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Photographers spend a lot on their cameras and lenses, often doing considerable research on the best model for their needs. However, they usually don’t put the same effort into equipment to carry and protect their pricey investments. In this issue I’ll introduce you to a few interesting products to carry your camera and other gear, and a couple of other goodies that you may find useful and interesting just in time for Christmas.

Olympus 15mm f/8.0 Body Cap Lens

 

I will be proactive and answer NO to the question I’m sure some, if not many, of the readers will have when they see that I’m going to review a $49.99 camera lens — “Did Mark recently hit his head?” That isn’t a typo; the Olympus 15mm f/8.0 Body Cap Lens costs just $49.99.

Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Lens

 

The Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM is the first lens to be released in Sigma’s new Art category of lenses.  It’s a DG lens, which means that it’s designed for use with full-frame sized sensor digital cameras, but you can still use it with APS-C or DX cameras as well, giving it a focal length of approximately 52 mm (on a 1.5X crop sensor). Its build quality is quite impressive; it has a robust feel and a pleasing black matte finish. However, it lacks the weather seals found on the Nikon AF-S Nikkor 35mm f/1.4G lens, but for most photographers this shouldn’t be a major issue unless they’re constantly shooting in wet or dusty conditions. For its size it isn’t a lightweight lens, weighting in at 665 g.  

PocketWizard MiniTT1 Transmitter and Flex TT5 Transceivers

 

If you’re a Canon or Nikon DSLR and speedlight user then one of the most versatile options I’ve come across to remotely fire your speedlights is the PocketWizard ControlTL wireless photo control system using the MiniTT1 Transmitter and FlexTT5 Transceivers. This system uses wireless radio waves to communicate between the camera and the flashes, which is superior to wireless systems that use infrared (IR) light beams. IR beams require a direct line of sight between the camera and the flashes, the beams have a limited range, and they can be affected by bright sunlight. With wireless radio waves systems the flashes can be up to 240 m from the camera, around corners, behind obstacles and in bright sunlight.

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