What ARe Your Best Non Camera/Lens/Flashgun Purchases?

Carrigman

Apart from the essential camera/lens/flashgun hardware what are your favourite other photographic hardware purchases?

This is my list (not in any particular order) based on my own purchases. Please add your suggestions.

1. Manfrotto Tripod and Head and Manfrotto Monopod

2. Stroboframe Rotating Flash Bracket

3. Hahnel HW433 Remote Trigger

4. Elinchrom Skyport Flash Trigger Set

5. Elinchrom D-Lite 4 Studio Lights

6. Lastolite HiLite Background

7. Lee Filter Foundation Kit/Lee Grad 0.9 Filter/Lee Wide-Angle Adaptor

8. Marumi Circular Polariser filter

9. Giotto Rocket Blower

10. Sekonic L-308S Meter


Regards

Fenster

Acer Aspire One D150 netbook

Cosmo K

Phottix interval timer

Sleepy

Lens pen

liamtinney

Gary Fong Lightsphere (copy of ebay £5.00) love it

stcstc

2 really big printers, oh and some other things to go with em

pixbyjohn

Step ladder

oshead

Gaffer tape from Maplins.
Bed sheet, 1 black and 1 white from Guineys
Sun reflector for a car window from Maplins
1 tin of matt white paint from Woodies
4' x4' sheet of perspex from B&Q.
2.7m square gazebo from Argos.
13' x 7' lino from Bargaintown.
White furry rug from IKEA.
A dozen clamps from my the owfellas workshop.

& loads more I can't think of atm... :pac:

ThOnda

Well, not a literally purchase, but I am trying to pay for a guide dog on monthly basis. One of the best purchases I have ever done.

cnocbui

2 Pelican cases to keep it all safe, and the mold at bay.

AnCatDubh

Not sure if its my best non thingimebobs purchase but an eBay gizmo which is a external flash hot shoe that mounts onto a tripod is very handy for off camera stuff. Also got an ebay gizmo which mounts to a tripod or light stand and holds an umbrella and has a flash hot shoe on it. This is great for studio style portraits. All this stuff cost very little and has no brand attached

Chorcai

ThOnda wrote: »

Well, not a literally purchase, but I am trying to pay for a guide dog on monthly basis. One of the best purchases I have ever done.

Good on ya, I did the puppy walking scheme a few yrs ago, have to say nothing I have ever done comes close to the feeling that I have helped someone do what many of us take for granted.

I guess my PC, self built bought all the parts and built it on the kitchen table, had to get the little drimmel out as well to fit the new gfx card !! Also I ermm "aquired" Adobe stuff (all)..

cian1500ww

My Lowepro Slingshot 300, really pushed it to it's limits in terms of exposure to rain in Wales at the weekend. Never got one piece of equipment remotely close to getting wet.

dudara

1. Lowepro backpack - so many pockets

2. Lightweight Manfrotto tripod, brilliant and stows away neatly in my boot

3. Samsung NC10 netbook (with 160 GB disk) - light, fast and plenty of storage. Plus, it's blue!

mgbgt0_0

Snickers Trousers with kneepads,
plenty of pockets and you can kneel all day

Borderfox

Pocketwizard Flex TTL triggers

KarmaGarda

A spare battery and a memory card. The rest I can somewhat improvise.