part of the agreement, Pakor will begin introducing new Aurora products, including new Orion studio flash kits,… Continue reading »
Apr
04
New SanDisk SDHC Cards Use UHS-I Technology
SanDisk (Milpitas, CA, www.sandisk.com) is marketing the SanDisk Extreme Pro SDHC UHS-I cards, featuring Ultra High Speed (UHS) technology derived from the newly released SD 3.0 specification. The new cards also use SanDisk’s proprietary Power Core Controller while adhering to the new UHS Speed Class 1 video class rating. That guarantees a minimum sustained write… Continue reading »
Apr
01
Sony Adds Full HD 3D Capability to Camcorder Line
Sony (www.sonystyle.com) recently introduced at the CES Las Vegas trade show a new line of Handycams that includes the HDR-TD10, the world’s first Double Full HD 3D consumer camcorder. Double Full HD 3D means each HDR-TD10 camcorder includes two of each key components: two Sony G Lenses, two Exmor R CMOS image sensors, and two… Continue reading »
Mar
23
New Photo/Laptop Cases from Tenba
Tenba (Elmsford, NY, www.tenba.com) has expanded and upgraded its line of rugged, weather-resistant Roadie II Photo/Laptop cases. Roadie rolling cases allow photographers to take their equipment off their neck, shoulders and back, and put it on wheels. Available in three different sizes, these airline carry-on compatible cases are built with rugged, weatherproof, coated ballistic nylon… Continue reading »
Mar
07
Five New OctoDome Extra Small Kits
Photoflex (Watsonville, CA, www.photoflex.com) is now offering five new OctoDome Extra Small Kits for ShoeMount Flash. Included with all the kits are an 18-inch extra small OctoDome nxt, adjustable ShoeMount hardware, basic OctoConnector and a HeavyDuty swivel for connecting the kit to a camera bracket or light stand. Additional accessories include a LiteStand, radio trigger… Continue reading »
Mar
03
jill-e Introduces New Camera and Carry Bags
jill-e designs (Orlando, FL, 585/393-0445, www.jill-e.com) recently introduced a variety of new products, including a body-hugging DSLR bag with matching lens bags and a full-sized jack rolling satchel. Designed for today’s cameras, the new Swing Camera/Carryall DSLR Bag features a profile of less than 4-in., which lets users keep their gear close and secure in… Continue reading »