High-end on-location camera bag maker f-stop gear has kicked-off KitSentry, a new concept in smart, secure camera bags, and has announced a KickStarter campaign to fund this exciting project.[adrotate group="6"] I can count on the fingers of two hands the times my film and photography…
Before there were garage-based startups in the U.S., there were cottage industries in the UK (yeah, OK, and in a bunch of other places, too). In this �?installment of our occasional series on Kickstarter projects, we interview Nathan Hughes of Restrap, a small family business…
After a successful Kickstarter campaign where they achieved funding�?above�?their goal, innovative camera bag maker f-stop has launched a short Indiegogo funding campaign for those who missed out on its predecessor. The f-stop�?Kashmir - Female Focused Camera Pack campaign closes January 13 at 11:59pm PT with…
Taking up about the same space as a GoPro, Lume Cube mashes up the GoPro ethos with state of the art LEDs, Pocket Wizard-style control via Bluetooth and a smartphone app – and the ability to function as either continuous lighting for video or flash…
Pack-of-cigarettes-sized, open source hardware add-on Lumera allows instantaneous transmission of your DSLR and mirrorless shots to social networks; offload to USB drive; and remote control of your camera via smartphone app. [adrotate group="6"] For those of us with older-school cameras (read: no integrated WiFi), there…
Incremental improvement: most of the time, this is the bedrock of innovation. This week, we present Photography Breakthrough’s X-Series ND and UV traction filters Kickstarter campaign.[adrotate group="6"] Kickstarter is a wellspring of optimism, charting the shortest course from entrepreneurs to customers. Sometimes. With 26 days…
Borne of his doctor’s recommendation to stop using the Glidecam to recover from wrist stress, Renso Gomez decided instead to design a simple but clever add-on called the Eroz X1 –now on Kickstarter and already oversubscribed with 29 days still to go.[adrotate group="6"] If you’ve…
Karl Marx wasn’t thinking about the Anura pocket drone�?when he penned Das Kapital and waxed poetic about the means of production, but hey: it’s kind of cool. And maybe a little creepy. I’m not sure whether to be excited or mortified, [adrotate group="6"]but clearly the…
Hollywood-based camera rental house 27 Notch has launched an Kickstarter campaign for its new articulated arm, the Infinity Arm. Based on the data and the videos, this looks like the strongest articulated arm yet.[adrotate group="6"] Camera and lighting grips and supports are the sort of…
With 17 days to go, Kickstarter project The Pronto has already amassed more than 400% of its original goal. The premise? The ability to charge a universal battery pack so quickly and so fully that with just 5 minutes of wall time, it’s got enough…
