Camera straps have evolved over the last 50 years from pencil-thin leather strips secured by gaudy stud-like rivets to inch-wide fiber belts that brazenly scream out the name of the camera brand they’re attached to. Oh, I’m not objecting to the flexible billboards that camera makers laughingly call straps and deliver with digital SLRs, but I personally prefer something a bit more civilized—and less ostentatious—especially when it’s going to be hanging around my neck.

Jill-e Designs has teamed up with Joey Energy to enhance its line of “Smart Bags," which power your mobile devices while you're on the go. Jill-e also unveiled a stylish new Compact Camera Bag as well.

RØDE Microphones just unveiled a slew of new imaging products at an exclusive event in San Diego, California. As its centerpiece, RØDE launched the RØDELink Digital Wireless System—a fully-digital wireless audio system that utilizes a next-generation 2.4GHz, 128-bit encrypted digital transmission sent on two channels simultaneously, providing a high-resolution 24-bit/44.1k digital audio signal at a range of over 100 yards.

Today’s Shutterbug Photo of the Day is this peaceful and mysterious image of the American West by Gerry Groeber. Groeber shot the photo in the Superstition Mountains in Arizona with a Nikon D7100 and Nikkor 10-24mm lens at F/11.