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With some of Europe's finest nature photographers in our community, we're proud to share some of their tips, tricks and trip reports. You'll find inspiring stories and galleries, news about our gear and reviews by photographers who tested it during their travels. Do you have a story that you'd like to share with our readers? Feel free to drop us a line, we're happy to consider publication.

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  • Image credit: © Yves Adams

    Hello sunshine

    Mar 15, 2015

    There is no ‘best time of the year’ for wildlife photography. Lots of photographers love the springtime with all those abundant flowers, young and playful animals, soft and warm morning light and for those I have good news: it’s almost there! For other photographers the autumn is their favourite time of the year. Burling deer – fighting […]

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  • Ponting Bag tested by Elephant seals

    Ponting Bag; tested and approved

    Feb 2, 2015

    New in the line-up of MrJan Gear packs is the Ponting Bag. The Ponting bag is a very sturdy and fully waterproof bag for expedition landings and other wet and harsh conditions where you will otherwise have trouble to keep your gear dry. The bag is designed as an envelope pack for the Bertik II, Boris or Spitsbergen photo […]

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  • Floating, testing, shooting and showing

    Oct 6, 2014

    A floating hide is invented in a blink of an eye. But building it to suit all your needs is a bit of a long story. While we have lots of ideas (and you put even more in our mailbox), we did lots of trial and error, lots of rethinking, lots of discussion and drank lots […]

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  • japan

    Last minute to Japan

    Apr 18, 2014

    Dutch wildlife photographer Jan Baks met the MrJanGear Bertik at the NVN-natuurfoto festival in Arnhem. It was a kind of ‘love at first sight’ and he would love to take his gear on a trip to Japan packed in a Bertik. But we had no Bertik with us, except the ‘showcase’ from Olof and just […]

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  • Floating along

    Mar 29, 2014

    Last week we received some very nice shots from David Pattyn. We met him some weeks ago and he was very eager to try out our very first prototype of the smaller floating hide. And so we borrowed him our pre-pre-pre-production version for testing. In normal use you will have a hiding tent of some […]

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