Loupedeck

£249/$259 www.loupedeck.com

Even if you’re a Lightroom pro and have memorized many of its keyboard shortcuts, using a mouse to adjust settings and sliders can be fiddly and time consuming. Taking inspiration from DJ consoles, Loupedeck is a console of shortcut buttons, wheels and dials that give you direct control of Lightroom’s most-used settings. 12 dials let you instantly adjust essential options like contrast, exposure and white balance, and these are flanked by buttons to copy, paste, undo, redo, and much more. But it’s the plethora of customizable controls that really make Loupedeck shine, as you can set it to adjust the tools you use most. It’s compatible with Lightroom 6 and newer, on both Windows and Mac.

First impressions_

We had a brief hands-on with Loupedeck at The Photography Show. It’s well made, and its controls operate their respective Lightroom functions with no lag. It is on the pricey side, but Loupedeck could become invaluable if you’re a Lightroom fanatic.