As photographers, we cycle through gear in a way that would make non-creatives question our sanity. Bodies update, lenses change, accessories become obsolete, and sometimes we just outgrow what’s in our bag. What most people don’t realize is that the gear sitting in a drawer right now is worth real money—and that used gear can [&hellip;]


Why Photographers Should Be Buying and Selling Their Gear on GearFocus

Sony’s A7 V just changed the game for every A7 III and A7 IV owner—and not in the way you think. If you’ve got a Used Sony A7 IV sitting in your bag, this is the moment to decide: cash out while demand is hot, or risk watching your resale value slowly slide as the market floods with upgrade bodies.


Sell Your Used Sony A7 IV NOW

Key Takeaways: Black Friday Isn’t What Creators Think It Is Black Friday has always been advertised as the “best time of year” to buy gear. Flashing banners, urgent countdowns, and 12-hour offers all exist to make you act fast before you think. But dig beneath the marketing machine and you start to see the problem: [&hellip;]


The Real Black Friday Deals For Creators That You Don’t Want You to Miss

Key takeaways The Black Friday Gear Rush Is Coming — Why Smart Creators List Before the Crowd (and How Verification Makes It Work) Black Friday has become a season more than a day. The ads begin, the wish lists grow, and every marketplace fills with impulse buys and bargain hunters. For creators—photographers, filmmakers, and hybrid [&hellip;]


The Black Friday Gear Rush Is Coming — Here’s Why Smart Creators Are Listing Before Everyone Else

Key Takeaways: For years, buying used camera gear online felt like a gamble. You’d scroll through endless listings, spot the lens of your dreams, and then… pause. Is it real? Is it clean? Will it even show up? That nervous feeling in your gut wasn’t paranoia — it was experience. Because when you’re sending hundreds [&hellip;]


Why Verifying Sellers Changes the Game for Used Camera Buyers

Key Takeaways The year of smarter gear buying Ask ten photographers which part of their kit they’d replace last and most will point to lenses. Bodies get swapped out every few seasons. Lenses tend to stick around — and for good reason. A well-made lens from a decade ago can still out-resolve a modern body [&hellip;]


The Ultimate Buying Guide for Used Lenses— What to Buy Used and What to Skip

Key Takeaways: This roundup’s all about the best vlogging cameras hitting in 2025, aimed right at working creatives in their 30s and 50s. You know the type—chasing client gigs like product launches or weddings while squeezing in personal stuff, like a doc series or travel diary. These picks are pulled straight from GearFocus deals, where [&hellip;]


The Best Used Vlogging Cameras for 2025: Scoring Epic Gear on GearFocus

Key Takeaways The Future Looks a Lot Like 1998 In a world obsessed with AI cameras, 8K resolution, and neural filters that can “reimagine your lighting,” something strange is happening in the creative underground. Photographers — especially younger ones — are deliberately going backward. Analog and Vintage cameras are selling out. Early-2000s digital “digicams” are [&hellip;]


Back to the Future: How Analog and Vintage Tech Are Inspiring 2025’s Creators

Key Takeaways: The Best Used Cameras for TikTok in 2025 2025 is the year the creator economy officially grew up. Algorithms got smarter, attention spans got shorter, and creators became more strategic about what they carry. We’ve watched it happen from the front row — through thousands of listings, messages, and conversations inside the GearFocus [&hellip;]


The Best Used Cameras for TikTok & Content Creators in 2025

Key Takeaways: The Year the Used Market Took the Spotlight Halfway through 2025, one thing’s clear — the used camera market isn’t a side story anymore. It is the story. Between rising prices for new gear, rapid release cycles, and an economy that’s making every dollar work harder, photographers and filmmakers are choosing smarter. They’re [&hellip;]


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