The Peak Design Travel tripod raised $12,142,437 with 27,166 backers. If you missed on the cheaper options at Kickstarter, the same tripod is already listed for pre-order online: Adorama B&H The price is $599.95 and shipping is expected to start on December 21, 2019. Additional information:
The guys from Peak Design sent out an email about their “8 Million Dollar Travel Tripod” – the travel tripod that raised over 8 million dollars on Kickstarter with 8 more days to go:
The “DUO Daypack” camera bag raised over $278,000 on their first day at Kickstarter: For instant access to all of your gear, WANDRD designed an infinite zip system, equipped with four different sliders along an expansive, weatherproof YKK zipper. With the adventurer in mind, the exterior provides pockets to easily retrieve your phone, keys water […]
Peak Design just launched a new travel tripod that packs down to the size of a water bottle: The new tripod is now listed for funding on Kickstarter (so far $1,605,502 funded with a goal of $500,000). Additional info:
In case you were wodnering – the Yashica camera and film project is already funded by 272 backers on Kickstarter with 20 more days to go:
For a few weeks Yashica has been posting teasers about their new upcoming products and now everything is official: three new 35mm cameras and two 35mm photographic negative films are now listed for funding on Kickstarter:
There is a new crowdfunding project for a Redcat 250mm f/4.9 telephoto full-frame lens by William Optics on Kickstarter that already reached its financial goal (currently at $45,459 from the original $30,000 goal). The lens is described as “The world’s sharpest 250mm telephoto lens ever made for full frame cameras, at Apochromatic specification.” The company behind the […]
For the past few weeks, I have been reporting on how bad the Yashica Y35 digiFilm camera is and the large number of complaints from Kickstarter backers. If you want to understand why people are furious, watch this Yashica Y35 digiFilm camera disassembly video:
Pictar Pro is a new smartphone attachment that recently was launched on Kickstarter (currently at $194,538 with a goal of $25,000): Here are some of the camera features:
The insolvency procedure has started for NetSE, the company behind Meyer Optik Görlitz, Emil Busch, Oprema Jena, C.P. Goerz, Ihagee Elbaflex & A. Schacht (see previous blog posts). If you have paid for a lens on Kickstarter and have not received it, I think the changes are very slim that you will get anything back. […]
Reflex (the company behind the film SLR camera Kickstarter project) is now coming up with three new lenses: 40mm f/1.8, 75mm f/1.8 and 24mm f/1.8 that will be available in Nikon Z, Canon RF and Leica/Lumix L mount or to Fuji X and Micro 4/3 via adaptors with the EF version. The official Kickstarter launch is expected […]
The Yashica Y35 digiFilm camera is currently shipping to existing Kickstarter backers and the first impressions are not good:
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