Indispensable little accessories

Some very interesting things posted on this thread, I will have to write some down and add them to my own kit list.

Barring lenses and the camera itself, I usually carry the following:

Spare SDHC card (8gb normally or both that & a 16gb if its an extended trip).
Spare batteries.
Rocket Blower - 2.50GBP on eBay, very good value indeed.
Small LED torch - keyring mounted but strong enough for what I need.
Allen keys - used to tighten monopod/tripod legs if required.
Mars Bar - chocolate is always handy!
Wired Remote commander - again 2.50GBP on eBay, I think the cable is about 2.5m in length. Its a very simple design with the button and a latch to hold the shutter release down for longer exposures.
Spare rear lens cap.

Always good to be prepared so before I go somewhere, I'll do a weather check first!

Best regards

Gavin

ratboy wrote: Hotshoe spirit level. Thinking about an electronic one that beeps. That way I can use a spirit level handheld while looking through the viewfinder. Any experiences ?

I'm using the Kaiser electronic acoustic level since a year, very useful with my 700 or 900 when I'm in water for ducks photography, where you have always difficulties to stay horizontal.

Apart from camera, lenses, spare batteries and memory cards, I carry

- few tissue papers
- a nicely folded big plastic garbage bag
- few zeiss lens cleaning moist tissues
- rocket blower
- lens pen - i use only it's brush part after blowing the dust using rocket blower
- one or two coins to tighten quick release plates
- a small led flash light
- a spare quick release plate

Pepper spray

A Gorillapod and a Slik Mini II tripods are very handy to have and use.Both are small and lightweight mini tripods, which support my 2 DiMAGE super zoom cameras (a Z2 and a Z10) quite well.

Edited by babya - 05 March 2012 at 02:45

remote release cable is probably my most used "cheap" accessory

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Mars Bar - chocolate is always handy!

It has to be Dairy milk for me