Portable storage
Estimated Street Price: $109 (Edge); $119
(Edge for Mac)
Website: www.wd.com
My
Passport Edge from Western Digital
Back up your files while still out shooting
using the My Passport Edge from Western Digital. With 500 GB of capacity and a
USB 3.0 interface that delivers fast read and write speeds, the drive allows
you to quickly manage, share and work with your files from any location. The
sleek design makes fitting it into your bag easy. Plus, there are additional security
features for safeguarding your content such as password protection and hardware
encryption that prevents unauthorized use or access. The all-aluminum exterior
protects the drive from scrapes and bumps.
Creative spark
List Price: $80
Website: www.lensbaby.com
Lensbaby
Spark
Do some in-camera experimenting by changing
up your focus using the Lensbaby Spark. More affordable than other Lensbaby
models, the Spark allows you to create the same kind of effect, a “sweet spot”
of sharp focus surrounded by blur. You squeeze the Spark to focus and tilt it
to move the sharp area around the image. Like all Lensbaby models, the Spark
has an articulated front section, which puts the front lens element at an angle
toward the sensor plane, and simulates a tilt-shift effect. The 50mm lens works
with the Lensbabu Optic Swap System, and it’s available for Canon- and
Nikon-mount DSLRs.
Portrait plug-in
Estimated Street Price: $62
Website: www.portraitprofessional.com
Portrait
Professional 10 from Anthropics
Make sure the people in your photos look as
good as possible using Portrait Professional 10 from Anthropics. This
incredibly powerful tool smoothes and perfects skin, as well as refines facial
features quickly and easily. A step-by-step process walks you through the adjustments.
Once you open an image, the program guides you through the process of adjusting
facial features. For more fine-tuning, there are separate controls for
adjusting facial dimensions and skin characteristics.
Light solution
Estimated Street Price: $399
Website: www.litepanels.com
Litepanels
Luma
Illuminate your stills and video with the
Litepanels Luma, a continuous, on-camera daylight LED that outputs a soft, yet
high-illumination fill light, in a 500 spread. It delivers accurate
color temperatures, flicker-free output at any frame rate or shutter angle, and
no color shift when dimming. The dimming knob lets you dial in the exact amount
of light desired. The Luma weighs less than a pound, measures 6.5x4x1.5 inches
and is powered by six AA batteries, DC from the camera or through an AC power
supply.
Lux Leica
Estimated Street Price: $799 (D-Lux 6);
&849 (V-Lux 4)
Website: www.leica-camera.com
D-Lux
6
Travel light using one of Lecia’s new
compact cameras. The D-Lux 6 packs in a redesigned 1/1.7-inch, 12-megapixel
CMOS sensor, 1920x1080p at 60 fps HD video recording and a 24-90mm (35mm
equivalent) zoom with a fast f/1.4-2.3 aperture. Automatic or manual settings
are available, as well as ISO range of 80-12800 and a 3-inch LCD. The V-Lux 4
uses a 12-megapixel CMOS sensor, can shoot at a burst rate of 12 fps at full
resolution and has a zoom range of 25-600mm (35mm equivalent) with a constant
maximum aperture of f/2.8. Its HD video specs are the same as the D-Lux 6.
Compact tripod
Estimated Street Price: $129 (T-005X);
&219 (T-025X)
Website: www.argraph.com
Sirui
T-005X/025X tripod
Take sharper shots with your mirrorless or
compact shooter using the Sirui T-005X/025X tripod and C10 head kits. When
folded, they measure just 11.8 inches long and weigh just a couple of pounds
while offering load capacities up to 13.2 pounds (T-025X). The legs fold up 1800,
making the tripods even more compact. For speed and convenience, each leg has
an automatic leg angle lock mechanism. Maximum extended height is 54.5 inches.
The T-025X has 8-layer carbon-fiber legs for increased load capacity and
stability. The C10 and included quick-release plate are Arca-compatible.
No noise
Estimated Street Price: $79
Website: www.imagenomic.com
Noiseware
5 from Imagenomic
Remove noise from your images using
Noiseware 5 from Imagenomic. Boosting speed was a major priority in this
update, which includes 64-bit compatibility for Mac users, an improved
algorithm, faster processing speeds and multicore support that allows you to
produce images up to four times faster than the previous version. Also included
are a new preset manager and history control. You can save an unlimited number
of custom presets, along with an unlimited number of categories that help you
easily find frequently used settings. The upgrade is free for existing Noiseware
Pro owners.
