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Almost a necessity - but with its problems.

Advantages: Improves camera handling with larger lenses.
Disadvantages: Doesn't "lock" in perfectly.

The Canon BG E2 is the battery grip for the Canon EOS 20D. It also goes under the name of a vertical grip as not only does it provide a holding space for two batteries (BP-511A, or 6 AA's using the AA adapter it comes with) but it also provides an additional shutter release button on the "top" of the camera as you hold it verticaly (providing of course you rotate the camera anti clockwise from the horizontal shooting position). Battery grips are ...
...mine sadly was. But Canon offered free repairs on all these batches. If you have never used a grip on a camera before then you dont know what you are missing. If you have a lens longer than say 200mm then you really should make the small investment for one of these. If not for the handling improvements then get one just for the fact it will make your camera look bigger - and we all know bigger is better! ...

findyourfoto 28.03.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Canon BG E2 Battery grip

Unerring Support through extreme conditions!

Advantages: Strong. Fairly Light. Offers great support and flexibility.
Disadvantages: Doesn't come with a head.

The Manfrotto 190PRO is a great tripod. Straight out of the box you can tell your holding a quality product. The legs, made form Aluminium feel solid and have a very fine polished finish to them. Folded up and without a tripod head it's not too heavy, weighing in at 4.19lbs its no lightweight but it's more of a reassuring quality weight than a burdening weight. Now then the thing that really stands out to me about this tripod is its versatility. ...
...at (thanks to a small quick release clip at the top of each leg), including flat on the floor. This is great as the mini tripod I was using before wasn't really strong enough to support my SLR and this makes low angle shot very easy indeed. The removable centre column allows for even more versatility. Not only does its removal allow for ground level shooting as described above but the column also slots into a horizontal groove that allows for offset ...

leebo87 02.10.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Manfrotto 190PROB MINI PRO Tripod

It's a tripod Jim, but not as we know it..

Advantages: Lightweight (325g), compact, extremely flexible, rugged, inexpensive, attaches to almost anything!
Disadvantages: Only works with genuinely compact cameras

The Joby Gorillapod - goes where no other tripod dares to tread Introduction When you say the word 'tripod' it conjures up a certain image, those three-legged extendable pole accessories which Grandad always insisted on getting down from the loft religiously every Christmas to take the obligatory 'group family photo' (in which no one would ever all smile at the same time, ever). Rusty, wobbly, stiff, rigid and rarely a better solution than ...
...This is where the Joby Gorillapod comes in, and what an entrance it makes! Design Genuine innovation doesn't just take an old idea and refine it or improve on it, genuine innovation goes right back to the drawing board and totally rethinks the original problem and comes up with a totally new way to solve it. And that's exactly what the good people at Joby did with this unasuming, yet intensely practical gadget. Yes, it's a tripod in the technical ...

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Review of Joby Gorillapod Tripod

Gorillapod in the mist!

Advantages: Small, easy to use
Disadvantages: None

Like many other people there are 2 situations that really annoy me when I'm taking photos. The first is when you want a photo of yourself or you and a friend / partner, and there's no one else there to take the photo. How do we usually get round this? Either hold the camera at arms length, usually ending up with half a face and no scenery or balance the camera somewhere on timer and hope for the best!! The second is that of night time (scenery) photos. ...
...hand, but if my night time photography is anything to go by, I shake like I've gone cold turkey!!! Forever am I left with bleary streaks of light and there never seems to be anything to balance the camera on at the time or it is not flat enough if there is! So with these annoyances in mind I decided to buy a mini tripod to finally add another string to my photographic bow. After looking at a few normal ridged tripods I came across the Gorillapod ...

puddingmancan 14.11.2009 · Read full review
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Vivitar 285 review

Advantages: durable, adjustable power
Disadvantages: slow recycling, heavy

I got given this by a friend who knew I needed a flash gun (but couldn't afford one) and he had one to spare. Unfortunately he didn't have the manual so working out how to use it was a bit of a guessing game. Positives: Very sturdy and durable. Flash direction can be adjusted up and down (from shooting directly towards the subject to straight up for bouncing light of the ceiling). There is a switch at the back to turn it on and a light which goes ...
...of the flash is adjustable - this is where you may have problems though if you don't have the manual as some of the power settings are denoted in colours which if you don't have the manual, you don't know what they represent. There is a button to trigger the flash separately from using the camera as a trigger (this is good for tesing if it's working!) Takes AA batteries - easy to get hold of. Has a 'lock' lever which can be used to secure it to the ...

Huomenna 04.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Vivitar 285 Flash Gun