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We know that once you buy your first SLR, you’ll get those gear addictions coming on, wanting all the new gear, the best tech on earth. Wait, hold on, read our checklist before running of buying stuff that you want, but might not need.

Usually in my bag by Thomas Claveirole

Like going of for camping, you gotta have your Camera bag Essentials:

• Camera Bag lined with foam-rubber compartments
• camera body with body cap and neck strap
• favorite lenses with lens caps
• lens hood
• film and/ or media cards for DSLR’s
• air blower brush
• lens cleaner solution and lens tissue wipes
• electronic flash (speedlight/ strobes)
• extra batteries
• remote release
• notebook and permanent marker

Optional

• handheld exposure meter
• filters such as UV haze, skylight, polarizing, neutral density, graded neutral density, light amber, light blue
• tripod, monopod, and/or beanbags
• gaffers tape/ duct tape
• plastic bag or sheet to protect equipment in wet weather
• umbrella
• extra camera equipment
• equipment manuals
• 18% gray card
• re sealable plastic
• reflectors
• slave units for electronic flash

LENSA’s kit. Full list of camera equipments available on our flickr page

Tool Kit

• film changing bag
• film leader retriever
• swiss army knife
• filter wrench
• small socket wrenches
• jeweler’s screwdrivers
• tweezers

Safety

• flashlight
• compass
• whistle
• water
• snacks
• medical first aid kit
• reflective clothing during night-time shooting.

Note: You don’t have to have everything on the list. The trick is to know which item to bring along for the particular photo session. Happy hunting ; )

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