10 cool photo-accessories for the Christmas list
There’s a month to go till Christmas and the wish list just keeps on getting longer…. here’s 10 gadgets and gifts which might add a new dimension to your photography in 2011…..or as I explain them my wife …. an essential tool for my business.
Bokeh Masters Kit
Create stunning images in camera with a specialized optic kit. The Bokeh Masters Kit allows you – the creative photographer – to create background elements as never seen before.
- Easy to use – no software, no assembly, ready out of the box
- Great for photographing special events, kids and portraits
- Wide selection of Bokeh specialized disks
- Laser cut technology and durable materials
- Ships in a flat envelope
- A Bokeh wallet to hold the bokeh disks
Masters Kit Bundle ($35 $25)
This kit is our best kit yet. In addition to using our great bokeh discs, this kit allows you to create your own shaped bokeh disks from the same durable material. It also features a colorful wallet to store your great collection of disks.
This kit includes:
- A custom designed, Laser-cut ingenious Bokeh disk holder which allows to easily attach Bokeh disks
- 5 classic disks: stars, hearts, happy and sad smiley and Royal Lily
- 15 more fabulous Laser-cut Bokeh Discs including sports, animals, cool icons and more
- 8 uncut disks that allow you to create your very own Bokeh shapes
- A custom designed colorful disk wallet
The Lensbaby Tilt Transformer
Lensbaby’s Tilt Transformer allows photographers to mount any Nikon® mount lens to the Tilt Transformer’s swivel ball and fluidly tilt up to twice as far as standard tilt-shift lenses. When you tilt, you get a slice of sharp focus through your image that falls off into beautiful blur.
You can also mount the Composer Focus Front on your Tilt Transformer to create the Composer with Tilt Transformer. This set-up lets you enjoy the limitless creativity of the Lensbaby Optic Swap System.
The Lensbaby Scout
Scout gives photographers a versatile, fun and affordable option for Fisheye photography. The first Lensbaby lens that does not bend, Scout is ideally suited for Fisheye photography because your image will always be perfectly centered.
The Fisheye Optic offers two special features – creative lens flare when pointed toward a bright light source, and extreme close focus for a truly unique view of the world around you.
Scout is also compatible with all other Lensbaby optics, giving full access to the wide range of creative photography effects offered within the Lensbaby Optic Swap™ System.
Rotolight Professional LED Ringlight RL-48
The Rotolight Professional LED Ringlight uses the latest generation of LED’s with an ouput equivalent to 50w. The lightweight and portable Rotolight RL-48 Ringlight is ideal for video, cinematography and DSLR photography and video.
Powered by 3 AA batteries (not included) the ringlight can run for up to 4 hours providing a widely dispersed, evenly balanced illumination with soft diffused shadows ideal for close-up portraiture, product shots and macro work.
Balanced to Daylight colour a set of Lee filters is included for accurate colour temperature control of 3600k, 4100k, 5600k or 6900k together with ND filters to reduce output by up to 1.5 stops and a diffusion filter for softer light. It can be fitted over the external mic of a camcorder or to a standard hotshoe, tripod or light stand via the optional accesory stand.
Hahnel Inspire Wireless LiveView Remote Control
The Hahnel Inspire Wireless LiveView Remote Control features a built in 3.5” colour LCD on the handheld transmtter that displays a LiveView image independent of the DSLR on which the transmitter is mounted.
The Inspire’s phono socket allows easy connection to the camera’s AV output using the AV cable supplied with camera. For use with cameras that do not have an AV out put or do not offer Live View, the built-in CMOS camera on the receiver sends a LiveView of the camera scene to the LCD on the handheld transmitter.
The Hahnel Inspire Wireless LiveView Remote Control allows you to view live images from up to 60 metres away from the camera, ensuring you take the perfect photo at exactly the right time and making it ideal for wildlife, sport, and photography in hazardous locations.
Wacom Bamboo Special Edition Pen + Touch Small
The Wacom Bamboo Special Edition introduces a new pen and multi-touch input device which comes in a stylish silver and black design and with a Bamboo bag. You can use up to 4 fingers to scroll, zoom, rotate or flip through photos and document to enjoy a new, inspiring way of expressing your creativity with Bamboo Special Edition.
Bamboo Special Edition provides full access to an ever-growing collection of inspiring Bamboo software applications, the Bamboo Minis. Frequently updated, they can be downloaded for free from the Bamboo Dock. Valuable bundle software programs such as Adobe Photoshop Elements 8, ArtRage 3 and Corel Painter Essentials 4 complete the Bamboo Special Edition.
Gary Fong Lightsphere – UNIVERSAL
The famous Gary Fong Lightsphere – Now in a UNIVERSAL size to fit almost ANY on-camera flash! Available in Half-Cloud and Cloud versions.
Calumet Swivel Umbrella Adapter
This universal umbrella mount makes it possible to use an umbrella with most any flash head and light stand combination. The swivel umbrella adapter provides a 5/8″ female mount both top and bottom, plus one adapter with 1/4-20 and 3/8″ male threads and one with 1/4-20 and 3/8″ female threads, and a locking receptacle that will hold umbrella shafts up to nearly 1/2″ (12mm) diameter. Locking swivel joint above the stand mount allows head and umbrella up to 90° tilt. Also great for attaching shoe-mounted flash units.
Interfit Strobies Portrait Kit
The Interfit Strobies Portrait kit is the ideal answer for the mobile photographer using these lightweight and portable flashgun accessories. Each item in the Portrait kit uses a Flex Mount (available separately) which “requires no glue, Velcro or rubber bands” to make a secure fit on your flashgun.
Canon EF 8-15mm f4.0 L USM Fisheye Lens
The world’s first fisheye zoom lens offering both circular and full frame images. It’s not due till March and at prices set to be around £1400 this ain’t no stocking filler.
This new level of choice provides enhanced creative flexibility when shooting scenes such as the night sky, where the full 180º horizontal and vertical fields of view (FOV) allow every detail to be captured with incredible clarity in one single image.













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