5 Super Useful Camera Accessories

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    •  microfiberlenscloth

    Microfiber
    Lens Cloth    , $6

    Thumbs up for the lens cloth that attaches to your camera strap. I use
    mine constantly, not only to clean the lens but also to polish smudged
    surfaces that I’d like to photograph — mirrors, windows, and so forth.

    overboardcase1.jpgOverBoard
    Waterproof Gadget Cases    , $25

    Many of your gadgets are still useable in these waterproof cases, and
    the cases also float if they’re dropped in the water.

     usbcharger

    USB
    Battery Charger    , $21

    This USB charger helps you get your Flip camera juiced up without
    sacrificing another hotel room outlet. It’s about the size of a small
    pack of gum, so it travels light too.

    What’s your favorite must-have camera accessory?

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    for Your Blog    , publisher of Mighty Mighty Media, and a Twitter power
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    Valley’s Top 50 Influencers by Now Public.

    Margaret Mason
    Margaret Mason
    Maggie Mason is the author of No One Cares What You Had for Lunch: 100 Ideas for Your Blog, publisher of Mighty Mighty Media, and a Twitter power user (@Maggie). Her personal blog, Mighty Girl was recently nominated for a SxSW Lifetime Achievement Award, and she was named one of Silicon Valley's Top 50 Influencers by Now Public.

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    • http://profile.typepad.com/6p0000000000000014 compact digital cameras

      You can preserve your camera and its accessories by buying cases and bags for them . They will be able to offer all kinds of protection.

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003406369152 Lisa

        i already have a holga 120gn but for some reaosn the pictures i have taken doesnt seem to cool as other pics taken with a holga,, and i dont know,, im starting to lose faith about getting cool pics with a analog camera,, when i bought the holga , i bought and developed my first film like in 14 years!!and well if i win this one,, maybe , i can take really cool pics and keep my faith about analog photographywell, anyway,, good luck to everybodycheers

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003406350201 Joy

      That reminds me, I need to get a UV ftelir for my new lens. I just used to buying the ftelir when I buy the lens, but I got my most recent lens off a friend.Yes, absolutely, get a UV ftelir for every lens you own. Clean the the lens and ftelir, put the ftelir on and never take it off unless you are going to put a different one on. Get a quality one, because the cheap ones will reduce the image quality. The UV ftelir, I think, reduces glare, but mainly it’s for protecting your lens. There are various artistic lenses out there, some pretty cool, but I don’t own any.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003406370616 Igor

      I bought one, but it was a cheap one and iernrfeted with more photos than not!!! I’m currently risking it without, but none of my lenses are over $200-300. So I will not discourage anyone from using one, but 1- buy a quality filter!! 2- if you find strange things in your photos, particularly when shooting into the light or of lights/fire in the dark, try taking the filter OFF. I went nuts trying to figure out what was wrong when it was just the filter!