Camera Accessories

Very handy little thing

Advantages: Easy to use and robust!
Disadvantages: None found yet

...simple to use. On my Nikon D50, all i have to do is hold one button and swivel the dial a couple clicks and there, all set up. This allows the photographer to take photos of close up wildlife from a distance (so that they arent scared by some big human). It is also handy when it comes to astronomical photography. When the remote mode has been activated and the shutter speed turned right the way down until it reads "--", you can press the remote button ...
...until you press the remote button again - no timings whatsoever. You can determine the time the shutte is open. It is also very robust. I managed to drop it in a stream where it sank for a few seconds before i fished it out. I then threw it to my friend to dry off and he missed it so it crashed into the concrete path. It was perfectly fine - needed a little drying though. I highly recommend this item as it is so easy to use and yet so useful (and ...

Centaurus_X-3 01.03.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Nikon ML L3 Infrared Remote control for Camera

More brilliance from sony.

Advantages: Brilliant battery life, looksa and size
Disadvantages: Probarably don't need a spare

...This battery came with the Sony Cybershot DSC-W55 and i have been using it for about 2 months and have not found a fault with it. It came free with the Camera (Amazom £139) but it can be bought separately for around £20. The battery charges up through a charger which plugs to a normal plug socket and takes around 4hrs depending on how charged the battery is. I got this charger with the camera and you should get it with any sony camera you get. The ...
...replacement but i have not found a need for one. I recently took just one battery on a 10 day holiday to Italy and found that the battery lasted all holiday, taking in excess of 200 pictures, and it was not dry at the end of it. As for the size of it, it is only 35mmx41mmx8 mm and weighes a megre 300g. This size not only means that the camera is that much more compact but also a spare is very easy to transport as is the charger. I know that it gets ...

MVP017 12.09.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Sony NP BG1 Lithium Ion

Steadfast, loyal and true!!

Advantages: Reasonably priced, portable but very sturdy!
Disadvantages: could do with reaching just a few more inches at full height.

...photography too, starting with the Sony VCT-R640 tripod. Although this tripod is nowhere near top of the range it does pretty much everything you would expect of it and at a great price. Sony products are always of high quality and this tripod is no different. It can be used for still imaging cameras or video cameras as long as they do not exceed 3Kg in weight which unless you are using top end professional cameras with huge lenses they will not. ...
...what you are filming. The Sony VCT-R640 tripod comes with a quick release mounting shoe which means the camera can be removed and replaced on the tripod very quickly without it having to be unscrewed each time, simply screw the camera to the fitting shoe then attach the shoe to the tripod with one click and remove when needed and replace with simple one click motions. At its lowest height this tripod stands around 21 inches stretching to a massive ...

thebigc1690 22.01.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Sony VCT R640 Tripod

Fits like a stylish glove

Advantages: Quality, fit, design/looks
Disadvantages: NONE

...bought this case for my Canon Ixus 950 IS digital camera. The quality of the case is superb, soft leather with a soft lining so as not to scratch the camera/screen, the flap shuts with a substantial click from the magnetic press stud and does not pop open easily, the case complements the Ixus cameras perfectly, also the case is a lovely snug fit on the camera so as not to add any bulk. Although the case is designed just to take the camera, I can ...
...cloth, but for anyone who wants addition storage, i.e room for extra battery (but the batteries on the Ixus cameras are way more than adequte for a days shooting so I cannot see many people needing to have an additional battery) or an extra memory card (I cannot understand why some people need to carry an extra memory card, after all why don't they just buy a big memory card in the offset which would be more than adequte for their picture storage). ...

fatboyslim 13.06.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Canon DCC-70 Soft case Digital photo camera

Nikon SB 600

Advantages: Easy to read clear LCD, Light weight
Disadvantages: Limited Flash Range

...using this flash on my Nikon D100 & have since bought a D200 both using the same Nikon 24~120 VR Lens. The focus zoom function works on this flash, by works I am saying you can hear something but I have never noticed the difference when I have it switched off. On a more positive note, Power management is great. I just leave the flash set in the default STANDBY mode & never turn it off. It turns itself on magically whenever you need it, and goes ...
...Flash (get it ?) when you want it. Exposure compensation may set at the camera or the flash. The flash goes from -3 to +3 stops. If you have both the camera and the flash set, you get the TOTAL of the two settings. That means if you set the camera to -1 and the flash to +1 you get the same as leaving them both alone (they cancel), and if you set both the camera and flash to +1 you get a total of +2. I don't know why you should want to do this & ...

tentheagle1 23.08.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Nikon SB 600 Hot-shoe clip-on flash