Equipment Guide

Right then, Michael.We’re diving into one of photography’s most over-dramatic myths — the kind that gets shouted across forums like it’s gospel at Download. “YOU MUST PRINT AT 300 DPI OR IT’LL LOOK AWFUL.” Calm down, mun. 🧃 Let’s talk…

From Pub Gigs to Festival Chaos (A Riff Report Buyer’s Guide) Live music photography isn’t polite. It’s dark. It’s loud. It’s sweaty. The lights are doing things that should be illegal, the singer refuses to stand still, and security is…

Somewhere between the barrier and the bar, you’ll hear it: “Yeah, but it’s only crop, mate…” Usually said by someone who missed the chorus while fiddling with ISO. So let’s settle it properly.This is crop vs full frame, explained with…

Plus what they’ll cost your wallet in the UK 🤘💷 There’s a special kind of chaos that only live music photography delivers. One minute you’re lining up the perfect shot, the next you’re dodging a crowdsurfer while your camera gets…

You’ve queued all day, your pint cost a small mortgage, and the lights just went down. The urge to whip out your phone and capture the magic is real. But how do you do it without becoming the dreaded phone-zombie…

Ah, the age-old festival photographer’s dilemma: what lens do I take? You’ve blagged yourself a photo pass (nice one, mun 🏴) or maybe you’re just braving it from the crowd with a camera stuffed in your rucksack next to the…

If you’ve ever flicked through an old Kerrang! mag or dug around in the Flickr archives of early 2000s gigs, you’ll notice one thing instantly: fisheye lenses were everywhere. Every other shot of a band on stage looked like it…

Filming a sweaty pit with lasers and strobe lights while dodging pints and elbows? You need the right video profile, butt. The DJI Osmo Pocket 3 might be small enough to sneak into a gig inside your sock (we’re not…

Are you the mate in the group who turns up to gigs with a camera smaller than a sausage roll but somehow ends up with footage better than the tour DVD? 🧙‍♂️ Well buckle in, you nerdy little cinematographer, because…

You’ve got the ProGrip, the lenses, maybe even that ring light. But what about the little extras that take your rig from “okay” to “tour‑ready”? We’re talking straps, stands, mounts—the backstage crew that makes everything gig-ready. Here’s the lowdown: 🎯…

So you’ve got the ProGrip. You’re feeling like Scorsese with a phone. Your thumb’s caressing that Bluetooth shutter like it’s the trigger to unleash cinematic glory… But something’s missing. That extra snap. That oomph. That lens flare that makes your…

The DSLR-style mobile grip that turns your phone into a beast of a camera rig Let’s be honest — phone photography has come a LONG way. But even with all the megapixels, AI wizardry and post-editing magic… sometimes it still…

Is this the smallest, cheapest APS-C camera you can still buy new in 2025? We think so. And we’ve put it through its paces to find out if this budget banger is still worth your cash or if it’s best…