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Worst accessory purchase

robbie_d
Posted 21/02/2011 - 18:22 Link
Thought it would be interesting to find out which photography accessories really aren't worth the money you paid for them. You know, the ones you expected to be really useful, but when they arrived were quickly consigned to the bin/drawer.

I'll start off with the Pentax Wireless remote. Not a bad product, I just found myself not bothering to get it out of my bag/grip, and relied largely on the camera's timed release instead..
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Goliath_UK
Posted 21/02/2011 - 19:07 Link
Hot shoe spirit level (the little digital one) - I used it once in two years on my K200D then upgraded to a K-7 and didn't need it anymore. It's probably still floating around in my kit bag somewhere
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cedricd
Posted 21/02/2011 - 19:17 Link
Pentax cable remote, I thought it was a must have but I also use the 2 second timer.

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Gwyn
Posted 21/02/2011 - 19:21 Link
Also a hot shoe spirit level - but then a plastic cube thingy. Never ever used it, and now with the K5 I never will.

I use both my wireless and my cable remote.
DrOrloff
Posted 21/02/2011 - 19:22 Link
Battery grip. Nothing wrong with it, just an impulse buy that I didn't get on with at all.
keithross
Posted 21/02/2011 - 19:44 Link
panamatic tripod attachment+hot shoe spirit level-both never used.I also use 2 sec timer instead of cable remote.
greynolds999
Posted 21/02/2011 - 19:50 Link
Probably the table tripod out of Jessops. Refuses to stay still even with the world's lightest camera.
Hardgravity
Posted 21/02/2011 - 20:40 Link
A hand strap thing that won't let me use the controls!

It's in the drawer...

...along with a spirit level.
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Tyr
Posted 21/02/2011 - 20:43 Link
Raynox Macro adapter lens.

Bought and then got much better lenses shortly after. Was good for use on the kit lens and 50-200 but I didn't use them long.
Frogfish
Posted 21/02/2011 - 21:26 Link
Tyr wrote:
Raynox Macro adapter lens.

Bought and then got much better lenses shortly after. Was good for use on the kit lens and 50-200 but I didn't use them long.

Don't understand this one Tyr. If you bought a macro lens then the Raynox's are brilliant on top of the macro !

Example of 1 cm long caterpillars here (Raynox 250 on Tamron 90 Di) : -

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woodworm
Posted 21/02/2011 - 21:32 Link
Another one for the battery grip which is in it's box somewhere, though I also bought a larger than I needed polarizer with step down rings so that it would fit on all my lenses only to find that once the step down rings were on they fit so tight I could never get them off again

edit - nice pic frogfish!
Edited by woodworm: 21/02/2011 - 21:36
snappychappy
Posted 21/02/2011 - 21:34 Link
Awesome shot there Frogfish.
Tyr
Posted 21/02/2011 - 21:34 Link
Frogfish wrote:
Tyr wrote:
Raynox Macro adapter lens.

Bought and then got much better lenses shortly after. Was good for use on the kit lens and 50-200 but I didn't use them long.

Don't understand this one Tyr. If you bought a macro lens then the Raynox's are brilliant on top of the macro !

Example of 1 cm long caterpillars here (Raynox 250 on Tamron 90 Di) : -

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Strange, I swear that the Raynox 250 adapter did not add to the magnification of the Tamron 90mm macro...

Just did a quick test, makes it focus very close and adds more magnification. Can't use it with the AF160FC though

Still don't know if me or my wife will use it though.
Tyr
Posted 21/02/2011 - 21:37 Link
woodworm wrote:
Another one for the battery grip which is in it's box somewhere, though I also bought a larger than I needed polarizer with step down rings so that it would fit on all my lenses only to find that once the step down rings were on they fit so tight I could never get them off again

So many people seem to dislike the battery grip.

I have always preferred my camera with the grip. I took it of for a couple of weeks to lighten my kit but found myself missing it. When I put it back on it was so much more comfortable to use.
simonkit
Posted 21/02/2011 - 21:42 Link
I'd go with a Gorillapod - it worried me senseless everytime I used it as I just imagined the camera collapsing to the floor, quickly sold it on.

I must admit to finding both my digital hot shoe level and cable release very useful

Simon

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