Whats your favourite cheap camera accessory

[Tankus]

Every camera that I've ever owned ...I've had one of these
None of your knobby sholder slings for me ......always hand carry ...or stright into a sling bag

Helps stabilise the shot ..your not going to drop it ....and makes the camera feel safer from opportunist theft

 

[donkyboy]

try using that on a dslr

 

[Tankus]

Had an eos 450.....now got a 750d......primarys an 18~55 mm ..not a full frame ....but its well comfy

 

[weltweit]

The rubber lens hoods I got for my 50 and 20mm lenses are pretty neat.
I don't recall what I paid but it wasn't much.

 

[mauvais]

Wireless trigger, like a Phottix one. Bizarrely on Nikon it's always been cheaper and easier to add this on low-end Nikons, as they have an IR receiver, but the pro-am/pro families don't.

Anyway it lets you do night landscapes, astrophotography etc without having to touch the camera and thus introduce shake.

Second to that is probably an infrared filter, which with the right camera gives you a whole different set of possibilities.

 

[editor]

try using that on a dslr

Loads of people use similar leads for dSLRs.

 

[RoyReed]

Loads of people use similar leads for dSLRs.

The problem with some of the Nikon leads is that they are something like 10 core cable and very stiff. It's quite easy to tug the cable slightly as you take a shot which can induce a bit of shake. The cordless ones are much better.

 

[ViolentPanda]

My favourite cheap accessory is undoubtedly the lens hoods on my lenses. I put them all on backward, just to annoy that cunt Bungle.

My second-favourite cheap accessory is undoubtedly the cheap metal thumb-grip I bought for my Panasonic GF-1, that goes on the hot-shoe, and is locked down with a grub screw. Makes holding the camera much easier than relying on the skimpy Panasonic finger-grip on the front of the camera.

 

[ViolentPanda]

The problem with some of the Nikon leads is that they are something like 10 core cable and very stiff. It's quite easy to tug the cable slightly as you take a shot which can induce a bit of shake. The cordless ones are much better.

Have to admit, I'm a fan of wireless/cordless kit, for exactly the reason you mention.

 

[smee22]

I bought one of those super cheap (10 quid or less?) portable tripods from ebay ... it's definitely not built to professional standards by any stretch of the imagination, but for me just to mess around with, it did the job!

 

[pogofish]

One of these cheap flash battery packs is fast becoming my favourite cheap photo accessory ever:

Cost less than fifteen quid and is thin/light enough to sling under your jacket on a lanyard over the shoulder or on your belt without being awkward/uncomfortable but still provides a healthy boost in recycle times for short bursts of fast/continual shooting.

We have a much more expensive 300V pack kicking around somewhere that is amazing for really fast shooting but its a bulky/heavy thing that rapidly overheats flashguns and you can never strap it comfortably anywhere, so I avoid using it - citing the "perfect moment" doctrine, of course!