Arriving just in time for the post-snow floods, the Hydrophobia 70-200 gives serious protection for your DSLR with a lens up to 70-200/f2.8 size attached. All controls are fully accessible, and the external strap enables the whole package to be neck slung (the camera one tucks away inside). There's also a version which gives additional protection for a mounted flashgun.

Tamrac's Expedition Series backpacks are designed to cope with the toughest conditions. With really comfortable harnesses, zipper rain covers and a host of thoughtful touches like the 'wing' pockets which fold out to give easy access to cards and accessories. they are also compatible with Tamrac's MAS system pouches to enable capacity to be increased. One of the most useful is the Water Bottle and Holder. Usually £12.50, it's yours free with the 5x, 6x, 7x, 8x and new super-large 9x.

The innovative D-Lite heads have set the standard for low cost, high performance studio flash. They have true digital control of power output (not just a pretty display), work on most voltages, and have fan cooling to ensure reliability when the modelling lamp gets heavy use.
Kits start at just £385 for a 200 and 400 head kit with umbrellas, and if you want softboxes you can choose from 200/200 or 400/400 joule kits.

Fitting most bounce head flashguns, the Orbis allows you to create soft, virtually shadowless lighting which will really flatter your subject. It just pushes on to the flashgun, which you then position around the end of the lens so that the light falls directly on the subject. If you want to work with a hand free, or on a tripod, there's an accessory bracket which holds the flash, Orbis and camera.

More and more popular with wildlife photographers, or anyone needing to follow-focus with long telephoto lenses, gimbal heads enable a precise point of balance to be achieved to make the handling of heavy lens/camera combos much easier,
These new brackets are less expensive and lighter. The LB (right) attaches directly to the collar of a lens up to 400mm, and the LS is designed for heavier lenses up to 600mm.