Accessories
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Photo Gear
Covering The Photo Beat
Power Packs, Tripods Heads, Equipment Cases And More
Accessories
Robert E. Mayer • Sep 01, 2004 • 0 comments

Variable Voltage Compact Power Pack & Sophisticated New Qflash
The Quantum Turbo Compact rechargeable power pack automatically adjusts the output voltage to suit different cameras or flash units by simply changing the connecting cable. It uses long-lived Nickel Metal...
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Photo Gear
Covering The Photo Beat
Softboxes, Shoulder Straps, Self-Regulating Tripods, And More
Accessories
Robert E. Mayer • Oct 01, 2004 • 0 comments

Limited Edition, Soft Gear Bag Sports White House Logo
The Domke White House Bag, which was designed exclusively for the 2004 White House News Photographers Association Annual Awards Event, is now available in a limited edition. The bag is soft, smooth, and made of 100 percent cotton duck canvas that is...
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Photographic Accessories; Items For Capture, Presentation, And More
Accessories, Show Reports
Roger W. Hicks ... • Jan 01, 2011 • 0 comments

Countless things appear at photokina that are not cameras, lenses, tripods, bags, materials, or lighting and studio. It’s part of the magic of the place. Calling this category “accessories” won’t do, because for most of us, “accessories” consist mostly of small things in blister packs: cable releases, lens caps, that sort of thing. At photokina, it can...
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Photokina Show Report
Tripods, Lighting, Accessories And Weird Stuff
Accessories
Roger W. Hicks • Jan 01, 1998 • 0 comments

In the nature of things,
photographers tend to care more about cameras than about accessories.
It's irrational, really, as most of us buy accessories more often
than we buy cameras, but then, who saidt...
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photokina Special Coverage; Bags, Cases, And Underwater Housings, Too
Accessories
Frances E. Schultz • Jan 01, 2007 • 0 comments

Innovation is not the word which immediately springs to mind when you think about camera bags. And yet, innovation there was at this photokina.

Case in point: A properly loaded backpack with a two-strap harness, lumbar support, and sternum straps is the most comfortable and best balanced way for most people to carry heavy camera gear. But until now, you had to take...
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photokina Special Coverage; Really Useful Stuff: A Gathering Of Accessories & Items, With Something For Everyone
Accessories
Roger W. Hicks ... • Jan 01, 2007 • 0 comments

When Shutterbug reporters are covering photokina, we understandably concentrate on what's new, and we each have our own assigned ranges of subjects. As a result, even after allowing for my "Weird Stuff" category, a number of really useful items and trends can either fall into the gaps between our coverage--"I thought you would be covering...
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photokina Special Coverage; Tripods And Camera Supports
Accessories
Frances E. Schultz • Jan 01, 2007 • 0 comments

It was a heady affair covering camera supports at photokina, with dozens of new tripod tops from a variety of manufacturers. The trend is toward greater precision and quality: increased control, with spring counterweights to balance heavy lenses, calibrated friction control as pioneered by Novoflex, panoramic calibrations, and quick-release plates. Some manufacturers...
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photokina Special Coverage; Weird Stuff: Camera Condoms, Death Masks, Triple-Lens Reflexes, And Body Armor For Your D-SLR
Accessories
Roger W. Hicks • Jan 01, 2007 • 0 comments

The time-honored Shutterbug Weird Stuff category is for all the products that don't fit in anywhere else: the sort of thing where a friend who was at the show tells you, "You wouldn't believe what I saw..." As well as the glorious examples in the subhead, we can add online caricatures, limpet-mine camera supports, Internet telephones, dental...
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PhotoPlus Expo West 2000
Accessories
Dave Howard • Sep 01, 2000 • 0 comments

PhotoPlus Expo West 2000, held this past June in Los Angeles, suffered, as it does every even-numbered year, from occurring not long after PMA in February, and not long before photokina in September. This means few new introductions, mostly just...
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PhotoVision’s One Shot Digital Calibration Targets; White Balance And Exposure, Right In The Camera
Accessories
Jack Neubart • Nov 01, 2007 • 0 comments

Remember the old Kodak 18 percent Gray Card that we used as a neutral target to determine exposure, without undue influence from bright and dark tones? I still have a bunch of those lying around. There were several problems with the card; holding it the wrong way might cause a glaring hot spot. Second, it was cardboard, not built to last. Third, it didn't travel...
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Pistol Grip Heads: Ready For Action
Accessories, Equipment Reviews
Jack Neubart • Sep 20, 2012 • Published: Aug 01, 2012 • 4 comments
Slik introduced the first pistol grip over 25 years ago, heralding an innovative adaptation of the ball socket head. Still in production, that head has not changed, but today there are numerous variations on this basic design. Several are fashioned along the lines of a video game joystick. Two other types included here are the collar lock ball head and what I call the “vice grip” head.
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PMA 08; Albums And Frames
Accessories, Show Reports
Robert E. Mayer • Jun 01, 2008 • 0 comments

In order to organize and conveniently display your favorite pictures of family, friends, pets, and travel, you need albums. There were many sizes and shapes on display with a host of color variations, textures, and themes. For those precious few images worthy of even more prominent display, there were lots of frames for single or multiple images.

There were also...
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PMA 08; Batteries And Chargers
Accessories, Show Reports
Robert E. Mayer • Jun 01, 2008 • 0 comments

Nearly every picture-taking device today is electronic in operation so the need for a reliable battery is imperative. Some digital cameras use specialized rechargeable batteries while compact models often still rely on standard AA- or AAA-size batteries. The latter tend to hog the battery power, especially when flash pictures are made. Because of this there were lots of battery...
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PMA 08; Best Of Show
Accessories, Compact Digital Cameras, Lenses, Lighting Equipment, Pro-Quality Digital SLRs, Show Reports, Software & Computers
Shutterbug Staff • Jun 01, 2008 • 0 comments

As part of our annual Photo Marketing Association (PMA) coverage we ask our reporters to deliver a "Best of Show" award. While each contributor had their own beat, we also asked them to go beyond their respective area of coverage to find what, for them, signified a breakthrough product, technology, or new trend that they felt would affect all photographers in the...
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PMA 08; Camera Bags: Hard & Soft Cases For Shoulder & Backpacking
Accessories, Show Reports
Jack Neubart • Jun 01, 2008 • 0 comments

While camera bags often aim for functionality over style, there were several shoulder bags shown this year that had fashion chic paramount in their design, and a number of them aimed at the female photo enthusiast. Still, the photo backpack seemed to dominate when it came to functionality and innovative design, including two combo packs targeting the hard-core backpacker or...
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