The Acurazine photography X-mas gift thread
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The Acurazine photography X-mas gift thread
Jup's comment in the HP Kiosk thread got me thinking. How about an AZ photo Christmas gift list. Let's consider camera bodies, lenses, flashes, and point & shoots as givens. My thought was that there are a ton of cool and/or useful photo accessories out there that people either don't know about or simply forget exist when the time comes for making Christmas lists.
Below are some of the things that popped into my head. What else?
Bryan Peterson’s “Understanding Exposure” book
One of Scott Kelby’s Photoshop books (IMO, everyone should own one of them)
Coffee table book from one of your favorite photographers
My personal choice “Galen Rowell: A Retrospective”
Cable/remote release for your camera
The Joby Gorillapod
http://www.joby.com/products/gorillapod/
The Hoodman HoodLoupe
http://www.hoodmanusa.com/products.asp?dept=1017
Flash diffusers such as the Sto-Fen Omni Bounce and Gary Phong Light Sphere
http://www.stofen.com/
http://store.garyfonginc.com/liiido.html
Monitor calibration devices such as the Pantone Huey or X-Rite i1
http://www.pantone.com/pages/product...id=79&ca=2&s=0
http://www.xrite.com/product_overview.aspx?ID=788
The Lensbaby 3G
http://lensbabies.com/products/lb3g/intro
Below are some of the things that popped into my head. What else?
Bryan Peterson’s “Understanding Exposure” book
One of Scott Kelby’s Photoshop books (IMO, everyone should own one of them)
Coffee table book from one of your favorite photographers
My personal choice “Galen Rowell: A Retrospective”
Cable/remote release for your camera
The Joby Gorillapod
http://www.joby.com/products/gorillapod/
The Hoodman HoodLoupe
http://www.hoodmanusa.com/products.asp?dept=1017
Flash diffusers such as the Sto-Fen Omni Bounce and Gary Phong Light Sphere
http://www.stofen.com/
http://store.garyfonginc.com/liiido.html
Monitor calibration devices such as the Pantone Huey or X-Rite i1
http://www.pantone.com/pages/product...id=79&ca=2&s=0
http://www.xrite.com/product_overview.aspx?ID=788
The Lensbaby 3G
http://lensbabies.com/products/lb3g/intro
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Camera straps are highly underrated - Like a good Optech Strap.
'The Pod' (www.thepod.ca)
For those with SD cameras, Sandisk's SD Plus cards with the built in USB ports are
wonderful. I've been hoping they'd make a CF version.
- Frank
'The Pod' (www.thepod.ca)
For those with SD cameras, Sandisk's SD Plus cards with the built in USB ports are
wonderful. I've been hoping they'd make a CF version.
- Frank
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if anyone wants to give me a gift of a 70-200 2.8 i will be forever in your debt.
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Great list so far, Billiam.
Also:
-Various filters, such as CP's, IR, warming filters, etc.
-Step up/down rings to fit your filters to smaller/larger lenses
-Seminars or shooting workshops
-Extra memory
-Battery grip/batteries
-Camera bags
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Also:
-Various filters, such as CP's, IR, warming filters, etc.
-Step up/down rings to fit your filters to smaller/larger lenses
-Seminars or shooting workshops
-Extra memory
-Battery grip/batteries
-Camera bags
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Need for this Christmas..
1)Manfrotto Tripod
2)77o/ CP Filter for my 12-24mm Tokina Lense
3)Fisheye Lense
4)New CF Cards
5)CF Card Reader
6)Battery Grip for D70s. (I know Nikon didn't make one, but I have my eyeball on one that's decent)
7)NEW NEW NEW LENSES PLEASEEEEE
8)Camera Bag!
1)Manfrotto Tripod
2)77o/ CP Filter for my 12-24mm Tokina Lense
3)Fisheye Lense
4)New CF Cards
5)CF Card Reader
6)Battery Grip for D70s. (I know Nikon didn't make one, but I have my eyeball on one that's decent)
7)NEW NEW NEW LENSES PLEASEEEEE
8)Camera Bag!
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I usually suck for Christmas ideas for myself, because I tend to buy gadgets all the time.
Anyhow, here are some of the things that I use all the time that would make for good gifts:
- Photoshop Lightroom
- remote shutter release (wired/wireless/or timer)
- 90-degree viewfinder
- external hard drive that doesn't need a power adapter
- really good AA battery charger (MAHA MH-C9000)
- 2-axis hotshoe level
- L-Bracket for your camera
- leveling base (or panning base, whatever you prefer)
- new camera strap like the Optech Pro Loop Link
I'm sure more will come to mind...
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- Photoshop Lightroom
- remote shutter release (wired/wireless/or timer)
- 90-degree viewfinder
- external hard drive that doesn't need a power adapter
- really good AA battery charger (MAHA MH-C9000)
- 2-axis hotshoe level
- L-Bracket for your camera
- leveling base (or panning base, whatever you prefer)
- new camera strap like the Optech Pro Loop Link
I'm sure more will come to mind...
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remote shutter release (wired/wireless/or timer)
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Originally Posted by TSX Wisc Badger
Just got mine on eBay for my Canon 20D for $6 and it works perfectly. Its made by Uniphox and fits the Canon 5D, 40D, 30D, 20D, 10D, 1D, 1Ds, 1D Mark II, 1Ds Mark II , D60, D30, D2000, 1V, 1VHS, EOS 3,
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