Shortly after buying an SLR camera, he realizes that the camera, however good, does not work. You need a place to hold it, something to carry it, a memory card, an extra battery for those long excursions, a flash here, a filter there. You may feel overwhelmed by so many accessories and sometimes so little information.
In today’s article I come to lend a hand, I’m not going to tell you which accessories to buy and which ones to stop buying, but I’d like to share with you some tips that I think will help you get out of this crossroads.
- The general rule by which you should be guided when considering the purchase of a new accessory for your SLR camera is very simple.
- The question.
- Do I need this? This should help you rationalize that consumer boost we all have when it comes to viewing photography articles in a display case or on a website.
- You should not buy accessories you don’t need.
Don’t tell me, I know, the next question would be “how do I know what accessories I’ll need?”Easy: look at your photos. Let me explain: never buy an accessory on the recommendation of a veteran friend at the hobby, never buy an accessory as it is included by default in the package. You have to experience “naked” photography, and for the naked I don’t want to photograph models in light clothing, but practice and live a photograph in which only you and the camera are present.
No intermediaries
Without add-ons.
No preservatives or dyes.
Photographing without resorting to add-ons will allow you to start from scratch, this is how you have to start, it will help you understand why things are, you will learn in the best way possible, you will know first hand the difficulties of photographing in certain complicated situations. situations, from there you will discover the accessories you need and know exactly the usefulness of each one.
Once you acquire them, you will value them very much
That’s an opinion, okay? Not everyone will agree with me, but from my humble experience, the worst purchase you can make in terms of accessories for an SLR camera is to buy a kit of these 2-in-1 or 3-in-1 or as hell is I called. It consists of the vending machine or shop packing in a single box, with the camera, a series of accessories, so when you buy the camera, you have two options: or buy the camera alone (with the lens maybe), or buy it with a series of standard accessories: the most common ones are usually a carrying bag, a memory card, maybe a tripod?
Many of my readers have made purchases like this, and there’s nothing wrong, the point is what?To buy an accessory, it is best to buy it separately, this of course will be more expensive, but the prepackaged accessories in the All-in-One Kit offer generally do not have the best quality.
Here are two main reasons why I do not recommend buying accessories at the time of your initial SLR purchase:
I repeat that it is a personal and subjective opinion of mine, I might be wrong, but in my case I acquired the best accessories by deliberately choosing them, looking for the brand, configuration or options that interested me, without opening box to see What toys “surprises” were inside?
Another reason I recommend avoiding buying basic accessories is that when you’re new to SLR photography and you’re new to the world, you usually don’t know what kind of photography you’re going to do most often. A lifetime has loved to contemplate landscape photographs is one thing, and another is to take the camera and experience it, for a while, until you find your favorite theme and personal style, only then will you know what kind of photographer you are and, therefore, what kind of accessories you need.
The type of photograph you will take most often will determine the accessory kit you need:
Here are the references to the specialized articles that we publish here on the blog, dedicated to the main add-ons that you may be interested in:
The list of accessories on the market is endless. You can look for inspiration in amazon’s accessories section where you’ll find all kinds of add-ons, usually at very affordable prices.
That’s all for today. I hope I’ve helped you find order in this chaotic world of accessories, remember, don’t make compulsive purchases, just buy things when you feel a real need to use them.
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