Cameras Archive

Andrew LiszewskiFeb 26, 2025

This tripod plate hides an AirTag on your camera.

Instead of hiding an Apple AirTag in a lens cap which isn’t always attached to your camera, Elevation Lab’s new $19.99 TagVault stashes one inside of a carbon fiber composite tripod plate.

It also doesn’t permanently attach to your camera, but the plate is secured with a stainless steel crew requiring a T20 Torx screwdriver to remove it — something thieves probably don’t have immediate access to, giving you extra time to potentially retrieve your gear.

<em>It’s not immediately obvious that the TagVault tripod plate has an Apple AirTag hidden inside it.</em>

<em>The plate, made with a carbon fiber composite body, is compatible with many cameras including Sony, Canon, and Nikon models.</em>

<em>A stainless steel security screw requires a Torx wrench to remove the plate from your camera.</em>

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It’s not immediately obvious that the TagVault tripod plate has an Apple AirTag hidden inside it.

Image: Elevation Lab

Andrew LiszewskiFeb 26, 2025

Sigma’s minimalist BF camera might be available in short supply.

That’s according to PetaPixel, which during a tour of Sigma’s Japanese HQ, was told that making the Sigma BF’s aluminum housing requires seven hours of milling by two machines. That amounts to a production output of about nine cameras per day.

Sigma also said it’s been manufacturing BF cameras for the last five months. Given the camera’s not officially out until April, PetaPixel estimates it could have around just 2,000 units available at launch.

The aluminum body of the Sigma BF camera.

The Sigma BF features a body milled from a single block of aluminum.

Image: Sigma

How to hide faces and scrub metadata when you photograph a protest

William JoelFeb 26, 2025

Andrew LiszewskiFeb 25, 2025

DJI updated the Osmo Pocket 3 with sharper video when zoomed.

A new firmware update for the Osmo Pocket 3 is available through the DJI Mimo mobile ap. The update introduces a few notable new features including a 10-bit D-Log M color option for webcam mode and focus breathing compensation to eliminate jarring field of view changes when the camera’s focus changes.

As demonstrated by Ray Maker, the latest firmware also adds a med-tele mode producing much sharper 4K footage with a 2x zoom.