Apple

Splurged on an iPad, and looking for ways to use it? LightKit is an app (US$4.99) that turns your iPad screen into a continuous light source of your choice. Need a mini softbox for that still life photograph, or some “window light” for a tight headshot? Probably not the best value lighting accessory you will ever own, but could be useful nonetheless!

Lastolite

The 100cm Lastolite 8-in-1 umbrella is designed to offer the following setups in one kit:

• White bounce
• Silver bounce
• Shoot through
• Shoot through with square mask
• Shoot through box
• Shoot through box with square mask
• Umbrella box (bounce) with silver interior
• Umbrella box (bounce) with white interior

This brolly will set you back around £95 and is available for pre-order from Warehouse Express and other retailers (full list of distributors here).

PocketWizard

The PocketWizard AC3 ZoneController (Canon version) is “in route to distributors”. You can watch a short video about the module here.

Other

• Pixel Enterprise’s Nikon TTL triggers have received an update. The latest models are sold under the name Knight TR-331.
• Mark Wallace reviews an Adorama Flashpoint M monolight kit
• Recall the Image Melbourne Evo light stand released a couple of weeks ago? Give your own stand individually adjustable legs with this Lazy Leg Light Stand 2.0 tutorial, thanks to Reuben Krabbe.