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11-06-2009, 07:54 AM
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| | | What is the best sub £20 accessory for DSLR
What is the best sub £20 accessory you have bought or been bought for your
Nikon DSLR ? (or Canon DSLR)
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11-06-2009, 08:20 AM
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Spare battery. |
11-06-2009, 06:08 PM
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My best sub £20 accessory was this pod... 
... which cost me £9.99. It screws into the tripod mount of camera or lens and is ideal for resting on car or hide window frames, walls, fence posts, the ground - anything really. I've even taken to carrying my tripod around and just plonking the camera with pod attached on top of the mounting plate. This gives lots of stability but also a fair degree of movement for framing the subject and if you suddenly want to track a bird in flight it's instant.
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11-06-2009, 06:36 PM
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Originally Posted by mickmassie  Spare battery. | For £20  |
11-06-2009, 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by charlieb For £20 | You can get 3 batteries for a 30 or 40d for under £20.
My best buy for under £20 would be my beanbag.
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11-06-2009, 06:59 PM
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| | | Re: What is the best sub £20 accessory for DSLR
Batteries from 7Day Shop, plug compatible !
I use a football stocking filled with kidney beans as my POD. If I am travelling, I leave out the beans and buy them or rice locally to save weight.
Really the best accessory I have is a Digital Grey Kard (3 plastic cards, £12) for white balance checking. I use bounce flash quite a bit and fill in flash, and it plays hell with the white balance. I shoot a test shot, use RAW and one click to fix all the photos taken in the same light. I know I could use a sheet of white paper, but the DGK looks really edgy on the red lanyard round my neck.
I did use an old Kodak Grey Card from Weston Meter days until I found out these are no good for white balance, just exposure. They are not neutral grey for WB purposes. Took me a while to work that out.
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11-06-2009, 07:02 PM
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I bought a Giottos glass screen protective cover for the camera for the grand sum of £2.50 excellent value and build quality. 
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Remote release , the little infrared gadget is only £13 , or can get Hama cable release for just under £20 . No more camera shake , just need something to control the breeze for perfect pictures .
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11-06-2009, 07:35 PM
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my teeny little camera shoe spirit level
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Originally Posted by ron1863 I bought a Giottos glass screen protective cover for the camera for the grand sum of £2.50 excellent value and build quality. | I thought these were £20 ! Where did you get one for £2.50 ? | | | |
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