Indispensable little accessories

Blackrapid backpack strap (or other manufacturer's equivalents). Really handy when hiking because you do not have to take off your backpack to access your camera. Especially important when you have a very heavy backpack.

I just love this thing.

I was thinking that one of those plastic travel soap bar containers would work really sweet.

Ahoy!

I bought 5x elasticated lens cap keepers from eBay (China) for USD $0.50c (delivered). Similar to what I bought, see eBay item: 271936844833 for GBP £0.99p (delivered) from HK.

A very handy accessory.

A fur hair band. Fits around the 16-50 SEL kit lens, and reduces wind noise quite a bit. At least on the A6000, where the microphones are close to the lens.

Cost me all of 62 cents on Aliexpress. Seems to improve the sound for videos a lot.

Edited by sympa - 02 January 2016 at 23:25

Was browsing a rental site, borrowlenses.com and came across this indispensable item. Guaranteed to take your photography to the next level, all the master's used this must-have item.

http://www.borrowlenses.com/product/Sony/more-cowbell

A cap for EVF shooters

For me, the Herringbone hand strap (type 1 - with the base plate included), has become the latest indispensable accessory. It is an all leather hand strap that mounts to a camera's corner strap ring and to a base plate which screws in to the tripod socket. It is a bit fiddly to attach first time around and took me 3 or 4 attempts before I got it just right (no fitting instructions were included). You can get other similar hand straps for less, usually made of nylon, rubber or faux leather (PU), but my confidence in them is not the same in that only leather gives you peace of mind by offering both the strength and the comfort in the material used.

Now, it just works a treat, being very comfortable to use and gives a strong reassurance that my hand grip on the camera is well supported and helps steady the camera reducing camera shake when shooting hand held. When fitted, it means I can dispense with the bothersome neck strap and just drop the camera in the shoulder bag when I don't need to hold it any more. Similarly, I have found that as useful as it is, I can dispense with the Black Rapid style of shoulder strap, only because I prefer the camera to be resting inside a camera bag/holster rather than swinging in the breeze at the end of shoulder strap. In any case, a great little and relatively inexpensive accessory that combines usability with security and comfort. Highly recommended.