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Introducing the new Geekoto softboxes

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You’ve already seen them

I’ve been posting some images online and on the blog already with the amazing new striplight and lantern from Geekoto.
But today I want to share the official video we made for the Dutch market (and English) about these brand new softboxes.

Of course both softboxes are super fast to setup and collapse plus they both can change the speedring. For the stroplight there is a totally new designed mount that makes assembling even faster (I thought it was not possible).

You can get the striplight and lantern and all other Geekoto gear via our webshop.
On the webshop you find all the gear I use and like.

Let’s take a look at the videos.
I’ve created an English and Dutch version.

The new Rogue Magnetic Flash adapter

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The new Rogue Flash adapter v2 

Rogue has improved the flash adapter to fit round modifiers on your rectangular flash. It’s smaller and lighter. 

Better fit and cooling

Today we are proud to introduce the new Rogue magnetic adapter with a new design to create a better fit and leave room for cooling for the Godox ad200 and Geekoto GT200 (and all others)

This is the difference between a company just designing gear and listening to its customers. The new adapter is a much better fit on our Geekoto and fits the rectangular strobes like the old adapter. 

It’s available now as a separate product but also in the kits for free.

You can buy/order the new Rogue Flash adapter in our store on frankdoorhof.com/shop , on Bol.com or at your local camera store. If you already have the kit we also added the adaptor as a separate product.

the new rogue flash adapter

Read this blog about a workshop we shot with Rogue modifiers 

 

see this video about the Rogue Snoot (also a round modifier) 

 

New improved CableBlock

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New CableBlock

There is a huge difference between products designed by photographers and designers.  Things that seem to work on paper are often not useful in practice. Our CableBlock is designed to solve the disadvantages of the other providers. And with the input of you as a photographer and our dealers, we upgraded to the new CableBlock. 

IQwire tether cable

IQwire Tether Cable, up to 50 feet!

Advantages 

Smaller: so that the battery can be changed on most cameras without removing the CableBlock
Damped: no damage to the camera or cable via 4 soft feet
Special routing: 3 different routings so you can secure both thin and thicker cables
No tools: no hassle with screwdrivers or coins, use the clip.
Bright red color: the fire red color is more than just optical. In the dark, the CableBlock is easier to mount on your tripod, which reduces the risk of incorrect mounting and damage
Compatible with Arca: fits almost all Arca-compatible systems.
Price: where alternatives often go towards 100.00, you can buy our CableBlock for only €35.00

But everything can be improved.

So today we introduce the new CableBlock

We have added 2 extra mounting holes (1/4″-20 and 3/8″) so you can attach additional accessories. Or, if you don’t have an Arca mount tripod you can attach your own mount under the CableBlock

We have also adjusted the clip slightly so that there is less chance of the clip getting stuck

The CableBlock can be ordered from us today and is included for free with our 10 and 15-meter IQWire cables

Order via our webshop or our dealers Our webshop

 

new cableblock with the 1/4"-20 an 3/8" hole

Same safe size, but improved compatibility

the CableBlock is included in the box of the 10 and 15 meter IQwire cables
the CableBlock is included in the box of the 10 and 15 meter IQwire cables

Check out this video on how to mount the CableBlock 

A great new addition to the iPad ecosystem

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The iPad ecosystem gained another great app

When I bought my first iPad Pro I was deeply disappointed. It was nothing more than a blown-up iPhone at that moment. But a few years later I bought the new iPad Pro.  And man,  did the ecosystem change over the last few years. So this blog is about the new addition to the iPad ecosystem: Luminar.

The M1 generation

I strongly feel that with the release of the M1 chipset Apple changed the playing field forever.
At the moment I was editing some drone footage on a Dell XPS i9. And although H264 went smoothly, for the H265 I needed to use proxy media (a sort of smart preview because the system can’t handle the original). To my surprise, my iPad Pro had no problems at all with the material… I was surprised but also motivated to find the perfect workflow on the iPad.

The main advantages

Let me start by saying that it’s no laptop replacement for me.
But it’s so much more.
I’m using Cascable to shoot tethered to my iPad Pro. Which means I can now bring my iPad on location (or in the studio). The advantages are numerous.

The iPad Pro runs forever on the battery and still has more light output than my MPB 14″ (MacBook Pro). The MacBook Pro is great for outside, but also the protection against the elements is much better on the iPad. With my laptop, I’m always worried about my keyboard or card reader catching dust or worse. Now I can leave my laptop at home and do the whole shoot with the iPad Pro.

The iPad Pro is also much easier to mount on a stand.  I’m using the Ulanzi myself which makes carrying around the iPad (still on the stand) much safer than dragging around an expensive laptop. Check out this video about tethering to the iPad 

But there is a limitation.
When I’m teaching I also like to show some retouching tips, and this is where the iPad always was rather limited with many apps for example not being able to output full resolution images or for example a Tiff 16bits ARGB. But things change.

Lightroom and Photoshop

Adobe released Lightroom and Photoshop on the iPad a while ago and in all honesty, they both work great. Recently Adobe even added generative fill to Photoshop on the iPad.

And even if you’re not in the Adobe ecosystem there are some really good alternatives such as Darktable, Procreate, and for example Affinity. I’ve tried most of them but I still keep going back to the Adobe suite. This has also everything to do that the link between the desktop versions and iPad versions is absolutely seamless with Adobe, and that makes my workflow a lot easier. Check out this tip where I turned the lights on in Photoshop for the iPad

New addition to the iPad ecosystem

So why this “news update”

Over the years I’ve tried several ways to tint my images, in short, give it my own look.
And although I love Lightroom a lot there are still some things I can’t do with Lightroom and I need to dive into Photoshop.

On the desktop, I’ve been using products from Skylum since they were called MacPhun and I always loved their approach to making something standalone but also fully incorporating it into the Adobe ecosystem. Nowadays you probably know them best for Luminar.

And man, am I excited because Luminar has now been released on the iPad.
I still have to test everything and see how it will integrate into my workflow with Lightroom. But for “looks” in my images, I can’t wait to start building new presets.

So if you’re like me also working a lot in the iPad ecosystem make sure to check out Luminar for the iPad, I think you will love it, and this is just the first version 😀 Keep following me for my experiences with this new addition to the iPad ecosystem