Essential Camera Accessories
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- 05 Aug 2022
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You just purchased a high-quality camera and lens kit, either DSLR style or mirrorless, so now you are likely wondering what camera accessories are essential.
Your kit may have included several accessory items, but the essential camera accessories that make serious photography can be somewhat different than what the store offers as a package.
Below is a list of what a lot of experienced photographers consider as essential camera accessories for beginners. Just so you know, there is almost a complete overlap between essential mirrorless camera accessories and essential DSLR camera accessories.
You might want to note that some accessories are more essential than others depending on what type of photography or video making you want to do. The first three on this list could get you started right away, while some of the others can be picked up soon enough.
A Comfortable Camera Strap
A number one priority of mine when setting up a new camera (whether brand new or used but new to me) is to change out that dang strap the camera maker put in the box. Ugh, I hate those skinny, uncomfortable camera brand advertising banners!
My preferred style of strap is the sling type that you wear across your body. It is more secure, allows rapid access to all controls, and is much more comfortable with how it distributes weight.
Memory Cards
The digital sensor in your camera is what we think of as the film capturing the image, but that’s actually only half of the job. The information from the sensor needs to be stored somewhere, which is what the memory cards are for.
Back when everyone shot film, the saying was “film is cheap.” Meaning that your expensive camera gear wasn’t doing you much good if you ran out of film. For digital photographers, memory cards are cheap.
You always want enough room to store more pics, plus you want a backup for any possible failure of the cards. That doesn’t happen very often, but the one time it happens to you, it can pretty much ruin your photo day if you don’t have another card to capture images. Read More…
