Summit Creative Tenzing 50L Roll Top Bag - Your next bag? A Review

A new camera bag company, Summit Creative has appeared on the market and they asked me to take a peek at the new bag line and to let you all know my thoughts. I’ll admit that I was a bit hesitant to review the bag since I’ve been with F-Stop Gear for a few years as an ambassador and I have enjoyed that bag and I still do. However, I felt the insight I might be able to provide due to that partnership would be valuable to someone looking at purchasing the bag. I will say I’m staying with my F-Stop for now and I’ll explain why at the end.

NiSi True Color ND-Vario variable ND reviewed by a square filter guy

A few weeks ago I was approached by NiSi to review their new True Color ND-Vario Variable ND Filter. For those that have worked with me you might be cringing now. For those that haven’t, I’m not the biggest fan of Variable ND filters. There I said it. My past experiences with Variable ND filters have been disappointing to say the least. So when NiSi approached me to test and review their new True Color ND-VARIO PRO you can imagine that was a little bit hesitant and somewhat skeptical. Nevertheless, I accepted the opportunity to put my money where my mouth was.

First Impressions of the new V7 Filter System from NiSi

In the last few weeks there has been quite a bit of buzz in the filter world over the new V7 Filter system from NiSi. I was lucky to get my hands on one just before the big release on October 1st and I’ve been using it over the past few weeks. To be honest, I really didn’t think that there was much to improve on and wasn’t expecting a new system this soon. However, after seeing the improvements that were made, I feel that the V7 has only made the best filter holder easier to use then ever.

NiSi V6 vs Haida M10 - Why I switched from Haida to NiSi

Many of you have been waiting for this very blog, an explanation for my sudden switch from Haida Filters to NiSi Optics USA late in 2019. This is long overdue, but now I’ve found some time to sit down and explain what made me switch companies. Many of you who are reading this may have in fact invested money into the Haida System and by all means it is a good system. When you are in a position to be able to try different systems like I am, then you get the benefit of changing without much of a monetary loss. Am I recommending that you sell your Haida System and jump to NiSi? Maybe, but no. Your Haida System still is good, but I’m sure if you are currently using it you’ll relate to much of what I have to say in this review and comparison of the two systems. However, from this point forward I will be definitely suggesting to my clients to purchase NiSi products because it truly is the best system I’ve used in my photography career. There are many reasons for my switch to the V6 System by NiSi. There are both equipment reason as well as the business side of things. One of my reasons for putting this off for so long was because I needed time to really use the new equipment, experience working with NiSi over a few months, and really soak up everything.

Podcast - Catching up with Steven Magner

I sat down recently with my good buddy Steven J Magner after not seeing his face for nearly 10 months to record a podcast. He's been busy with a new baby girl and building his businesses, he's all grown up! Since we are both stuck at home due to stay at home orders in California, we figured we'd jump on the bandwagon a bit and record a video chat. We caught up on life, our careers and the how the covid-19 crisis is affecting our daily lives. I hope you'll enjoy it.