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Peak Design Pro Tripod: The Travel Tripod Gets a Serious Upgrade
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Peak Design Pro Tripod: The Travel Tripod Gets a Serious Upgrade

Peak Design Pro Tripod: The Travel Tripod Gets a Serious Upgrade Peak Design has built a solid reputation doing one thing really well: making gear that photographers actually want to use. Their bags are legendary, their camera straps are clever, and now they’re doubling down on their tripod game with the new Pro model. What Peak Design Got Right (And What Stayed the Same) I’ve always appreciated Peak Design’s no-nonsense approach to product design.

Panasonic's New ZS300 Travel Zoom Drops the Viewfinder—And That's a Real Problem
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Panasonic's New ZS300 Travel Zoom Drops the Viewfinder—And That's a Real Problem

Another Solid Zoom Lens, Another Questionable Design Choice Panasonic just dropped the Lumix DC-ZS300 (or TZ300 depending on your region), and on paper, it checks most of the boxes you’d want in a pocketable travel camera. A 15x zoom spanning 24-360mm equivalent, a decently-sized Type 1 BSI sensor, and the compact form factor people actually want to carry. So far, so good. But here’s where I have to pump the brakes: they’ve axed the electronic viewfinder that came standard on the previous generation.