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Kingston Nucleum USB-C hub
● £60 ● http://www.kingston.com
APPLE’S latest slimline MacBook Pros are great for
photographers on the move, being lightweight and powerful with
accurate, wide-colour-gamut screens. But their lack of card
readers and conventional USB sockets is infuriating, forcing users
to buy external dongles that plug into their USB-C ports and add
those essential connectors back. Kingston’s wonderfully named
Nucleum USB-C hub is a good solution. It’s from a reputable
brand and at £60, it’s not too expensive. It includes SD and
MicroSD card slots, two USB 3.0 inputs, an
HDMI output, and two USB-C ports, one
of which can be used to pass power to your
laptop. Most importantly, it’s reliable and gives
fast data transfer speeds.
Andy Westlake, originally reviewed
28 July 2018
Benro FH100M2 Filter Holder
● £120 ● http://www.benroeu.com
WE’VE seen
several attempts
to reinvent the
humble fi lter
holder recently,
but Benro’s
FH10 0M2 is
one of the most
successful. It
uses standard
100mm-wide
fi lters that are
installed into
frames, allowing
easy and
precise geared
positioning of
graduated fi lters. Two frames are included – one square for an ND
fi lter, and one rectangular for a grad – while adapters are supplied
for lenses with 82mm and 77mm threads. A slim 82mm polariser
can be installed into a rotating mount that’s easily adjusted from
behind the camera; photographers shooting
with ultra-wideangles should consider the
FH100M2B kit, which uses a 95mm polariser.
Overall this is a cleverly designed piece of kit
that mostly works very well.
Andy Westlake, originally reviewed
10 November 2018
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