Shimoda, the new standard for adventure photographers, expands its popular Explore camera bag system with the new Explore 30L backpack. The Shimoda Explore 30L is available in two colours, Blue Nights & Sea Pine, and will cost £230.

Fantasea Line has announced the world's toughest, lightweight housing for the Sony RX100 VI compact camera.

The Benro RedDog R1 is a 3-axis gimbal stabilizer with a unique swivel handle designed for different filming angles and compact for travel. The Benro R1 is currently available and will be sold for $399.00 USD.

Vitec Imaging Solutions is pleased to announce that they are now the exclusive distributor of Sekonic for Germany, the UK and Amazon EU. Sekonic have just launched the new C-800 SpectroMaster which is designed for cine/videography as well as photography to meet the demand of emerging LED.

The LaCie Portable SSD storage solution is a compact external solid state drive that offers fast and reliable performance featuring USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10Gb/s) technology with USB-C connector for universal compatibility.

The new LaCie Portable SSD will be available in 2TB (£479.99), 1TB (£239.99), and 500GB (£109.99) capacities.

Union have just launched 3 bags that zip and unzip for the ultimate functionality while you travel, work or carry photography gear.

The Eizo ColorEdge CG279X monitor is aimed at professional photographers, post-production experts as well as visual FX artists and design specialists. The CG279X will be available to purchase from 2nd January 2019.

Following the international success of their ORIGINAL RAGLAN hoodie, COOPH is thrilled to release a new edition that has been cut specifically for ladies. COOPH’s female hoodies are available in five sizes: XS, S, M, L and XL. They also come in two different colorways: Dark Red and Heather.

Manfrotto have announced their 2018 festive giveaway promotion. Available now and running to the 31st December, the Vitec Christmas Crackers offer spans a range of products across 4 brands and is available from all qualifying dealers in the UK.

Manfrotto has announced new additions to the Pro Light Reloader range – the Tough H-55 and Tough L-55. Designed for professional travelling photographers and videographers, the Reloader Tough 55 cases offer unparelled protection of photographic gear thanks to the Manfrotto Protection System – allowing peace of mind when traveling on assignments.

The Pro Light Reloader Tough H-55 high-hood complies with international airline restrictions regarding carry-on luggage dimensions (55 x 35 x 22.5cm). RRP £289.95.

The Pro Light Reloader Tough L-55 low hood meets the most stringent airline restrictions regarding carry-on luggage dimensions (55 x 35 x 20cm). RRP £269.95.

Olympus has teamed up with with premium bag manufacturer Manfrotto to offer a new ‘Explorer’ messenger bag perfectly fitting to their compact and lightweight OM-D camera system.

The new Olympus Explorer bag designed by Manfrotto will be available from late November 2018 at a recommended retail price of 149 EUR.

The new Apple iPad Pro features an all-screen design, next-generation performance, Face ID integration, A12X Bionic chip, new USB-C connector, Gigabit-class LTE, and up to 1TB of storage.

The new 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro will be available in silver and space grey finishes in 64GB, 256GB and 512GB configurations as well as a new 1TB option. The 11-inch iPad Pro starts at £769 for the Wi-Fi model and £919 for the Wi-Fi + Cellular model and the 12.9-inch iPad Pro starts at £969 for the Wi-Fi model and £1,119 for the Wi-Fi + Cellular model.

The Metz mecalight S500 BC is a stylish, compact and powerful LED video light, the size of a smartphone, enclosed in a high-quality aluminium housing.

The The Metz mecalight S500 BC retails for £119.99 and is available now.

The Gitzo 2 Way Fluid Head provides the highest performance for birdwatchers and digiscopers with medium-sized spotting scopes, as well as for wildlife photographers and videographers using premium CSC or DSLR cameras with lenses up to 200mm.

The 512GB Lexar High-Performance 633x microSDXC UHS-I card is the largest capacity A2 microSD card on the market. A2 allows app-intensive users to experience higher minimum random write speed of 2000 IOPS and minimum read speed of 4000 IOPS.

The 512GB Lexar High-Performance 633x microSDXC UHS-I card is available late-October at an MSRP of €259.99 Euro.

LENSCAPT is a spring-loaded, hinged lens cap that you'll NEVER lose. It's been designed for easy daily carry, travelling light and anybody who would benefit from a fixed lens cap, like vloggers. Lenscapt is available to back now on Kickstarter.

The upcoming Viltrox 0.71x Speed Booster for Canon EOS M promises to turn it into a full-frame mirrorless camera (kind-of).

Due for release in the next couple of months, the Viltrox 0.71x Speed Booster will apply a 0.71x crop to lenses mounted on the EOS M and also increase the exposure by +1 stop, turning a 50mm f/2.8 lens into a 35mm f/2 lens.

This should help to overcome the Canon EOS M50's severe crop when shooting 4K video, for example, as well as increase the effective resolution, that's if the autofocus and image quality aren't too adversely affected by mounting the Viltrox 0.71x Speed Booster adapter.

Kinotika have a great video from Photokina showing the Viltrox 0.71x Speed Booster in action, and they're also reporting that it will only cost a mere $156...

The Nissin i400 is a new compact flashgun for Canon, Nikon, Sony, 4/3, and Fujifilm cameras. Weighing in at only 203g, the i400 still delivers a flash output of GN40 at 105mm and has a head that can be tilted up and rotated horizontally to the right and left.

84.5mm's new MID-HARD Graduation camera filters are intended mainly for outdoor photography with straighter lines. These new filters are available now in all filter sizes, fully compatible with holders of P type square filters (width 84-85mm) and XL type square filters (width 100mm).

Hensel is introducing the Certo 200 and Certo 400, two new compact flash units especially tailored to ambitious amateurs, semiprofessional users, and new professionals starting out.