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. All About the Dreaded Fungus - Lomography Tipster

      All About the Dreaded Fungus - Lomography Tipster

      Tutorial Beginner

      Once a month, we bring you a tipster from Lomography.com. Their ever-growing database of film knowledge offers tricks, tips and techniques that often outside...

    2. Shooting & Editing a High Speed Fruity Water Splash

      Shooting & Editing a High Speed Fruity Water Splash

      Tutorial Beginner

      Every two weeks, we revisit some of our reader favorite posts from throughout the history of Phototuts+. This tutorial was first published in December of...

    3. Painting Your Subject With Light

      Painting Your Subject With Light

      Tutorial Intermediate

      I've been in real need of creative inspiration lately and I've been feeling an urge to experiment with new techniques as I continue to discover my vision and...

    4. FlashMasters: On-Camera Flash

      FlashMasters: On-Camera Flash

      Tutorial Beginner

      In the second installment of our Flashmasters series, we are going to be tackling the unwieldy beast that is on-camera flash. Feared by many and maligned by...

    5. Five Old School Photo Accessories that are Still Awesome

      Five Old School Photo Accessories that are Still Awesome

      Tutorial Beginner

      If you're a modern photographer, you're probably shooting digital and have left behind some of the coolest photo accessories ever made. There's no need to...

    6. Product Review: Modahaus Table Top Studios

      Product Review: Modahaus Table Top Studios

      Tutorial Beginner

      As a product photographer, I have tried just about every kind of backdrop/table-top/tent system available. Today, I'll be focusing (no pun intended) on the...

    7. Video for Photographers Part 1: Shot Types and Moving the Camera

      Video for Photographers Part 1: Shot Types and Moving the Camera

      Tutorial Beginner

      With the growing number of DSLRs that shoot video, we are launching a three-part series to help you adapt your photography skills to video production. Today,...

    8. A Simple Guide to Setting Up Your Own Photographic Darkroom

      A Simple Guide to Setting Up Your Own Photographic Darkroom

      Tutorial Intermediate

      Every two weeks, we revisit some of our reader favorite posts from throughout the history of Phototuts+. This tutorial was first published in November of...

    9. A Neutral Density Filter Primer

      A Neutral Density Filter Primer

      Tutorial Beginner

      Neutral Density (ND) filters are a bit like sunglasses for your lens. Except that sunglasses typically tint the light coming through in one form or another....

    10. Exploring Hunky Holga Lenses on your DSLR

      Exploring Hunky Holga Lenses on your DSLR

      Tutorial Beginner

      Toy cameras like the Holga are getting more and more popular, and some serious photography is being produced by them. You can now get the infamous Holga lens...

    11. Quick Tip: 5 Tips for Shooting Medium Format

      Quick Tip: 5 Tips for Shooting Medium Format

      Tutorial Beginner

      With the resurgence of film photography and the flood of affordable used cameras, many photographers are itching to dive into medium format photography. In...

    12. Quick Tip: A Look at 5 iPhone Lightmeter Apps

      Quick Tip: A Look at 5 iPhone Lightmeter Apps

      Tutorial Beginner

      So you bought that vintage camera you've had your eye on. It's classic styling and juicy lens is more than you can handle. It doesn't have a light meter. So...