Photography News Issue 48

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ThinkTank has it in the bag

Not a brand to do things by halves, photo bag specialist ThinkTank has announced a whole raft of new exciting products and range updates to image-makers of all levels and types. For shoulder use there are three bags in the Spectral range. The Spectral 8 is priced at £95, the Spectral 10 at £114 and the Spectral 15 at £133. Capacity wise, the 8 will take a DSLR and short zoom, while the 15 will hold a DSLR and several lenses. The 15 will also take a 15in laptop, while the others have tablet pockets. Another shoulder bag range, the Signature features two sizes, the 10 and the 13 priced at £244.99 and £269.99 respectively. Both are available in slate grey or dusty olive. ThinkTank’s TurnStyle sling bags have been upgraded to include a stabiliser strap. Three sizes of these V2.0 bags are on offer with 5 priced at £73, 10 at £82.99 and 20 at £97.99. All are available in charcoal or blue indigo.

Another series tobeupgraded is thepopularStreetWalkerbackpacks. The V2.0 series features increased depth and dedicated tablet and smartphone pockets. The StreetWalker V2.0 costs £166, the Pro V2.0 is £194.99 and the HardDrive V2.0 is £223.99. These combine great capacity with comfort and practical usability, and suit urban as well as rural use. The family has also gained a newmember, the Rolling Backpack V2.0 priced at £292. Drone owners aren’t neglected either, with four options: the Airport FPV Helipak at £199.99, Airport Helipak V2.0 at £199.99, Photo FPV Session at £149.99 and Airport TakeOff V2.0 at £359.99. Visit the SnapperStuff website or your local stockist (also found on the website) to check out all the new launches.

Rotolight has teamed up with Elinchrom to integrate its unique Skyport protocol across its product range, starting with the new NEO 2. This innovative high-speed flash sync and continuous LED lighting unit, which is designed for on-camera use, offers HSS up to 1/8000sec. Thanks to the collaboration with Elinchrom, the NEO 2 has an integrated Skyport 2.4GHz receiver so there is no need for an additional unit. Skyport enables wireless operation up to 200m and can control up to ten lights in four groups. It is compatible with most camera brands. The NEO 2 gives an amazing 85,000 full power flashes from one set of rechargeable AA batteries and is 85% brighter in continuous lighting mode compared with its predecessor. UK guide price is £249.99. Rotolight and Elinchrom work together

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Reliable storage fromSamsung

Laowa’s fast andwide Owners of Sony E-mount cameras will be interested in Laowa’s latest rectilinear ultra- wide lens. The 15mm f/2 FE Zero-D is priced at £899 and its construction comprises 12 elements in nine groups with three extra low dispersion and two aspherical elements. This manual focus lens sports an impressively fast f/2 aperture, a 72mm accessory thread and is said to give very low distortion. Key benefits include its 500g low weight, close focusing down to 15cmand the option of a clicked or de-clicked aperture ring.

The Samsung Portable SSD T5 is the company’s very latest portable solid state drive. Four sizes are on offer. In blue you can choose between capacities of 250GB and 500GB at prices of £125.49 and £192.49 respectively. Opt for black and you can choose between capacities of 1TB and 2TB priced at £384.89 and £759.49 respectively.

All feature Samsung’s 64-layer V-NAND technology and offer impressive operating speeds, up to 540MB/s. Weighing just 51g and measuring 74x57.3x10.5mm, the SSD T5 is a very portable external hard drive and has the fast USB3.1 interface with backwards compatibility.

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