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HandiZoom: Control Your DSLR Like A True Video Camera

Learning to shoot video with a DSLR after years of using traditional video cameras can be an awkward transition. One feature yet absent from DLSRs is a controlled zoom mechanism. Zooming manually not only produces an entirely different feel to a shot, it also requires the use of an additional hand, besides the one holding the camera.

July 14, 2011
Cameras

If You Shoot Pics In Sketchy Places, You Need The LockCircle Body Cap

We take DSLRs places that delicate equipment really has no business being: mountains, deserts, debaucherous hipster rooftop parties. So a diesel, solid aluminium body cap like the LockCircle is kind of great, instead of the puny plastic one that comes in the box.

June 21, 2011
Gadgets

The Exomount Will Mount Your Phone To Damn Near Anything

A simple car mount that won’t fall mid-drive is all anyone really needs. Still, there’s something to be said for one that can stick firmly to almost any surface. I’d take it everywhere. It’d be embarrassing actually.

May 18, 2011
Gadgets

This Super Sherpa Climbed Everest 21 Times – Here’s His Eco Gadget Bag

Earlier this week, Apa Sherpa reached the summit of Mount Everest for a record-breaking 21st time. Known as the “Super Sherpa”, Apa made his ascent with the Eco Everest Expedition, a team with a “leave no trace” outdoor ethic that is dedicated to cleaning up Everest. Since 2008, the group has brought down over 12 tons of garbage for disposal and four human bodies for burial.

December 18, 2010
Gadgets

The Monowalker Helps You Hike With Heavy Loads

Pay no attention to the brawny, soul-patched woodsman in this picture! Instead look behind him to the Monowalker, a sort of reverse wheelbarrow that lets you pull 45kg of gear with relative ease.

June 17, 2010

But What Kind Of Box Was This Huge Cardboard Machine Delivered In?

Here we have a large, complex machine built entirely of cardboard. It has cardboard gears and cardboard pulleys, cardboard levers and cardboard buttons. I wonder if it was packaged in a box made of a hulking old computer. [Make]

May 27, 2010

These $US1700 Ultrasone Edition 8s Could Be Your First Audiophile Headphones

Audiophile. That’d be a nice distinction to have. But what makes an audiophile, really? An obsession with high fidelity audio, for one thing. But also the ownership of incredible sounding, incredibly expensive gear, like these $US1700 Ultrasone Edition 8 headphones.

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