What have you bought but don't use much?

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I was just wondering if people have bought photography items and either never used them, or maybe used once or twice and then put them away. If so, what are the items and why?

I bought a camera bean bag and used it once on the ground but the weight of the lens just squashed it down too much. I did double the bag up but then it was too high for what I needed it for. I tried it indoors for macro, thinking it would save me the hassle of getting the tripod out but it wasn't suitable.

I've also just bought a fabric camera/lens cover but I'm not over keen on it. I will probably have to get the sewing machine out to adapt it to my requirements.

Oh, and the welding glass!!!! LOL!! -:lol::lol: Don't even go there.

Lisa
 
A Manfrotto Monopod. Never used it!

I need a tripod I think, be more usefull
 
mini tripod
1Gb card...takes too long to save shots...its an old camera and i dont think suitable for the larger cards..so i use the 2 256 cards which take around 100 shots
i then edit frequently
 
Crazyhorse said:
I was just wondering if people have bought photography items and either never used them, or maybe used once or twice and then put them away. If so, what are the items and why?
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Well actually... :suspect: ... now you come to mention it Lisa... :nono: ... pretty much most of my stuff... :cuckoo:







:p
 
I bought a Raynox at a school fund raiser sale, used it a few times but I don't have any lenses it fits now so it sits at home doing nothing, I expect it will be used some time far in the future!
 
Doug said:
A Manfrotto Monopod. Never used it!

I need a tripod I think, be more usefull
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Here here, bought a 190XPROB Tripod - too lightweight for my gear.
Anyone want to swap for a TC80N3 for a 1D?
 
Ashamed to say I bought a Sigma 18-200 DC (OS) earlier this year and it's rarely used.
 
erm 24-70 2.8 L silly really, but i could guarantee if i sell it i'd have to get the same focal length again
 
A Nikon 300mm F2.8 bought a couple of weeks ago.........yet to see the light of day:thumbsdown:
 
A Zeiss Nettar folding 6X6.

An impulse buy, that hasn't yet seen a roll while in my custody. One of these days....
 
graphics tablet, not used much.

also an hp a3 printer, needed ink never got round to buying it. sat in loft for two years, still there!
 
A few things clogging up my shelves,
Cokin P filters and holder, going to be sold
50 1.4, never used, also going to be sold
SB-800, rarely gets used, got a SB-900 now so 800 will more than likely go
Interfit continuous lights, never use them now
Hoodman right anlge view finder
reflector bracket holder thingy
plus a lot of other random stuff that needs a good sort out and a trip to the boot sale ;)
 
Escy - Give me a shout if the SB-800 is going. I could do a part ex of a brand new monopod!

Could set up trades of stuff we no longer use. I don't know how that would relate to forum rules though?
 
A Canon 430EXII that I bought in March.
It's been used about 8 time and I've thought about selling it but I just know that I would regret it.
Oh, and Nintendo Wii that's gathering dust under the TV.
 
Tripods...........lots I buy em then realise I dont need one and sell............all the time
 
Bought a Nikon 70-300 VR for motorsport at the begining of the year then found tp classifieds and got a sigma 70-200 2.8 and a 100-300 f/4. Have only used the nikon a handful of times.
 
Nifty Fifty, now sold. Replaced with a 50/1.4, which I have not used once in the ~6 months I've owned it.

Light stands, brollies, reflector stand/boom and 5-in-1 reflector. I don't do portraits because I have no experience and no willing guinea pigs for my experiments, so I will not build experience.

Grip for xxD camera - actually this has just recently been given a new lease of life after a couple of years of disuse.

Wireless grip for xxD camera.

Then there's the stuff that has served me well in the past, but has been superseded by upgrades - in particular my 30D, 40D and 17-85 lens.
 
Seculine level.. It has flashing lights Red, Amber, & Green. Red is off line, Amber. close.andwould you believe it Green is level
 
My wife :D
 
My Acer Aspire One netbook. It's a lovely piece of kit but it's only been used a handle of times.

Am tempted to put it up for a swap for a Fuji S9600. :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: Think it's worth a shot? :nono: :suspect: :| :shrug:
 
I seldom use the 14mm Sigma becuase a) it's so awful and b) because it's too wide for anything that I do...
Barely ever use any of my tripods or the carbon monopod.
Haven't used any of my film cameras: Nikon F5, Leica M6 and Pentax 6x7 since I was issued a D1x - took the D1x and the F5 to New York on holiday in 2003 and the F5 was 'donated' to the wife for the duration of the trip...never been used since.
My Bowens studio flash kit barely gets used these days - if I do a studio shoot, which is rare - then I use the kit that's already there...
 
Nothing 'unused' here, but my 'under-used' would include;

- Giottos Monopod (great quality, but not as effective as I expected it to be at stopping camera shake).
- Sigma 50mm f/1.4 (gives fantastically low DOF and sharp images, but is too big and heavy to carry around as a 3rd/4th lens).
- All four of my 35mm film cameras (I bought them all on eBay this year, as they were so cheap, but then realised that I don't trust my ability to get the right results with film exposures, so I tend to only carry them as backups).


I noticed that a few people here have commented on selling things and then buying them back again at a later date. For this reason, I plan to keep all of my kit, in the hope that I'll find a use for it one day and never have to buy anything twice ;).
 
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