Photography Gadgets
All My Photo Gear
If you want to see all of my HDR Camera equipment, visit that link! There is a full list of my cameras, lenses, and other goodies!
Fun Photography-related Gadgets I recommend:
- The Awesome Green Cube – Approx $7
- See Amazon’s current pricing – The Green Cube Everyone Asks Me About
- Mini Review – This is a clear, greenish 3-D bubble level. I use it almost all the time and people always ask me about it. It’s useful and cool-lookin’. Even better than a fish-tie.
- HyperMac Portable Battery – $199 and up
- See latest pricing - HyperMac Battery Page
- Mini Review – If dad has an iPhone, iPad, or Mac laptop, chances are one or all three are always running out of batteries! This is a fantastic extra battery that powers all three. I keep one in my bag all the time. More than handy!
- Hoodman Loupe – Check the latest prices on Hoodman or see my Hoodman Review
- Hoodman Memory Cards – Just as above, see more in Hoodman Review
- Memory Card Reader – Transcend TS-RDP8W (but any will do)
- Photo Backup Drives on the Road – Toshiba 320 GB USB 2.0
- International Adapters – More than handy, cheap and small – Universal World Wide Travel Charger Adapter Plug
Available in on the Hoodman site – $49 and up
- Check the latest prices on Hoodman for 4 GB to 32 GB and beyond???
- Note: These cards are more expensive than comparable cards, but you get what you pay for… see the review below
What’s in my bag?
Here is a little video that has a nice tour of my bag!
Photos of my Gadgets
Hi Trey. In your video “The Yellowstone How-To Video on Grand-Prismatic”, you have a small device on your camera’s hot-shoe. It’s not the green cube thingie. It appears to have a cable attached to your camera. What is it? Also, when I take my auto-exposure bracketed photos, I use the high-speed continuous shutter to capture the 3 bracketed photos (-2, 0, +2) as quickly as possible. This way I just have to press the shutter button once. Is this how you do it, or is your Nikon smart enough to take all the photos with just one push of the shutter? Does your mirror stay up during this process or does it flop up & down between each shot? I don’t have a Nikon & would like my camera to take a 5 (or more) stop bracketed series of photos with just one shutter press. Thanks, Tom
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Tom – it’s linked up there now — I added for ya !
I think your website is astonishing! I am about to buy my first “real” camera. I’m a painter and have just discovered how limiting it is to try and use photos from my iPhone to paint from. I also want to learn HDR. Do you think I could begin with a camera that is a little more modest-such as the Canon G11, before eventually moving to the Nikon D90 as you recommend?
I too am a professional traveler(airline pilot) and would like to minimize weight and still be able to auto-bracket and have a raw image. I appreciate any suggestions you can give me. Thank you for the beautiful work you are doing. I am glad you are on the planet!
Toni Ciarlelli
Thanks for the note.
I don’t know if the G11 can do it or not – if it takes RAW photos, then maybe. You can maybe do multiple exposures too – not too sure…
The D90 is pretty compact — not as compact as the G11, but with a good lens, you can really do a much more thoughtful job of framing and composing your compositions for later painting.
You can try renting it from borrowlenses – I have a review here on the site.
Hi Tom,
I think Trey might have misread your question about the “small device on your camera’s hot-shoe” with “the cable attached” and assumed you meant the green cube level(which incidently Trey, was not attached to the hotshoe in this video). I was curious myself and thus looked into Trey’s other Yellowstone video (The HDR Incident at Ice Lake) hoping to find some addtional clues…
In that video he actually uses the “small device”, which turns out to be a ‘Phottix Cleon II’ which according to the Phottix website is a hybrid (wired and wireless) shutter release.
There does not appear to be a review for that remote on StuckInCustoms.com and I was hoping that perhaps you might be able to share your reasons for using that particular remote Trey?
Pro and cons? Do you still use it?
I use the Nikon remote, which for $25 or $30 is a great deal, but I have found that the problems with that remote are
1) that it appears to be largely directional,
2) must be aimed precisesly at the front of the camera,
3) will only trigger a single shot per button press (not an insurmountable problem, but not ideal for HDR’s multi shot requirement).
Thanks much,
Steve
Steve – It was a Photix wired remote – but I don’t use that any more. I just use the automatic interval timing… once less thing to carry around!
Hi Trey:
I’m having a blast with HDR photography and I have a pretty basic question: for outdoor scenery/landscapes, do you recommend matrix/global metering or center-weighted metering? Or is it situation dependent?
Thanks!
Bill
Trey, what model is the Lowepro bag in your video with Cali Lewis? I’m using a smaller one that I love, but I’ve just added two lenses to the collection and need something bigger. Thanks.
Hi! Really loved the picture… i hope i can do shots like that too.. i really like your site!