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1 week ago | 
digitalcameraworld.com | Matthew Richards
Benro might not be the very most famous tripod manufacturer in the world but it’s earned a very solid reputation since it launched in China, back in 1996. I’ve recently been very impressed with different versions of the Benro Cyanbird Hybrid and Benro Carbon FS30 travel tripod kits. This FS20PRO head is also available as part of a complete Cyanbird kit, being perfectly matched to the legs.
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1 week ago | 
digitalcameraworld.com | Matthew Richards
It’s not long since I reviewed the Viltrox AF 35mm f/1.7 Air. It’s an ultra-compact and super-lightweight APS-C format lens with a rock-bottom price tag. The Viltrox AF 35mm f/1.2 Lab that I’m reviewing here is the polar opposite. It has an uncompromising design that puts image quality, top-notch construction, high-level performance and exotic handling center-stage, with relatively little concern about size and weight.
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1 week ago | 
digitalcameraworld.com | Matthew Richards
Sigma started rolling out its I-series prime lenses at the tail end of 2020. From the company’s Contemporary stable, they’re designed to be premium primes but with a compact and lightweight build. They also have a sturdy all-metal construction, that typically extends to the barrel, mounting plate and hood, while also coming with both plastic and magnetic metal front caps.
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1 week ago | 
digitalcameraworld.com | Matthew Richards
I’ve been really impressed by some of Benro’s sturdy, full-sized tripods, which are some of the best tripods for photographers. Benro also makes some of the best carbon tripods, best tripods for videographers and best travel tripods, the last of these including the Benro Rhino 05C VX20. I also really like the Benro Cyanbird Hybrid kit, which combines carbon fiber and aluminum leg sections, and comes complete with an N00P ball head.
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1 week ago | 
digitalcameraworld.com | Matthew Richards
I feel there’s been a reversal of fortunes. Back when DSLRs were the order of the day, Tamron often seemed to lead the way in superzoom territory, launching lenses with ever greater ‘world-first’ and ‘world-best’ zoom ranges. They included the Tamron 16-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD Macro and the Tamron 18-400mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC HLD, although I always felt that the latter was a bit hefty to qualify as a ‘travel lens’.
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1 week ago | 
digitalcameraworld.com | Matthew Richards
Woohoo! I bought a Mutrain Digital Camera X10 that claimed to have 48 megapixels under the bonnet, for just $30 / £25 at Amazon. Exciting times – it even came complete with an internal Li-ion battery and a microSD card, so there was nothing extra to buy and it was all ready to go. As it turned out, it was all ready to go straight in the bin. As some say, “If something looks too good to be true, then it probably is.” I tried some other super-cheap digital cameras with the same result.
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2 weeks ago | 
digitalcameraworld.com | Matthew Richards
The Yashica City 100 is a fun little compact camera. It’s not quite small enough to squeeze into a pocket, lacking a retractable lens, but unlike many ‘cheap’ plastic cameras that I’ve reviewed lately, it has a smart set of features and captures stills and videos that I actually want to keep, thanks to their superior quality. Just don’t get carried away with the hype of its 72 megapixel stills and 5K video.
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3 weeks ago | 
digitalcameraworld.com | Matthew Richards
I have to confess to a bit of a Viltrox habit. I bought a Nikon Z fc a while ago and wanted some like-minded prime lenses to go with it, which looked and felt the part. I settled on the Viltrox 13mm, 23mm, 33mm and 56mm f/1.4 primes, which are available for APS-C format Fujifilm X, Nikon Z and Sony Alpha mirrorless cameras. They all have a full metal build and aperture control rings, which suit the Z fc’s handling.
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3 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Matthew Richards
A dry cleaner has said businesses just 10 miles away can charge a quarter of the price for services due to differing energy prices between regions. Small and medium-sized businesses in north Wales and Merseyside are expected to pay 13% more in electricity bills than London from this month due to non-wholesale energy costs known as third-party charges. Mike Jones, who runs Borras Dry Cleaners in Wrexham, said his company was being "penalised" by being charged 8% more than the UK average.
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3 weeks ago | 
digitalcameraworld.com | Matthew Richards
We all know about those inkjet printers that are incredibly cheap to buy and seem unfeasibly good value. You pay your money, take it home and install it, only to find that the ‘setup’ cartridges run out a few days later and a full set of regular replacement cartridges costs as much as (if not more than) the printer itself. Suddenly they don’t seem such good value after all. The ET-8500 takes the opposite approach.
