Think Tank Photo is set to release a new CF/SD + Battery Wallet, a lightweight, secure, and convenient wallet for carrying a spare memory card and battery. Accommodating a back-up camera battery and a CompactFlash or Secure Digital card, the Think Tank Photo CF/SD + Battery Wallet is crafted from premium, long lasting materials and features a durable water-repellent coating for superior water resistance. The wallet is priced at $9.99.

Lightricks have launched a new photo editing app for Apple's iPhone and iPod touch devices. Billed as a "groundbreaking photo editing application that is poised to revolutionarise mobile photography," Enlight builds on state-of-the-art image processing technologies first implemented in Facetune by Lightricks' founding team, which includes four former computer science PhD students. Enlight is claimed to integrate the largest amount of features within a single mobile editing application, including features currently unavailable even on desktop. Enlight 1.0 is $3.99 and requires iOS 8.1 or later.

Sony Imaging Ambassador Joe Cornish went to capture the eerie beauty of Deception Island on the Sony α7 II and Sony α7R cameras. Completely abandoned in the late 1960s as a result of volcanic destruction, the remote island is part of the South Shetland Islands archipelago in Antarctica. Cornish's photos capture - largely black, white and orange colouring - perfectly capture the leftover remains of the structures and devastation.

Adorama has added the Flashpoint Ring Li-on ring flash to its collection of battery-powered flash units. The Flashpoint Ring Li-on is a 400Ws lithium-powered, self-contained ring flash system that produces even illumination and shadow-free light. A compact, cordless flash system, the Ring Li-on can easily be used with any DSLR or medium-format camera equipped with lenses up to 3.5" in diameter. Thanks to its generous internal interchangeable 11.1-volt lithium ion battery, this model from Flashpoint can deliver approximately 450 full power flashes per charge with a recycle range of .05 to 2.8 seconds. The Ring Li-on Ring Flash is now available for $499.95 from Adorama.

UK Optics have been nominated as the exclusive UK distributors of lenses manufactured by Venus Optics including their new brand Laowa (formerly branded Venus). This includes the recently announced Laowa 60mm f/2.8 Macro 2:1 lens. End users will be able to purchase the Laowa 60mm Macro lens direct from the UK in a range of mounts including Canon, Nikon, Sony A and Pentax. The suggested retail price is £299. The 60mm f/2.8 Macro will be available to view and try at the forthcoming Photography Show 2015, 21st-24th March on stand F134. For more information, visit the website below.

Website: UK Optics

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin will enjoy a sentimental reunion with a Hasselblad 500EL ‘moon camera’ next week on live UK television. Aldrin will be part of the BBC 2 Stargazing Live show with Brian Cox and Dara O Briain – and he will use the specially adapted 500EL Data Camera, complete with a 39 Mpix CCD digital back, to take pictures on location at Jodrell Bank and in the studio. The programme will also mention the $30 million Google Lunar X competition in which private teams must land a robot on the moon and send back HDTV ‘mooncasts’ – by the end of next year. The show will air on BBC 2 on Wednesday, 18th March.

The new Joby Action Grip and Action Grip & Pole are the latest Joby accessories designed to work with any action video camera. Weighing in at 90 grams, the Action Grip (£22) comes with a wrist strap and built-in standard GoPro mount and thumbscrew, and a Top Pin for use with any other action camera. If you get separated from your camera while in the water, the grip will float to the surface, with the red end cap making it easy to spot and enable you to retrieve your gear. The Joby Action Grip & Pole kit (£30) gives you two additional feet of reach, to get your whole body into the frame.

Lytro has launched the world's first light field imaging studio in Tokyo. Providing rich, dynamic exhibitions of living pictures and 3D images captured with the Lytro Illum camera (read review), the Lytro Studio in Tokyo allows visitors to render multiple outputs from a single exposure by adjusting aperture, point of focus, tilt, perspective shift, depth of field and animation. "Lytro Studio transports the flourishing light field ecosystem we have cultivated into a physical experiential space," says Jason Rosenthal, CEO of Lytro. "With its culture of innovation and active photography, fashion and creative communities, Tokyo is the perfect city to host this studio and illustrate the intersection of technology and imaging." The Lytro Studio is located at Nichihata Bldg., Floor 1 2-32-3 Jingumae, Shibuya.

Eyefi today announced its Eyefi Mobi Pro, a new 32GB WiFi SD card. Billed as the most powerful WiFi SD card ever, the Eyefi Mobi Pro combines advanced wireless transfer features with photo apps and integrated cloud services. Building on the success of the Eyefi Mobi, the Mobi Pro gives photographers control over which images transfer from their camera to their mobile device or to their computer for editing, sharing and syncing. It also offers the option to send JPEG images to your mobile device for easy sharing, and transfer raw image files directly to your desktop computer for post-processing. Away from home, Mobi Pro creates its own WiFi hotspot to enable instant transfer. At home, Mobi Pro connects to a local network to transfer images at high speeds. Priced at ￡65.99 the 32GB card comes with one full year of membership to Eyefi Cloud with unlimited syncing and storage worth ￡34.99.

The new Lexar Professional 3400x CFast 2.0 card is now available in the US. Offered in capacities up to 256GB, the Professional 3400x CFast 2.0 memory card boasts read transfer speeds up to 510MB per second, and comes with includes the latest version of Image Rescue. The SRPs are $999.99 (256GB), $599.99 (128GB), $329.99 (64GB), and $162.99 (32GB).

Vanguard has unveiled its new VEO Collection of travel tripods, moonopods and camera bags. Rather than the traditional design of reversing each of the three legs one by one, the VEO tripod collection introduces an innovative rapid column rotation system to achieve incredibly quick fold down or set up. Another industry first on a travel tripod is the ability to set the legs at three different angles, maximising the tripods versatility. There are four models in the range, three aluminium models and one carbon-fibre tripod. RRPs range from £100 to £250. The collection, which will officially launch at The Photography Show, also includes seven monopods and two camera bags.

The Philips Two-in-One Monitor (Model 19DP6QJNS) has received the 2015 iF Design Award for outstanding innovation. The world’s first virtually seamless Two-in-One monitor combines two 19-inch screens into one large panoramic display with a minimalist 3.5 mm narrow border and multiple connectivity options including 1 DisplayPort and VGA input on the first display, and 1 VGA input and one MHL-enabled HDMI input on the second one. Supported by one space-saving stand and designed with maximum adjustability both screens tilt forward and backward up to 22.5 degrees to accommodate preferred viewing angles. The Philips Two-in-One Monitor is now available for purchase at Newegg.com for $499.

The new Tenba Switch is billed as the World's first customisable first customizable professional camera bag sized specifically for mirrorless cameras and accessories. The innovative bags include all of Tenba’s hallmark features plus unique removable flaps that come in a variety of colours and patterns. The flaps include a silent, magnetic closure that allows for quiet, instant access. In addition, the flaps extend over the bag to provide weatherproof coverage at the corners, and small adjustable weather flaps for additional protection. Switch 7 accommodates a mirrorless camera with 3-4 lenses. Switch 8 allows room for a mirrorless camera with 3-5 lenses, plus a tripod. Switch 10 provides the maximum amount of storage space with ample room for a mirrorless camera with 3-5 lenses or a DSLR with 2-3 lenses (up to 70-200mm f2.8), plus a tripod.

DxO has released version 10.3 of Dxo Optics Pro, along with DxO FilmPack v5.1.1 and DxO ViewPoint v2.5.3. These updates provide support for new cameras such as the Nikon D5500, Canon PowerShot SX60 HS, and Olympus PEN E-PL7, as well as new correction tools. A new search engine has been added to the Source Browser to help users easily find and load any folder available on the operating system by simply typing its name. The OS X version also offers a new drag-and-drop feature that allows photographers to directly open a folder by dragging it into the Image Browser, providing quicker access to images. Additionally, the DxO Optics Modules library benefits from the addition of 422 new camera/lens combinations.

Successor to last year's Stylus SH-1 (read review), the new Olympuis SH-2 is a raw-capable compact camera with a 16-megapixxel imager and 24x optical zoom. Other highlights include a 3-axis image stabiliser for photos, hybrid 5-axis image stabilisation for movies, a useful Nightscape Mode, 120/240fps high-speed Movie, Photo & Movie Capture, Time Lapse Movie modes and built-in WiFi. The Olympus Stylus SH-2 goes on sale from mid-March 2015 for £249.99 / $399.99.

The Photography Show will be hosting Lynsey Addario on the Super Stage on Monday 23rd at 16:00 to discuss her book, 'It's What I Do: A Photographer’s Life of Love and War' and some of the images featured in it. Lynsey will share the realities of working in a war zone and explain what it is that keeps her going back. In addition to Lynsey the other Super Stage speakers this year will be Martin Parr, Don McCullin, Tom Stoddart, Mary Ellen Mark, Tim Flach, Michael Kenna, Susan Meiselas and Simon Norfolk. Tickets for the Super Stage is £10 per session.

PNY have introduced their Photo Ambassadors for 2015. Each year, PNY sponsors and supports the efforts of a select number of photographers from diverse focus areas, ranging from sports and adventure photography to nature and photojournalism. This year, the lineup of PNY Photo Ambassadors will include Laurent Masurel, Jacopo Pasotti, Scott Gilmour, Sébastien Montaz-Rosset, Sébastien Montaz-Rosset, Andy Kruczek, Luke Massey, Charles Ricque, Sergey Gorshkov, Markus Reugels, Pierre Pellegrini and Didier Bizos. Click through / read on to learn more about these photographers.