Photo Equipment

Discover the best photography equipment to achieve better results. Read our guides to the best cameras, lenses, lighting, tripods, filters, and more.

Getting started with Equipment

  • How to Use the BMPCC: Complete Guide to Setup, Filming, and Post-Production

    How to Use the BMPCC: Complete Guide to Setup, Filming, and Post-Production

    Marie Gardiner
  • All Equipment tutorials:

    1. DSLR Video in 60 Seconds

      DSLR Video in 60 Seconds

      Tutorial Beginner

      Do you wonder whether to choose a camcorder or DSLR when filming? Maybe a professional camcorder is out of your budget and you're wondering if a DSLR will do...

    2. Video Lights For All: How to Build a Complete 3 Head Kit on a $100 Budget

      Video Lights For All: How to Build a Complete 3 Head Kit on a $100 Budget

      Tutorial Beginner

      Create a super useful and versatile lighting kit with parts from your local hardware store! The best part is you can get all the parts for about $130.

    3. Five Fantastic Film Cameras for Under $100

      Five Fantastic Film Cameras for Under $100

      Tutorial Beginner

      Film is alive and kicking but to find out just how lively it is, you need a film camera. These fantastic film cameras will get you shooting film without...

    4. How to Calculate the Sharpest Aperture for Any Lens

      How to Calculate the Sharpest Aperture for Any Lens

      Tutorial Advanced

      Lenses aren't equally sharp at all apertures. Some are better than others. In this tutorial, I look at how to calculate the sharpest aperture for any scenario.

    5. Five Fantastic Film Cameras Under $1000

      Five Fantastic Film Cameras Under $1000

      Tutorial Beginner

      If you have never used film before, or haven’t in some time, now is a great time to rediscover analog image making. Film is still viable as a photographic...

    6. Create a Vacuum Photo Copy Rig From a Computer Case

      Create a Vacuum Photo Copy Rig From a Computer Case

      Tutorial Intermediate

      Grab some old PC case, fan, metal, and hot glue cause we're gonna make a vacuum photo copy rig!

    7. Gettin' Round: How to Make a Spherical Image with Google Camera

      Gettin' Round: How to Make a Spherical Image with Google Camera

      Tutorial Beginner

      With Google camera you can create immersive photo spheres just like the ones you see when using Google Maps’ Street View function. Viewing a photo sphere is...

    8. Choosing Data Storage Media for Photos and Video: When Not to Use Optical Media

      Choosing Data Storage Media for Photos and Video: When Not to Use Optical Media

      Tutorial Beginner

      There is a variety of storage media available for data storage, but use optical media—CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs—with caution. This article explains why.

    9. Pics or It Didn't Happen! Making Memory and Meaning in the Age of Overload

      Pics or It Didn't Happen! Making Memory and Meaning in the Age of Overload

      Tutorial Beginner

      Today, stories, claims, accomplishments, or experiences are not valid unless accompanied by a picture. The result is not that we have better records of...

    10. A Beginner's Guide to Shooting Long Exposure Water

      A Beginner's Guide to Shooting Long Exposure Water

      Tutorial Beginner

      We’ve all seen those silky smooth, impressive waterscapes and lusted over the places they were taken. In this tutorial, I’ll take you through how to start...

    11. Full-Frame vs. Crop-Sensor Cameras for Macro Photography

      Full-Frame vs. Crop-Sensor Cameras for Macro Photography

      Tutorial Beginner

      Full-frame or crop-sensor, which is best? Well there are a number of variables and in this article, I’ll look at some of the key ones and how they benefit...

    12. Recommended Camera Equipment for Night Photography

      Recommended Camera Equipment for Night Photography

      Tutorial Beginner

      There is a lot to think about when investing in camera gear. Before you go out and buy equipment you need to ask yourself one simple question: what do I...