Lowepro Pro Roller X200: A Pack Mule for Back-Breaking Camera Gear [Lightning Review]

Cameras gear is not fun to carry around. Any enthusiast with a lens fetish—or any professional with places to be and a shit-ton to carry—already knows that taking the weight off the shoulders is worth more than steady work shooting supermodels. More »

15 Current Technologies We’ll Still Be Using in 2030 [Gear]

Back when I was growing up in the 1970s, we fully expected that, by 2012, we’d all be driving flying cars to our condos on the moon where robotic butlers awaited, ready to bring us the cure for cancer from the bathroom first-aid kit. How’s all of that working out? Sure, we now have faster, smaller computers, smartphones that talk back to you, and smart TVs, but in so many areas of technology the pace of change is slower than Windows Vista booting off a floppy disk. More »

Who Is Nixeus Because Its Cheap 27-Inch Hi-Res Monitor Looks Awesome [Monitors]

You could buy Apple’s gorgeous 27-inch Cinema Display but it’ll cost you a grand. If you don’t have that kind of paper, Nixeus is about to drop the Vue, a display of the same size, packed with 2,560 x 1,440 WQHD resolution for just $430. More »

DryCASE Waterproof Backpack Review: Moisture Ain’t a Thing [Video]

You want to run around like some wilderness badass. Climbing in the Rockies. Surfing in the Rockaways. Whatever. You can do it all if you’ve got some warm, dry gear to slip into when the adventure is over. Can this waterproof backpack make it happen? More »

Steadicam Smoothee Review: Shake-Free Video for iPhone Filmmakers [Video]

The video capability of the iPhone 4 and 4s is pretty darn good, for a phone. A number of accessories further boost the production value of iPhone cinema creations. Does the Steadicam Smoothee do a good job ironing out the jitters in handheld footage? More »

The Backpack That’s Stylish Enough for the City, but Tough Enough for the Great Outdoors [Daily Desired]

You could go crazy with a backpack purchase—there are some giant models that would fit a military bunker’s worth of stuff. But what if you need something substantial that’s also appropriate for carting your laptop into the office each week? More »

You’d Want This Axe If Zombies Attacked [Daily Desired]

In the event everyone starts turning into zombies and eating each other’s faces off (looking at you, Florida), this Tactical Tomahawk axe is the kinda tool you’d want to have. More »

According To Coppola, A $700 Video Camera Beats A $65,000 One [Video Cameras]

Zacuto USA goes to great lengths to compare nine HD video cameras in The Revenge Of The Great Camera Shootout 2012. With all the footage shot and judged, the camera most favored by many accomplished filmmakers—including Francis Ford Coppola—was a huge surprise. More »

Classic Star Trek Gadgets Get the LEGO Treatment

So you are aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise on a five year mission and you beam down to a planet to do some geological studies, when suddenly Trelaine aka The Squire of Gothos, turns everything on the planet into LEGO creations. What do you do? Your normal phasers and instruments are useless. Well, if you had this LEGO gear, you would be just fine.
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These LEGO creations are amazing. This medical tricorder, Type 2 hand phaser and communicator are all by LEGO artist Tommy Williamson. He excels at creating realistic classic Star Trek gadgets out of LEGO bricks.

Just look at the amazing detail that he puts into every piece. Any LEGO landing party would be well prepared for the mission ahead. Even if the had a red shirt on. I wish I had this kind of LEGO talent. Check out more of Tommy’s pics in his Flickr stream.

[via Nerdcore]


Rokinon 8mm Fisheye Cine-Lens Lightning Review: Extreme Wide Angle on a Budget [Video]

The fisheye lens is a staple of anyone photographing skateboarding and BMX. Rokinon’s latest lens—the 8mm T3.8 Cine Lens—should please DSLR videographers looking to get in on the action footage. More »