Yongnuo, initially famous for their incredibly affordable flashes and off-camera triggers, caused quite a stir when it moved into lenses, for two reasons: (1) They came out at unheard-of price points, some below $100, and (2) they were, at least externally, blatant copies of existing Nikon and Canon designs. Then again, #2 shouldn’t have been […]

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New entrants to the photography industry are few and far between. Even just a current player entering a new market segment, like Fujifilm recently entering the medium-format market, creates a huge buzz. So you can imagine how all eyes were on YI when they announced their entrance into the photography market with the YI M1 […]

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Note: SITN is currently testing the YI M1 camera — watch for our full camera review, which will be out soon, and enjoy this lens comparison in the meantime. The YI M1 mirrorless camera has created a lot of buzz in the photography world. And it’s all warranted, as it promises a sleek touch-based interface […]

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The CamBuddy Pro was a little overwhelming at first. Joopic pitches it as this wonder device that can do practically anything – an image transfer-tethered live view-intervalometer-remote shutter release-sound, light, and laser sensor-multi camera synchronization device. But once we started putting it to use, it was easy to get up to speed and understand what […]

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