Photo Accessory News

One way that photographers can add variety to a portrait session is to shoot a few images in black and white. The way I like to do it is to put the camera in monochrome mode then shoot with Raw+JPEG capture, creating two files at the same time—one in color, the other in monochrome—that you can show your subject right away. I did this recently and the subject loved the look of the black-and-white portrait so much that we continued the session shooting that way. That said, since this is the lighting issue I’d like to start with some new items to light up your photo life.

If you still have old photos and negatives that need to be professionally scanned, you’re in luck. At PhotoPlus Expo in New York City today, Epson unveiled the Perfect V800 and V850 Pro photo scanners.

Heavy Leather NYC recently added a selection of new styles to their line of high-end, hand crafted camera straps. These new styles represent a collaboration between Heavy Leather NYC and Sophie C’est La Vie, a well-known Brooklyn-based tattoo artist who co-designed the limited edition series of printed camera strap using her signature origami themed art. These straps offer a fresh take on the usual classic camera strap because of Sophie’s rock ‘n’ roll flair.

A tripod is a must have item for photographers so we all have at least one in our gear bag or studio. While handy, there are times when it simply isn’t practical to carry around a stand size tripod and some places (such as museums) don’t allow one. Manfrotto’s versatile Pixi mini tripod is the ideal solution to this dilemma. 

The new AeroTab series allows tablet users a sleek way to mount their tablet to any tripod, light stand, arm or clamp used for photography/videography work. Created for use with tablets from Acer, Amazon, Apple, Asus, Dell, Microsoft, Samsung, Sony, Wacom and more the series has four AeroTab options to choose from that will safely accommodate a wide range of tablet sizes with variable mounting options. 

SanDisk has launched what the company is calling "the world's largest SD Card": the 512GB Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-I. SanDisk also recently announced the speedy SanDisk Extreme PRO CFast 2.0 memory card. Each card offers increased capacity, enhanced durability and new features that make them suited for professional photographers and videographers.