What kind of Photo & Video News are we looking for?
Useful gadgets of interest to specifically travel and u/w photographers!
Defining the scope
For starters it is, for a change, easier to define what we are not looking for
While every travel and underwater photo- or videographer does indeed need both cameras and lenses and .... erh...stuff, we do want to steer clear of the following.
- New camera bodies and lenses, and general photo equipment.
- General news are much better covered by numerous other portal, sites and blogs - and they do a better job than we ever can.
- There are too many new models.
- We need to be u/w and travel photography specific.
We can, and should, cover the occasional camera if it has some unusual u/w specific use or function such as, for example, being a novel watertight action camera.
In the same vein I do not even want to cover too many new u/w housings either. Except when there is something significant coming out, say the first housing for Sony A9.
- Avoid Another similar u/w housing
- If it is the first for a significant camera, then perhaps yes
- If it adds significant new features and functions not seen before, then yes
- Slight upgrades are not really all that interesting
What to include and not to
- Lenses
- Wetlenses
- If it is specifically designed with u/w photography in mind
- If it is does something of specific interest to u/w photograpers
I like the odd gadget that one would not otherwise find such as the recent Paralenz action camera, small fast back up drives, arms, connectors, travel bags and so on - and also software. In other words a curious mix of bits and pieces where possible. Take a look at the screenshots above.
If you have spotted one or several items that may qualify by all means let me know.