PHOTO STUDIO LIGHT KIT 2 SLAVE FLASH+TRIPODS for Canon $59.99

Hurricane Slave To The Thrill Press Kit Photo Foreigner $11.00

AFTERSHOCK press kit SLAVE TO THE VIBE w/ photo $6.00

Mandigo Press Kit B+W photo Slave boy foot stool 1976 $6.50

Digital Camera Accessories – The Top 7 Accessories You Cant Live Without!

The anticipation of buying some digital camera accessories is just about as exciting as buying the camera itself. With so many trimmings to go with it, the digital camera will turn a simple hobby into a pleasurable profession with just a snap of the finger. When we begin looking at the digital camera of choice, we need to look at some of the accessories that will go with it. Some accessories will go with most cameras but some may be brand specific, so stay with the brand of the camera if you can when looking at their extras.

Accessories such as rechargeable batteries, a battery charger/AC adapter, memory card, soft camera case, camera bag, lens cleaning kit, tripod, external flash and filters, will all make the digital camera run more smoothly and efficiently. They add value to your photo shoots, and also increase the life of your camera. The worst thing in the world is to be out on a shoot, and have the battery go out or the memory card malfunctions.

There are some accessories more important than others, and some simply sell better than others. Right now, at the top of the accessory list for digital cameras are: (1) camera bags – for LCD scratches, general marks on the camera, with the Lowepor Micro Trekker 200 and the Lowepro Mini Trekker Classic as the two top selling bags; (2) memory cards – it is best to have one large card or a couple medium card.

(3) camera tripod – only purchase one of you are serious about photography; (4) photo printer – some of the best ones are the Canon i70/i80/i90 Portable Photo Printer, HP Photosmart 375 Photo Inkjet Printer, Epson PictureMate Personal Photo Lab Inkjet Printer, Kodak EasyShare Dock Plus Dye Sublimation Printer, and the Sony DFF-FP50 Digital Photo Inkjet Printer; and (5) Portable Storage Device and Card Reader – holds 7 memory card types and stores up to 100 GB of images; (6) photo editing software – always upgrade to a more advanced program; and (7) Digital Picture Frame – displays slide shows and receives photos across country.

One of the most important accessories, which really is a necessity, should be a lens cleaning kit to go along with the digital camera. You should never clean any optics of your camera using your shirt, fingers, water or breath. The kit, which costs a few dollars, includes a small blower brush, a soft cloth, a small plastic bottle containing the lens cleaning solution, and a number of lens cleaning tissues. Little specks of dirt on a photograph or smudges will cost a person time when they editing them out.

Digital cameras and their built-in flashes have a limited range of approximately ten feet, which is considered normal for most point-and-shoot cameras. This distance can be increased 18 feet on up to 40 feet, depending on the flash used as a slave flash, which is ANY photographic flash that has a sensor built into the unit. Many of these are sensitive enough to be activated 100 feet away in full sunlight, but are not restricted to outdoor use only.

Some of the new digital cameras that have “red eye reduction”, also called pre-flash, require a special digital flash unit to act as a slave unit. But the older digital cameras without pre-flash will still work with slave units. But the first thing was to purchase a camera with at least 2X on up to an 8X optical zoom – not digital. Optical is the highest quality digital camera available, as the digital will take blurry photographs.

Another very important accessory is a tripod, for those of us who have the shakes and an unsteady hand. The tripod is needed to prevent camera shake, especially when the shutter speed drops below 1/60 second at a wide angle shot. Some digital cameras are equipped with an LCD monitor, which flashes a blinking light as a warning when the shutter speed is likely to cause a camera shake.

Also, a tripod is necessary when the photographer is too close to the object in macro photography. There are mini tripods and the regular tripods, with the minis pretty popular anymore as they are lightweight and can be stored easily.

Almost all digital cameras come with a small starter memory card, 16 or 32 MB. However, a professional photographer or a shutterbug may need a larger memory card – the more pictures on it, the faster it will disappear in room. A larger card will have more room so more pictures can be taken; we won’t need to rush to our computer to transfer them off the memory card before we run out of room. We also have the option of using several small memory cards, sorted out per subject or job.

And last but not least, a battery charger or an AC adapter is very much needed, unless we keep a case of batteries on us at all times. But the battery charger is the number one choice as it allows us to continue charging spare batteries without interrupting our shooting. In the case of an AC adapter, the shooting will come to a halt while the battery is being charged.

It is also advisable to buy a spare set of rechargeable batteries as it saves us the embarrassment of getting stuck with drained out batteries during the middle of a photo shoot. Rechargeable batteries last longer, and will save us the bother of hunting for battery stores in desolate places. The price may be high at first, but it is better than losing a photography job or driving all the way to a camera store to repurchase what was forgotten in the first place!

What kind of flash do I need?

I am in the process of getting equipment for my in home photo studio and I’ve had a brain fart. I don’t remember what kind of standing flash I need. Is it a strobe flash or a slave flash?

The Oct. 2007 issue of Shutterbug Magazine was devoted to lighting. You can read the article at shutterbug.com.

16 Channel Studio Slave Flash Trigger+3 Receivers T4H $24.68

STUDIO LIGHT KIT SLAVE FLASH+TRIPOD for Canon 1000D 40D $59.99

2 SLAVE FLASH+TRIPOD STUDIO KIT for Canon XS XSi T1i 7D $59.99

2 SLAVE FLASH+TRIPOD STUDIO KIT for Nikon D3000 D5000 $59.99

2 SLAVE FLASH+TRIPOD STUDIO Set -Panasonic DMC-GF1/GH1 $59.99

16 Channel Wireless Slave Studio Flash Trigger Adapter $20.03

200W/S PRO STUDIO FLASH/STROBE MONOLIGHT SLAVE SENSOR $12.83

Wireless Slave Trigger Set Studio Flash w/ 3 Receivers $43.90

๑◕‿◕๑PT-04 A wirELEsS StUdio fLaSh sLaVe tRiGgEr F Sony $27.99

PHOTO STUDIO LIGHT KIT 2 SLAVE FLASH+TRIPODS for Canon $59.99

2X 40 WATTS MASTER/SLAVE STROBES FOR PHOTO STUDIO $29.99

2 SLAVE FLASH+TRIPOD STUDIO SET for Pentax K20D K-x SLR $59.99

240W Studio Slave Flash E27 Lighting Swivel Clamp Kit $89.00

16 Channel Digital Slave Flash Trigger for Studio light $18.99

Studio Flash Slave Trigger + 2x Receiver 16 Channels $28.99

Photo Studio Lighting Master Slave Strobe Flash Light $18.95

Wireless Slave Ultrasonic Flash Trigger f studio FM310 $17.69

PT-04 B Photo Studio Strobist Flash Slave Trigger+3 Rx $40.99

Receiver of FM310 Slave Wireless Trigger Studio T2B $12.99

240W Studio Slave Flash E27 Light Swivel Barndoor Kit $119.00

You buy them in pairs. A transmitter and receiver. Yes as long as they are the same brand and on the same frequency, sure.

The link has a list of all the flash units the radio flash transmitters are compliment:

You didn’t notice this huh?

Applicable to:
Nikon——SB900/SB800/SB600，SB80DX/SB28DX/SB28/SB26/SB50DX……
Canon——580EXII/580EX/550EX/430EXII/430EX/380EX……
Pentax——AF330/AF360/AF500/AF540……
Olympus——FL20/FL36/FL40/F50……
Vivitar——283, 285HV, DF-400MZ, DF-340MZ, 2700
Contax ―TLA360/TLA280/TLA200
Metz ―58AF/48AF/54MZ/40MZ/30MZ

You can look up their prices easy enough.

What would keep me from paying under $50 for such a radio controlled flash sync is that the ones I buy cost much more. I am sure there is a good reason … I have had mine for over six years and they are still working just fine.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Radio-Slaves/ci/8480/N/4291075395

Add it up for three receivers and one transmitter, you will see that $50 does not go to far

Radio Slave – Grindhouse (Dubfire Terror Planet Remix) HQ

Quantum Radio Slave II. See lot $9.99

2 Channel Radio Slave – New $26.29

۞Hi۞RaDiO StRoBiSt sLaVe WiReLeSs rEmOtE FLAsH TrigGeR $44.99

PT-04 A RaDiO SLaVe FLaSh TRiGGer 3Rx Canon 380EX 550EX $44.99

Pocket Wizard Plus II 2 Transceiver Radio Slave Kit NEW $345.00

Pocket Wizard Plus II 4 Transmitter Radio Slave Kit NEW $775.00

Radio Slave Wireless Remote Flash Strobe Trigger T1A $27.43

Wireless 4 Channels Radio Slave Remote Flash Trigger $8.98

RADIO SLAVE 4I SENDER RECEIVER SET A FREQUENCY FLASH $75.00

16CH Wireless Digital Radio Slave Flash Trigger RD616 $9.99

4 Channel Radio Wireless Remote Slave Flash Trigger V2 $11.99

Remote Flash Trigger 16 Channels Radio Slave Wireless $10.99

Quantum Radio Slave 4I Remote and Sender channel A $40.00

4 Channel Radio Slave Flash Trigger /Cordless Wireless $8.98

Remote Flash Trigger 16 Channels Radio Slave Wireless $9.99

RADIO SLAVE 4i SENDER & RECEIVER $75.00

Wireless Remote Radio Slave Strobe Flash Trigger FM310 $29.99

FM310 Receiver for Wireless Remote Radio Slave FM310 $16.99

4 channel Wireless Remote Radio Slave Strobe Flash TR02 $27.99

FM310 Receiver for Wireless Remote Radio Slave FM310 $16.99