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The Best Equipment Choices For 2011
Almost every serious photographers have a bit of equipment that they wouldn’t want to shoot without. Here we share with you our top six choices for must have hardware, in no precise order.
- Apple iPad : Yes it is a toy, but it is also a valuable tool. One of the finest uses is to demonstrate your photography and writing, but you may use it to keep an eye on the impending climate conditions and edit photographs.
- Really Right Stuff Ballheads : Not everyone use these, but you should look into them. RSS ballheads are a selection of the best available, they do not stick and there is a quick-release lever that almost never fails. They come in several sizes, from light for travel to industrial quality, and a quality tripod with a good ballhead really is must have equipment for a serious photographer.
- Digital Camera Repair : Sometimes problems occur, and you find yourself short of some help. What coulddo} you do and where can you go when you need to replace a broken battery door on your Nikon D90, or need the broken LCD screen replaced on your Nikon D3000? A couple fast searches online will reveal that there are few digital camera repair shop in existence, so finding a very good one is key .
- LensPen SensorKlear Loupe Kit : Keeping your CMOS sensor free from debris isn’t a straightforward job, but this kit goes a long way to help you get it done. The viewer / magnifier fits over the lens mount opening and has an incorporated light to show you all those dust specs on the CMOS. The LensPen picks up the dust and saves you a lot of time and money cleaning up the photographs after the shoot.
- Petzel Tikka Headlight : They may look a little silly at first, but if you sometimes travel in the dark before or after shooting outside, having a dependable flashlight is important! This LED light is tiny and light, and lasts a long long time on only 1 set of batteries. The nicest thing is that you wear it on your head or around your hat so that you which allows you to use your hands for something else.
- Microfiber Lens Cloth : These cloths do a superb job at cleaning glasses or camera lenses, and you should generally have one. Avoid wiping the front of a lens which has grit or sand on it, blow that off first and use the cloth to get rid of light dust and smudges. These cloths can generally be washed for regular usage, and can go on for years.
- Canon EOS 5D Mark II : This is such an amazing camera, little wonder it is so popular. The camera is dependable, tiny and light and has a full-frame sensor that will let you use your wide angle lenses as wide angle lenses. Of course the camera also records HD video, which just about makes it the perfect DSLR camera.
We hope you find much of this list to be useful and informative. May you spend many years ahead enjoying your favorite form of photography, and visit us again for more hints, tips and guides often!