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It's winter across the northern hemisphere, and for most people that means rain, snow, and damp — none of which are particularly good things to have around your camera gear. Regardless if you're stowing away your gear for warmer times, or if you're just a bit worried about keeping your bag fungus free, you have to be on the watch for camera mold. It turns out you can do more than simply stuff everything with silica gel packs — that a company called BRNO makes lens and body caps designed specifically to keep out the wet.

At first glance, Vanguard's GH-300T looks like most other pistol grip tripod kits. But, there's a tiny orange button on the trigger that actually fires the shutter. That makes swiveling the head for panoramas shockingly easy. It also has an adjustable center column that can be used like a boom stand for getting in tough spots or shooting at odd angles.

The eyes can make or break a portrait, which is one of the reasons photographic children can be so challenging. They constantly want to look away. The Look Lock tries to remedy that by suspending a smartphone directly above the front element of the lens. You can show a video of the child's favorite character or a picture of a parent and the kid won't be able to look away. Sounds great, but does it work? Yeah, actually it does in the right situations.What is it?