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GORILLATORCH TOSHIBA: SLIMMER AND GREENER
NOW GLOBALLY
AVAILABLE
Toshiba Electronics Europe has As before, all of the packs are
With features
unveiled new product packaging clearly labeled with key information
including a 360
for its memory cards and USB including important specifications
degrees high-powered directional
Flash drives, switching from and relevant performance data. The
light, flexible leg joints with
conventional plastic blister packs to memory card packaging also carries
rubberized grips, magnetized feet
a paperboard-based alternative a graphic that helps customers
for maximum flexibility and a fully
that reduces plastic content by up choose the optimum card for specific
adjustable dimmer for energy
to 60%. As well as being more requirements by clearly indicating
conservation, the Gorillatorch
environmentally friendly, the new the applications to which the product speed professional options with
from Joby has now become
paperboard-based packages are is best suited. memory capacities to 32GB.
available worldwide. Announced
also slimmer and lighter than the Toshiba’s portable memory storage MicroSD products offer standard
earlier this year, the Gorillatorch
more traditional plastic blister product range includes SDHC cards, and high-speed alternatives and
follows the design of the
packs, helping to deliver efficiency microSD cards and USB flash drives. capacities to 16GB. Toshiba’s
Gorillapod tripod range ad
and cost savings in terms of SDHC cards are available in TransMemory USB flash drives
weighs less than nine ounces. The
storage and shipping. standard, high-speed and high- offer storage capacities to 32GB.
Gorillatorch is distributed in the
UK by Intro 2020.
T R I P O D S
CUSTOM BRACKETS LAUNCH
NEW GIMBAL HEADS
Flaghead Photographic have movement, making it ideal for the
announced they will be distributing two photographer who wants lightweight
new Custom Brackets Gimbal heads. telephoto lens support.
FOR HD OUTDOORS The new Gimbal-LS weighs only 2.5 lbs It is maintenance-free and has soft
With High Definition Video being – the lightest yet! It utilises precision rubber-coated control and setup knobs
an important feature on cameras roller bearings for easyy pan and tilt allow for greater comfort. The CB Gimbal-LB head mounts the
like the Canon 5D MkII and new lens sideways and is suitable for zoom
7D, 500D, new 1D MK IV, Nikon & telephoto lenses up to 400mm. It
D90, D300s, D5000, D3s, utilises precision roller bearings for
Pentax Kx, K7 and the Panasonic easy pan & tilt movement and is ideal
GH-1, an issue emerges: Is it for photographers who use medium
really possible to see HD video focal length telephoto lenses. It is also
on a 3" screen in bright sunlight maintenance free and both come in
or strong artificial light? black "hard anodized" aluminium. The
Hoodman have brought out a LS retails for £401.25, the LB for
solution: the 3" Hoodloupe £342.70 and the new BGLA Anti-twist
(£75.99) fits exactly over a 3" plate for £17.25.
screen, and to fit it to a D-SLR so
that it can be used hands-free,
L E N S C O N V E RT E R
there’s a Cinema Strap (£18.99).
To prevent any extraneous light
ENHANCED CAPABILITY
from entering the eyepiece, there
is also a shaped Hoodeye eyecup FROM MARUMI
(£ 26.99) available.
Video cameras are not forgotten Kenro has announced the UK threads and 0.5X in 52mm, 55mm
either, as for viewing a 3" release of a new range of telephoto and 58mm sizes. Both the telephoto
monitor or LCD screen with the and wide angle converters from converters and the wide angle
Hoodloupe there is the Hoodman Marumi. The converters are converter lenses range start with an
Camcorder Mount Strap auxiliary lenses designed to attach RRP of £47.15 for the 37mm thread
(£22.99) which attaches it to the onto the front of a camera's existing model, rising to £105.63 for the
screen. built in lens and enhance its 58mm version. The converters can be
If a 3.5" or 4" screen needs to be telephoto or wide angle capability. fitted directly to camcorder lenses
covered, there’s the Hoodman Two magnification telephoto depending on the filter size and can
Hoodriser (£26.99) which slips converters are available in 37mm, be used with digital compact cameras
over the Hoodloupe and converts 52mm, 55mm and 58mm filter by using the appropriate adaptor.
it into a 4" Loupe. They’re all thread sizes. Marumi wide angle These adaptors are available to fit cameras and range in price from
available from Newpro UK. converters are 0.45X in 37mm filter Olympus, Nikon, Canon and Fujifilm £10.29 to £13.34.
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