OK! So now you have your camera. Your ready to go out there and start photographing, right? Wrong! You have just begun, my friend. You are about to enter the world of "Camera Accessories". Necessary? Some are, some are just "gotta haves". But they'll make your photography experience much more rewarding and the proof will be in your pictures.

One "must have" accessory for the digital camera is the memory card. This is a solid-state electronic flash memory data storage device that offers high re-recordability and power-free storage. The memory card is a critical accessory in order to be able to store pictures in volume. A high speed, high capacity card is needed to accommodate the higher megapixel cameras. Without the benefit of the high speed memory card, you will quickly run out of photo storage space and have to wait a long time between each picture you take. You should keep these cards safe and handy in a storage pouch that has dividers and that you can carry with you with ease.

The camera lens is the one most important element when it comes to image quality. It's also one of the most versatile. There are several types of lenses for different situations. The perfect camera for this is the SLR which allows you to change lenses to get the desired shot. There's a normal lens for general picture taking. The macro lens is used to capture a close up of a really small subject and normally comes in a range of between 50 to 200mm.This is the lens you'd use to get the close up of that prized rose. The wide angle lens has a focal length much shorter than that of the normal lens for the image size produced for the camera. To make a distant object appear magnified you would use a telephoto lens. One of the effects photographers is able to get from using this lens is a separation between subject and background by blurring the background. The zoom lens has a focal length that varies as the internal elements are moved either by manually rotating the barrel or by the press of a button which activates the electric motor.

There are other lenses, considered specialty lenses, such as the fisheye lens which is an extreme wide-angle lens used by photographers who may be filming landscapes to get a curved effect, like that of the Earth. The soft focus lens would be used by the portrait photographer because it will gently soften the image and, also eliminate any flaws. The swivel lens is a lens of convenience. It allows the photographer to shoot from different angles without having to physically move around a lot. The last on our list will be the perspective correction lens or shift lens. Architects frequently use this type of lens to correct the effects of perspective, since their subjects frequently consist of very tall buildings or very long bridges. The camera case needed for this type of equipment should be versatile, with a divider system which can be changed to fit the different types of lenses chosen. Another invaluable feature for a photographer who uses more than one lens would be a bag that comes equipped with a lens cradle for loading your SLR.

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