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Don Haines

Don Haines

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What have you seen for idiotic accessories or for items that were just not thought out....

I saw a car window mount tripod head..... You roll down the window, slip it over the edge of the glass, and mount your camera or spotting scope to it. This one was marketed as XXXXXX window mount, real tree camouflage. Why would you need camouflage? With a couple of square inches of camouflage the critters will not be able to see you? That somehow they will miss the car, the big white lens, and the person behind it, but it is the tiny mount that matters?

Sort of like camouflage flashlights :)
 
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Don Haines said:
With a couple of square inches of camouflage the critters will not be able to see you?
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Useless or absurd accessories - how about every iPhone photo accessory :o

Not to mention every circular split ND filter - unless you like the horizon dead center in every shot!

The most useless accessory I have spent my money on is a memory card wallet. I have NEVER used it. I'm glad it was cheap.

The most absurd accessory I own is have is my Better Beamer. Yes, it works great, but that fresnel lens burns a hole in equipment in record time, especially in the Florida sun. It has it's uses, but I only use it about 0.01% of time, even though I carry it with me 80% of the time.
 
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Don Haines said:
What have you seen for idiotic accessories or for items that were just not thought out....
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Where do I begin ;D ... I bought lots of idiotic accessories that I'm too embarrassed to mention here :-[
But here is one that I'm not too embarrassed to mention: cheap sh!t tripods ... I didn't learn my lesson the first time, so bought another and another and another (total 6 crap tripods) 4 of which are lying around, broken, in dust in some deep corner of the garage. :D ... why do I keep them around you ask? well, once in a while I get possessed by the DIY demon and watch some youtube video, where some guy turns his broken tripod into a "turbo" stabilizer rig or a crane or a jib and what not ... and it looks so freaking simple ... so I think, yeah, I can do that! ... so I try only to give up after a little while ... this struggle continues, hoping to hit jackpot one day ;D
 
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I love my Better Beamer, but generally would not use it in the sun, rather on a dull day to light things up far away. If there is a shadow in bright sun that needs to be illuminated, certainly, there could be a issue if you stand in the sun and let it cast a beam on your flash unit.
 
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I find the neck strap that comes with most brands of cameras to be useless and absurd, its only good for giving my neck some serious pains. apparently Canon understands this, since they sent me a good neck strap as a CPS member.
 
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I bought a micro camera to clip onto Fluffy's collar to see what she did all day. The camera was set to take an image every 10 seconds. I managed to capture 9 hours of sleeping cat.

I tried it on her outside. She came back without camera and collar. I never found it.
 
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emag said:
Don Haines said:
I managed to capture 9 hours of sleeping cat.
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That would not be the worst thing I've seen posted on YouTube..........by a long shot.
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Reminds me of an old Garfield ( the cat) cartoon .

Garfield wakes up and gives a big stretch. "hmm, sleeping makes me hungry".

Eats his food. Gives big yawn. "hmm, eating makes me sleepy"

Curls back up in his bed. "life is good".
 
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Mini-softbox for on camera flash...

Tied with the "tripod" that has flexible legs and can supposedly wrap around a fence post or branch. (The brand name has something to do with primates.) Yeah, it might work with a smartphone attached, but not a dSLR of any size or brand.

Both of these things are in my private museum of stupidity--a box in our garage.
 
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Mt Spokane Photography said:
I find the neck strap that comes with most brands of cameras to be useless and absurd, its only good for giving my neck some serious pains. apparently Canon understands this, since they sent me a good neck strap as a CPS member.
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Yes, " apparently Canon understands this, since they sent me a good neck strap as a CPS member. "
+ 1 for me too, Dear Mr. Mt Spokane.
But Now, CPS start to be a cheapo since last year, They not send that great Neck strap to us any more.
Surapon
 
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Marsu42 said:
YuengLinger said:
Tied with the "tripod" that has flexible legs and can supposedly wrap around a fence post or branch.
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I really hope I am not the only one who fell for that, this thing can barely carry its own weight, but it really reminded me of the "buy cheap, pay double" saying :-\
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I tried one in store and could not get it to hold onto anything.....
 
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Don Haines said:
Marsu42 said:
YuengLinger said:
Tied with the "tripod" that has flexible legs and can supposedly wrap around a fence post or branch.
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I really hope I am not the only one who fell for that, this thing can barely carry its own weight, but it really reminded me of the "buy cheap, pay double" saying :-\
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I tried one in store and could not get it to hold onto anything.....
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With the model I know they're smart enough to put it into a tight casing so you have to buy it before realizing that it's no good ... and in addition to that I ordered mine online, not a large loss of $$$ mind you but that's probably just what keeps them going.
 
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Marsu42 said:
Don Haines said:
Marsu42 said:
YuengLinger said:
Tied with the "tripod" that has flexible legs and can supposedly wrap around a fence post or branch.
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I really hope I am not the only one who fell for that, this thing can barely carry its own weight, but it really reminded me of the "buy cheap, pay double" saying :-\
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I tried one in store and could not get it to hold onto anything.....
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With the model I know they're smart enough to put it into a tight casing so you have to buy it before realizing that it's no good ... and in addition to that I ordered mine online, not a large loss of $$$ mind you but that's probably just what keeps them going.
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Love mine. Holds my 5diii with grip and 16-35/24-105/100 IS with no problems. Much easier to hike with than a full size tripod.
 
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