Brands
Who is good at what, and where a system stops
Most makers here are excellent at one thing and unremarkable at the rest. These pages set out which is which, what staying inside a system costs once its cells, plates and dedicated flash are added up, and where a single factory ships the same optical design under three different badges.
- NEEWER The shelf-filler, from 18 € triggers to 449 € monitors 19 products
- Canon Bodies, lenses and printers — and three-word accessory pages 17 products
- K&F CONCEPT From 8 € hoods to 40 € bags, and eighteen coating layers 16 products
- Rollei Tripods, scanners, lights and a hundred-hour intervalometer 7 products
- Sony Bodies and lenses, from 450 € upward 7 products
- JJC Small parts, published figures: 90 per cent, 130 by 100 mm 6 products
- Panasonic Camcorders, bodies and Micro Four Thirds glass 5 products
- Sigma Lenses for other makers’ mounts, 339 € upward 5 products
- Walimex pro Studio flash, close-up lenses and a 250 € telephoto 5 products
- DJI Drones, action cameras and the gimbal that is the camera 4 products
- Godox Flash, from an 18 € trigger to a 165 € studio head 4 products
- TTARTISAN Manual primes and telephotos, 99 € to 419 € 4 products
- Amazon Basics Tripods, monopods and a 9 € filter, at the floor of the shelf 3 products
- CAMKIX Rings, hoods and cleaning kits, 6 € to 11 € 3 products
- EMART Tents, backdrops and stands, 30 € to 78 € 3 products
- Fujifilm Instant cameras, X-mount bodies and the X100 converter 3 products
- Nikon Primes, telephotos and the F-to-Z adapter 3 products
- NiSi Corrected glass: an achromatic doublet and True Color coatings 3 products
- PROfezzion Filters and releases that publish their own figures 3 products
- RaLeno Panels, tents and softbox kits, 26 € to 66 € 3 products
- Andoer Sliders and triggers, 17 € to 98 € 2 products
- CELLONIC A vertical grip and the only metal hood here 2 products
- Desview A monitor and a prompter, 91 € and 149 € 2 products
- FGen Complete studio sets, 62 € and 152 € 2 products
- GoPro Action cameras, and the mount everyone else copied 2 products
- KODAK A compact camera and a 4PASS printer 2 products
- Hama A monopod and a filter that counts its coatings 2 products
- Lightdow A prime lens and the only grey card with a tolerance 2 products
- Manfrotto A monopod and a head, 80 € and 201 € 2 products
- PGYTECH A strap and a plate, 14 € and 42 € 2 products
- Samyang Two manual primes, 262 € and 283 € 2 products
- SIRUI A monopod and a quick-release plate, 27 € and 100 € 2 products
- TARION A softbox and a rucksack, 49 € and 68 € 2 products
- ULANZI Small lights, 21 € to 46 € 2 products
- VILTROX A monitor with camera control, and the converter that publishes its stops 2 products
Each amount in a write-up is what the listing showed when that page was written. The figure next to the product is pulled in as you read, and it is the one that counts.