Photo Equipment

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

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  • 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
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    1. DIY Grid and Snoot - And What They Do

      DIY Grid and Snoot - And What They Do

      Tutorial Beginner

      The list of accessories a photographer could use is virtually endless, and in this economy, some of us don't have the extra money. Luckily, there are a...

    2. Hints & Tips for Successful Sports Photography

      Hints & Tips for Successful Sports Photography

      Tutorial Beginner

      Sports photography is fun and accessible. You don't have to be a pro to want great shots from your child's game or your favorite local team. Sports...

    3. Scanning Negatives with your Digital Camera

      Scanning Negatives with your Digital Camera

      Tutorial Intermediate

      Twice a month we revisit some of our reader favorite posts from throughout the history of Phototuts+. This tutorial was first published in October, 2009. ...

    4. Choosing a Digital Camera for Your Child: The Complete Guide

      Choosing a Digital Camera for Your Child: The Complete Guide

      Tutorial Beginner

      We lovers of photography who also have children usually don't have a problem pointing a camera at our kids time and time again. Many of us have entire hard...

    5. 10 Crazy Must-See Camera Tripods and Mounts

      10 Crazy Must-See Camera Tripods and Mounts

      Tutorial Beginner

      The world of camera-related inventions is a crazy place. One of the areas where wacky photographer inventions actually become quite practical is tripods and...

    6. Are Cameras With Built-in HDR the Future of Photography?

      Are Cameras With Built-in HDR the Future of Photography?

      Tutorial Beginner

      High Dynamic Range photography is one of two things: something that will be as commonplace as a built-in flash in ten years, or a silly fad that will soon...

    7. The Complete Guide to Your Hot Shoe Flash

      The Complete Guide to Your Hot Shoe Flash

      Tutorial Intermediate

      Adding a flash or two to your gear bag presents countless opportunities to further enhance your photographs. So, today we present the complete guide to the...

    8. Quick Tip: Capturing Movement in Water

      Quick Tip: Capturing Movement in Water

      Tutorial Beginner

      Water is essential - nothing could live without it, it surrounds us, it can be dangerous, it can be beautiful, and as photographers, it's a subject that we...

    9. Film Is Alive and Well: Tips, Cameras, and Beginners Advice

      Film Is Alive and Well: Tips, Cameras, and Beginners Advice

      Tutorial Beginner

      When I first got into photography almost 20 years ago, film was the de facto standard and, obviously, the only standard. For over a hundred years film was...

    10. Shooting an Amazing Product Photo That Tells a Story

      Shooting an Amazing Product Photo That Tells a Story

      Tutorial Advanced

      In the United States, around $400 billion is spent on advertising each year. That's "billion" with a "b." A slice of that goes to producing photos for those...

    11. Step by Step: Buying & Shooting With an Antique Camera

      Step by Step: Buying & Shooting With an Antique Camera

      Tutorial Advanced

      When most people are given an antique, it's thrown onto a shelf as a nice dust-collecting decoration. Not me. I took my vintage 1924 Brownie camera...

    12. How to Create a Beautiful Seascape in Thirty Seconds

      How to Create a Beautiful Seascape in Thirty Seconds

      Tutorial Intermediate

      You may have noticed that there's a trend at the moment for taking seascapes with long exposures. A quick search on Flickr reveals hundreds of beautiful...