There are many things that you will need in your quest for digital photo-taking, and I have to tell you that they are legion. It’s just as bad, and maybe even worse, than the masses of stuff you need with a good film camera. However you look at it though, just as with a film camera, most of these digital camera parts and accessories are stuff that we buy just to please ourselves.

There’s really only a very small amount of these accessories that can be truly thought of as essential to the serious photographer. Everything else is just for the fun of it really.

Accessories You Must Have

Since accessories can be anything that you need, want, or see from one given moment to the next, I thought it best if I separated them out for you. You know, just to make your life somewhat easier. In actual fact I did this for myself a few years ago when I was still on film cameras because I found that no matter how hard I tried, I always wound up buying something that was useful, but which wasn’t useful to me.

Like the fish-eye lens that I bought a few years ago, just before I got into my digital stride. It’s useful yes, just not for me. Needless to say, I still have it. I’ve used it only once, but since the thought that I might actually get around to using it crosses my mind every time I try to part with it, I’m still the proud owner of a completely useless fish-eye lens.

If you’ve been a photographer of any sort for any length of time, then there’s a better than even chance that you’ve also indulged at some point in time and have bought something that’s absolutely useful – just not useful for you. So to that end, I started out writing a list of the things that I absolutely must have in order to get any sort of photography done, but instead came up with a list of all the things that I needed, wanted and saw just that morning in my favorite photography magazine.

Obviously that wasn’t going to get me anywhere fast, and I have to say that I ditched the list at that time. Luckily for all you readers out there going through this with breathless anticipation, I found it just the other day.

For the purposes of clarity, I’ve cleaned it up somewhat and have now divided it into two sections. The accessories that you should-have, or that you might want to look at getting at a later point in time. And the accessories that you want and that you will get at some point in time.

Assuming that you read the title of this article, you will then know that you’re in the ‘should have’ accessories section, and not the ‘must have now’ accessories section. Again, needless to say, there will be a few things that I might have left out of the list, but trust me, it’s not for lack of trying!

So, here is the list (without going too descriptions and definitions):
• Lenses
• Extension tubes
• Remote release/Cable release
• Tripods
• Reflectors
• Lens Cloth
• Lens Brush
• Filters
• ND Grads
• Spare Batteries
• Memory cards
• Cases
• Beanbag
• Lightbox

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