About Camera

Posts Tagged ‘tripod’

Shaky, hand-held shots can ruin your images. If you are shooting exteriors on a windy day, even if you sand-bag or stake the tripod legs, you still risk having the whole thing blow over with possible disastrous damage to your camera and tripod. If the terrain is uneven, leveling the tripod legs can be a nightmare. (A side note: a remote control device for your camera is very handy when photographing a pet.

The solution to the precarious, cramped or low-to-ground level shooting angle problem? Pull a beanbag camera support out of your camera bag and you will have a steady shooting surface that will fit in, on, under or around just about anyplace.

If you spend some time researching on the Internet, try Googling topics such as camera beanbag support, camera support systems or camera support bags. What can be used to fill the beanbag support bag? Well. Other suggestions are: sand, shot (as used in shot bags for hunters), plastic pellets (although they may be too light-weight to give maximum stability), small glass beads, stones or gravel from your local Home Depot.

Fill the bag with M&Ms and you have post-shoot munchies or something to stave off wilderness hunger pangs if you get lost.

If the bag, liners and contents do get wet, they are easy to dry out without consequences.

I personally use a support bag that has double, folding, aquarium gravel-filled cushions. It features a quarter inch threaded bolt that attaches to the bottom of the camera so that there is no chance of the camera sliding off the support bag. There are handles to carry the bag with the camera attached so that it is ready to shoot. The support bag is also extra cushioning protection around the camera when the whole thing is stored inside a larger, regular camera bag.

If you are interested in making your own beanbag support bag, there are instructions, as well as sources for the materials needed, on my website that is listed below.

A camera bag is a container of different camera paraphernalia. So, what is inside your digital camera bag? Some of the common accessories which can be found in a camera bag are the following:

Digital Camera

The camera bag will lose its vital essence without the camera itself. There are different types and sizes of digital camera; hence it is important to consider the type and size of the camera before getting a camera bag.

Memory Holder

It is possible to store series of pictures because of memory sticks. Choosing the right camera bag will secure not only your memory holder but the stored photos as well.

Batteries

Give life to your digital cam. Most camera bags have specified storage areas for the batteries.
Recharger for batteries
Choose a bag which can properly hold the battery recharger.

Tripod

Most tripods will fit into medium to large size camera bags. You may find camera lenses as well as filters in some camera bags. Other chooses to store remote controls inside their camera bags. Items stored inside a camera bag vary.
Size matters when it comes to seeking answer on what is inside your camera bag. Since camera bags come in different sizes, the equipments to be stored depend on the size of your bag. With a small camera bag you can store the essentials – the camera, batteries and to some extent the battery recharger. However, with a large camera bag, you can put in most of your camera accessories whether small or big. There are individuals who are comfortable in bringing different sizes of camera bags in one photo trip so that all accessories will fit in its proper places.

Items in your bag will help you come up with good photos. If you forgot to store an extra battery inside your bag then your photos will most likely appear blurry or to some extent you cannot take pictures anymore. It is also a good advice to stock up on memory sticks inside your camera bag, without it then you are just limited with the standard memory of your digital camera.