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Ulanzi blogChinaQi2 Wireless Charging Explained: What It Means and Why It Matters Understand Qi2 wireless charging: magnetic alignment boosts speed, cuts waste heat, and protects battery health. See compatible phones and desk chargers. More

Ulanzi blogChina10 Must-Have Desk Accessories for a More Productive Workspace in 2026 10 desk accessories for a productive workspace in 2026: monitor arms, wireless chargers, cable managers, and ergonomic gear that cut clutter and boost focus.…

Ulanzi blogChinaHow to Record Yourself in Public Without Feeling Awkward? Beat camera anxiety with practical steps: record short clips in quiet spots, keep gear minimal, and respect privacy when filming yourself in public. More

Ulanzi blogChinaPrime Day Camera Deals: How Creators Should Judge Gear Discounts Prime Day discounts only help if the gear fits the work. This guide shows how creators can judge bodies, tripods, monitors, and lenses instead of chasing price.…

Ulanzi blogChina10 Tips for Filming Yourself at Home With a Cleaner Setup Filming yourself gets easier when the room is set up to repeat. These tips cover framing for the edit, light and sound control, and a simple solo checklist.…

Ulanzi blogChinaBudget Camera Setup Upgrades to Make Before a New Body Buying a new body rarely fixes the real weak link in a setup. This guide ranks budget upgrades across lighting, support, and accessories in a smarter order.…

Ulanzi blogChinaIs the Ulanzi GlideGo JJ06 a Good Travel Tripod for Video? Filming on the move leaves no time for fiddly tripods. This guide tests the Ulanzi GlideGo JJ06 on packing size, pan stability, and how it holds up in the field.…

Ulanzi blogChinaUlanzi D100H Review: Can a $40 Dial Change Video Editing? Menu-driven edits waste time on repeated actions. This review shows how the Ulanzi D100H dial maps those edits to muscle memory and who gains the most speed.…

Ulanzi blogChinaUlanzi JJ06 GlideGo Review: What to Check in a Travel Video Tripod A travel tripod is only worth carrying if it sets up fast and holds steady. This review checks the Ulanzi JJ06 GlideGo on speed, stability, and real movement.…

Ulanzi blogChinaStop Overpaying for the Olympus Pen F: A Smarter Buyer Guide The Olympus Pen F often sells above what it delivers in daily use. This guide separates camera love from real value and shows when walking away is smarter.…

Ulanzi blogChinaHow to Shoot With a 35mm Lens: Framing, Distance, and Story A 35mm lens rewards photographers who move instead of zooming. This guide explains its framing strengths, a minimal kit, and the mistakes that flatten shots.…

Ulanzi blogChinaUlanzi LM01 Review: A Practical Video Light for Cinematic Shots Small video lights often add brightness without improving how footage looks. This guide weighs the Ulanzi LM01 on light quality, mounting speed, and creator fit.…

Ulanzi blogChinaCan Insta360 Luna Ultra Beat DJI Osmo Pocket for Creators? Choosing a pocket camera means matching it to how you shoot. This comparison weighs the Insta360 Luna Ultra and DJI Osmo Pocket on stabilization and low light.…

Ulanzi blogChinaUlanzi D200X and D100H: How Physical Controls Change Editing Editing speed comes from rhythm, not more buttons. This guide explains how the Ulanzi D200X and D100H split work between dials and keys for a layout you recall.…

Ulanzi blogChinaHow to Vlog on a Budget: Best Affordable Phone Accessories for New Creators Starting a channel feels tough when you see creators with pricey gear. Fortunately, a basic phone is all you need to get started.

Ulanzi blogChinaHow to Set Up Your First Vlog: Essential Gear for Mounting, Lighting, and Audio Many people feel overwhelmed when they think about getting their first vlog setup ready. The truth is — a successful video does not depend on having the most expensive items.

Ulanzi blogChinaUlanzi Ultimate Creator Kit Desk Setup: Workflow Upgrade Ideas A cluttered desk slows both filming and editing. This guide covers zoning the space, lighting, controls, and a daily reset that keeps a creator kit usable.…

Ulanzi blogChinaUlanzi D200X and D100H Setup: A Faster Editing Workflow Repetitive clicks slow every edit. This guide shows how the Ulanzi D200X and D100H pair macro keys with a dial to build shortcuts around real editing habits.…

Ulanzi blogChinaThe 7 Biggest Vlogging Mistakes Beginners Make (And the Gear That Fixes Them) Starting a video channel helps you connect with people everywhere. Making content requires patience, but many new creators get stuck early because of easily fixable errors.

Ulanzi blogChinaPhone vs. Camera for Vlogging: Which Should a Beginner Choose in 2026? Starting a vlog in 2026 is an amazing way to share your daily routine and connect with people. But new creators often get stuck on a big choice: do you pick a vlogging phone vs camera setup?

Ulanzi blogChina5 Reasons Your Vlog Footage Is Shaky and How to Fix It with a Simple Tripod Shaky vlog footage ruins great videos. You spent hours planning your topic, setting up your camera, and delivering your lines, but the final video bounces up and down.

Ulanzi blogChinaThe Ultimate Lightweight Vlog Gear Checklist for World Cup 2026 Fans Respect FIFA Content and Broadcasting Rights While fans can document their travel experiences, fan activities, and personal reactions, recording, livestreaming, redistributing, or commercially using…

Ulanzi blogChinaCommon Camera Storage Mistakes That Cause Moisture Damage Closed bags trap humidity above 60% RH. Fix your camera storage setup now before fungus, mold, or corrosion makes repair costs soar. More

Ulanzi blogChinaDoes a Camera Cage Ruin the Hasselblad Look? Aesthetic vs Protection Explained Protect your Hasselblad without sacrificing its iconic silhouette. A 5-step self-audit tells you exactly when a cage is worth it — and when it isn't. More

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The small bracket on top of every camera, from a phone rig to an ARRI.

The hot shoe is where the flash goes, and the microphone, and the monitor, and whatever the next decade bolts on. Every camera has one and nobody photographs it. This magazine is named after it because that is where the whole business meets: the body, the glass, the light, the sound, and the person holding it.

I shot news in Gothenburg for nine years and documentary for hire after that, then stopped taking assignments to write about the tools. Since 2021 I live in Tokyo, ten minutes from the used-camera shops of Shinjuku, which is not an accident: Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm, Panasonic, Ricoh and Sigma make almost everything worth pointing at a subject, and their own press writes about it first, in Japanese. So this magazine reads it there, and in German, French, Italian and Spanish, and in English from the reviewers who actually put a card in the slot — around eighty sources and thirty channels, counted and plotted so you can see what is moving.

Bodies and lenses, cinema cameras and drones, film and the darkroom, firmware and the software that finishes the picture, the rumours before the launch and the reviews after it, and the photographers and shows the rest of it is for. I test what I write about on a job before a word goes down. I shoot film on Sundays and do not think that makes me interesting.

A story here is a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link to whoever reported it. We never reprint the article, and the picture belongs to the photographer or the maker. A story written in Japanese appears in Japanese, as its author set it down; the link goes to the original.

— Mara Lindqvist, Tokyo