The great thing about photography is that it stretches into every aspect of our lives. In the past we've compared the camera to the human eye – right down to asking what the frame rate of the human eye is – and that kind of knowledge really helps me understand what would make a good (and bad) projector for photographers.
That's a weirdly specific example? Why would you use that? Well, because it's my first bit of fun tech!
Not, to be clear, a slide projector, but a projector to have at home and use as a monitor, video projector for family movie nights, and – from time to time – to feel like you're working on a massive monitor (or, more practically, to set up a home edit suite). You can, of course
I've reviewed this and added to our list of best projectors because it was already great at full price – the fan is quieter than my laptop (though that's not saying a lot) and the speaker is great, and my family enjoyed this:
Action cameras are fun. Can't argue with it. Smashing your phone around, dropping it in water. That's all worrying. Strapping it to your bike? That's too much for me, even if I like video of me actually occasionally exercising – just to prove to my future self that I have done.
A capable action camera that can shoot in all sorts of conditions and has a phone remote app can be brilliant for alll this sort of thing, plus other stuff – and the GoPro beating DJI Osmo Action 4 as been super cheap for the whole deals session – if you live in the UK 🇬🇧
Twinkly strings – lights you can control and draw patterns on to make your own LED billboards? Craft and control a photography studio (more my kind of use, I'm afraid, as I don't have the beautiful pool the marketing shots have). Control with an app. Brilliant.
