Category: Gear

When I went looking for a variable ND filter for my 67mm Sigma lens, finding one in Pakistan turned out to be harder than expected. Local stores just didn’t stock a good variable option, so I ended up ordering one from UK Amazon instead — a Gobe NDX 67mm 2-400 variable ND filter.

One thing worth knowing if you’re shopping for one now: Gobe has rebranded to Urth. Same company, same product line, new name — so if you’re searching and only finding “Urth” listings, that’s not a different product, just the current branding.

Compact RGB fill lights have been all over vlogging setups lately, and cheap ones are everywhere on Amazon and AliExpress. A while back I picked one up — an LY-01 unit — and quickly noticed something odd while shopping for it: the exact same light is sold under two completely different brand names.

I’ve used the Weebill Lab for a while now, so when the Weebill S came out, I picked one up mainly to see if it was actually worth the upgrade — or just a repackaged version with a new sticker.

If you’ve spent any time in Canon shooter forums, you’ve probably heard this lens called “The Magic Drainpipe” — the nickname for the Canon EF 80-200mm f/2.8L. It’s a name that’s stuck for good reason: this thing is built like an actual tank, and it earned a reputation as one of the best telephoto zooms Canon ever made.

If you’re shooting on a Canon M50 and wishing your full-frame EF lenses were a stop faster, there’s a cheaper fix than buying new glass: a speed booster. I picked up the Viltrox EF-M2 adapter to test exactly this — using my existing EF lenses on the M50’s crop sensor while getting more light and a shallower depth of field out of them.

If you’re new to gimbals and wondering whether they’re worth the learning curve, I put together a simple, no-jargon review of the Zhiyun Weebill Lab — a 3-axis gimbal I used over a weekend with my family to really put it through real, casual use rather than a controlled test.

When I started vlogging during the COVID-19 lockdown, I went through a few different tripod and monopod options before landing on a setup I actually liked. Here are the three I ended up using, and why.

For a while, I was using my Godox AD600 battery-powered strobe to light my home studio vlogs — running its bare-bulb setup with the H600 extension. I recorded around 8 vlogs this way before realizing it wasn’t really the right tool for the job.

Here is a vlog about the Wired vs Wireless base Microphone System. The quick unboxing and the First Impression of the FIFINE Wireless base Microphone System K-037B, Wireless Microphone set with Headset and Lavalier Lapel Mics. Also, you will see the comparison, the pros and cons of wired and the wireless-based microphone setup Boya BY-MM1 and FIFINE K037B.