Articles from July 2025

The post New Gear Alert: Mini Flash, Maxi Fun! iT20/22 from Godox appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Sime.

Introducing iT20/iT22 iFlash Camera Flash. 45g Ultra-compact body with TTL function, perfect for both indoor and outdoor use, easily fits in your pocket for anytime creativity. Innovative magnetic accessories for quick light effect switching, creating unique atmospheres and creative possibilities.

Smart TTL, Effortless Results
Say goodbye to complex setups. Our mini TTL flash delivers perfect lighting instantly, empowering you to shoot faster and smarter.

45g Ultra-Compact Design
Its featherlight build takes up minimal space, ensuring you’re always prepared to seize life’s precious moments.

One-Touch M/TTL Mode Switching
Toggle between manual and TTL modes instantly via a dedicated button. The high-definition display shows clear, real-time settings for rapid adjustments.

Magnetic Accessories: Creativity Unleashed
Equipped with magnetic snap-on diffusers, color filters (CTO/CTB), creative gels, and honeycomb grids, the iT20/iT22 transforms light in seconds. Experiment with atmospheric effects and craft distinctive visual stories.

700+ Flashes & 1.5s Recycling
Shoot uninterrupted with 1.5-second recycle times at full power and a remarkable 700-flash battery endurance.

Precise Power Control
Adjust flash intensity across 6 stops (1/32 to 1/1 power) in precise ±1/3-step increments for total command over your lighting.

Lightweight Lithium Battery

The built-in lithium battery charges swiftly via USB-C—keeping your creativity powered through extended shoots.

Elevate your flash—literally

The Optional TR TTL Hot Shoe Riser lifts your flash by 30mm, ensuring better clearance from the frame edge when using wide or protruding lenses. Compatible with Canon E-TTL II, Nikon i-TTL, Sony, Fujifilm, OM System and Panasonic TTL systems, it supports both auto flash and High-Speed Sync (HSS) functions. A 0-90° tilt adjustment gives you the flexibility to shoot with direct or bounce flash.

*Recommended for use with Godox camera flashes under 300g for optimal balance and stability.

What’s in the box

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The post Are Lens Filters Still Relevant in the Age of “Fix It in Post”? appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Sime.

In this, the age of “I’ll just put a filter on it in post” are lens filters still relevant?

In the era of Lightroom presets, AI-enhanced editing, and Photoshop wizardry, it’s easy to assume that physical lens filters are obsolete. “I’ll just fix it in post” has become the battle cry of a generation of photographers—both amateurs and professionals alike.

But are we missing something?

Why Filters Still Matter

Let’s be clear: post-processing tools are more powerful than ever. You can simulate everything from graduated neutral density (ND) effects to polarisation with just a few sliders and layers. But the truth is, filters—especially high-quality ones—still offer something digital can’t quite replicate: real-world optical control.

Here’s where physical filters, like those from OKKO, come into their own.

What Makes OKKO Filters Worth Talking About?

OKKO are a Kiwi brand making a name for themselves in the world of affordable, premium lens filters. They offer a range of filters—UV, CPL (circular polariser), ND, and variable ND—built with solid materials, minimal colour cast, and modern coating tech. Their sweet spot? A solid balance of performance and price, without veering into the eye-watering territory of $300+ filters.

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Here’s why OKKO Filters are still very much relevant:

1. You Can’t Post-Process What Was Never Captured

No amount of Photoshop can bring back detail in blown-out skies or remove glare from a car window. A CPL filter, like the OKKO Pro Circular Polariser, physically cuts out reflected light, saturates skies, and lets you shoot through glass or water without distracting reflections.

2. ND Filters = Creative Freedom

Neutral Density filters reduce the amount of light hitting your sensor, letting you drag the shutter and create silky waterfalls, smooth clouds, or isolate subjects with motion blur—even in broad daylight. OKKO’s variable ND filters offer flexible light control in a single filter, ideal for both photographers and video shooters.

3. Lens Protection Without Image Degradation

Sure, you can slap a $5 UV filter on your $2,000 lens, but why compromise image quality? OKKO’s UV filters use optical glass with nano-coatings to protect your front element from scratches, dust, and the occasional toddler fingerprint—without softening your shots.

4. They’re Lightweight, Rugged, and Affordable

OKKO filters are made with aircraft-grade aluminium and Japanese optical glass. The build feels premium, but the price tag doesn’t make your wallet cry. You get that “buy well, buy once” peace of mind without the premium-brand markup.

Real Filters for Real Shooters

Are lens filters still relevant in 2025? Absolutely—especially when you’re after better in-camera results, protection, or creative effects that editing alone can’t match.And if you’re in the market, OKKO Filters are a solid place to start. Whether you’re capturing landscapes, filming content on the go, or just protecting your glass, these filters quietly deliver. No hype. Just good gear.

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The post Light Machine Clickster 8MP Digital Camera appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Sime.

I think this sits firmly in the “make photography fun again” camp – not that it isn’t fun, but you know, it’s pretty easy to get into a proverbial slump sometimes.

So the team at Clickster Camera sent us across this little gem to have a play with! It’s a super-simple digital camera, but, it has NO screen! It comes with a memory card and you can shoot a couple of thousand frames before you need to empty the card. It’s kinda like a modern day point and shoot film camera, but you don’t need to send it off to be developed.

The fun, for me at least, is that you take it out for a day, you make all of your photographs, and then, when the time is right, you plug it into your computer and ‘see what you got!’ that anticipation of not knowing, you don’t get to review in camera, you don’t get to check it out via your phone – you have to wait!

It’s as simple as this, here’s pretty much everything in the instruction manual for the Clickster Camera – It has an off/on button, a shutter release button, a USB-C plug for charging and getting your photos off. Right next to the USB-C port you will find an ‘M’ button as well as a + and – They’re for setting the date on your camera. There’s a button on the back where the little digital display is, that is the mode button – you have three options, Mono, Retro and Classic, and if you hold that button in it turns the beepy sound off / on. On the front of the camera (the photo up the top) you can also see the LED flash on/off button.

All you have on the display is what mode you’re in, your battery life (around 500 frames, that’s a lot!) as well as how many frames you’ve taken and the sound on or off icon – again, simples!

It’s a dead simple camera, very easy to use in good light, less than ideal results in the dark unless you’re on a tripod, but then (for subjects in close) you use the flash and you’re cooking with gas, well, LED, but you get me…

Pretty much child-proof and only $120 – well worth a shot! Enough of my rambling! Check out this little video from our friend Andy on his time with the Clickster Camera! (Sub to his Youtube while you’re at it)

Do we think the Clickster is better than the Fujifilm? Well that all depends, doesn’t it? You could grab one and try it out for yourself!

We found them online in Australia for $119 at Teds, Camera House etc, a quick Google should have you up and running.

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