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Suppliers
Continue to Keep Busy!
Third Party
accessories and optics for the Digital Rebel.
Interesting
essentials currently include:
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Q-pod. A.K.A. Cobra Mini-Pod.
Table top, ultra light, flat-folding, inexpensive, super handy,
extendable tripod.
Several
models are available in a variety of colors from CKCPower.com
or Giotto.
Get two.
I'm not kidding.
About $8
~ 20.
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Extra lens
cap.
Various.
About $2 ~ 24.
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Rings
and adapters.
Various.
About $25
and up.
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Slave
flash units.
Some really great ones are as inexpensive as a nice lunch. And
if you have an older hotshoe flash, you will want to know how
to turn it into a slave.
Slave flash,
$15 ~ $40. Trigger about $20.
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IR flash
filter. The
exclusive black IR filter that lets your camera trigger slave
flash units is available. Put it over your flash tube and say
good bye to red-eye, on-camera flash look, and dumb lighting.
Notice
how it triggered the slave unit hiding behind the vase, left.
About $5*
(see article)
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Monitor
viewing assist.
Several low-cost accessories let you see your monitor at noon
in the middle of the Sahara.
Some slide
viewers (left) adapt and become focusing magnifiers of sorts.
Grind to shape and velcro onto your camera. It works!
$8 ~ $20.
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Monitor
viewing assist II.
Here is a new product that gives you an easy to velcro solution.
ScreenShade.
It comes
in four sizes to fit your every camera. All cost the same. Each
collapses down to under 1/2 inch thick (12mm).
~ $20.
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Camera
bags. A number
of them exist that are appropriate in size, padding and construction.
Padding is good. Poor strap fixtures are bad
From $16
to $100.
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Lens filters. Polarizers, IR, and
protective filters are the main ones to consider. Color ones
are in your eBook.
Prices
vary. eBook is about $50.
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Memory
cards. CF
cards in the Type I format now hold over 2 gigs. Enough for a
world tour in the hands of many.
CF cards
in the Type II format include solid state memory and the IBM
MicroDrive with its 1 GB capacity.
My advice:
avoid the drives. One drop on hard surfaces equals a potential
head crash.
Prices
and capacities vary greatly.
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Panoramic
Pan Head: Kaidan
Kiwi VR pan-heads.
Models
for many cameras that facilitate acquiring correctly spaced series
of images for manipulation into VR and Panoramic images.
Many features.
Nodal points for fisheye, wide angle and zoom lenses, levels,
click stops.
Well designed.
Link: http://www.kaidan.com/
Starting
at around $200.
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Remote
Controls.
Canon makes the RC-5 which trips the shutter via infrared.
HarborTronics makes the DigiSnap 2100
- with long-line remote cord capability and timelapse from 0
sec on up to 10 days. The DigiSnaps are firmware upgradeable
in the field and there are several models to choose from. Some
trigger the camera with Pocket Wizard and IR. The one for the
Digital Rebel uses a 2.5mm phone plug to trip the camera directly.
Read the
Reviews.
Prices
$220 direct.
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Brackets. Flash brackets, long
lens brackets, cable release brackets, telescope brackets, microscope
brackets, and filter holding brackets. Collect them all!
Pictured:
EagleEye
Universal Microscope and Telescope Adapter "DigiMount".
I have
one of these on a large telescope. It's the best.
Prices
vary.
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Optics. Canon, Sigma, Tamron,
Tokina
$30 ~ $6,000
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Eyepiece
Diopters.
See the viewfinder better. Inexpensive eyepiece diopter optics.
Hard to find, but worth the $15 bucks.
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Slide
copiers.
Third party units with optics and slide/filmstrip holders
About $100
-ish.
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Cleaning
supplies.
You may be thinking lens tissue and cleaning fluids, but you
should be thinking LensPen. About $10.
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eBooks. Copies of Mastering
Nikon Compact Digital Cameras make great gifts.
Especially
nice now that the Version
6.0 is now
shipping.
It includes
camera operation chapters on the 950/990/995/775/5000/4500/5400/5700.
Nikon eBook:
About $50.
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eBooks. Not exactly a Nikon
eBook, the Sony eBook is for photographers with the DSC-F717/707,
V1, 828 cameras from Sony.
Same author,
iNovaFX PS Actions customized to the Sony cameras.
Version
2.0.
Sony eBook:
About $50.
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Batteries. There is only one current
best choice: NiMH BP-511. Okay, two choices: the BP-512 works,
too. Differences are miniscule.
Chargers
come with the Digital Rebel.
Batteries
$24 ~ $40 each.
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Printers. Photographic prints
from film photographers are going the digital route. Several
recommended printers have risen to the top of the food chain.
Prices are very affordable for excellent images.
Range from
$200 to $600. Or more.
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Flash
Units. Canon's
own are the most versatile. Many others fit.
Flash systems
vary widely in cost.
Range from
$20 ~ 150. Or more.
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Please
Note: This page is incomplete. Prices are not quotes, they're
merely guides. Postage and handling charges aren't factored in.
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*The magic
IR transmission filter for the flash units is not literally for
sale. Make your own.
Inquiries
from suppliers concerning purchase of links from this page should
be directed to inova@digitalsecrets.net.
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