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Gadgets Photography & Video Smartphone & Tablet Accessories

Unboxing Zhiyun’s Smooth 3 smartphone gimbal

My iPhone 6s Plus does a pretty good job of creating smooth video thanks to its onboard ‘optical image stabilisation’, but no matter how good that stabilisation is, nothing will compensate for aggressive movement — and aggressive moment spoils videos! That’s why I’ve been insanely eager to get my hands on the Zhiyun Smooth 3…

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Photography & Video Smartphones

Video & photography gear roundup: The tech I’m travelling with

Being a tech and travel blogger means that I’m always creating video or photography content, and until now I’ve relied on my smartphone to get me by. The camera quality on smartphones are so good nowadays that it’s easier than ever to create professional, high quality content and I’ve been pretty pleased so far. That said, I wanted to…

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Photography & Video Smartphone & Tablet Accessories

Give your iPhone DSLR controls with the Pictar camera grip

If you love taking photos and videos with your iPhone but want a more comfortable, DSLR-like feel to the experience, miggo’s Pictar camera grip is going to grab your attention. Currently undergoing a Kickstarter campaign that has reached half of its goal with 35 days still to go, this $90 gadget has been built to…

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Computing

What Do You Look For In Video Editing Hardware?

If you’re serious about video production then using the right hardware is super important (duh!), but for Finnish group StuntFreaksTeam — a group who make motorsport extreme videos on YouTube — the computers they use for video editing are crucial to their work. Between all of the things blowing up, slo-mo video and 4K recordings, it’s…

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News Photography & Video

GoPro Hero Budget Action Cam Shown off in Video

Adding to the rumours surrounding a budget version of the GoPro Hero, a video by Russian leakers, Rozetked, shows off a sub $200 budget GoPro Hero action camera.