NiSi Clever Cleaner for square filters
● £7 ● www.nisioptics.co.uk
If you’re a regular user of square filters, you’ll know how easy it is to get them covered in fingerprints from sliding them into the holder and removing them after use. This handy device springs open to reveal a rectangular felt cleaning pad, to help keep their surfaces clean and in perfect condition. Packed up it measures just 8x4x1.5cm, so will slip easily into your camera bag.
Ilford Simplicity Starter Kit
● £16.50 ● www.ilfordphoto.com
If you’ve acquired the bug for shooting black & white film, this kit contains the chemicals you need to start out with home developing. It includes sachets of developer, stop bath, and fixer, sufficient for two rolls of 35mm film, or one of 120. All you need is a developing tank and a measuring jug. The instructions are clear and straightforward, the process is simple and the results are impressive.
Samsung 128GB PRO Plus MicroSD
● £23 ● www.samsung.com/uk
While few cameras accept microSD cards directly, they are widely used by such devices as smartphones, tablets, audio recorders, and drones. Samsung’s PRO Plus microSD cards are available in 128GB, 256GB and 512GB capacities, and are designed to be fast and robust. They can also be used in cameras via the supplied SD adapter.
VSGO Imp
● £13.50 ● www.vsgophoto.com
Bulb air blowers are invaluable for keeping your camera’s sensor clean of dust, which will otherwise leave unsightly blobs on your images. This 10cm tall version is a particularly fine example. It filters the air that it draws into the bulb and employs a soft silicone tip that won’t damage your sensor. A weighted base means that it always stands upright, which also helps keep the tip clean.
Lexar Professional Multi-Card 3-in-1 USB 3.1 Reader
● £28 ● www.lexar.com
Turbo-charge your workflow with this superfast card reader for SD, microSD and CompactFlash cards, which will transfer large quantities of images to your computer in no time at all. It exploits the USB 3.1 specification and is compatible with UHS-II type cards, giving transfer speeds up to 312MB/s. In practice, this means it can copy across a full 32GB memory card in less than two minutes. Lexar also makes a similarly fine reader for the CFexpress type B cards increasingly used by high-end cameras.
SanDisk 64GB Extreme PRO UHS-I SDXC Card
● £20 ● shop.westerndigital.com
With high-speed UHS-II SD memory cards becoming more popular, there are some great deals to be found on older UHS-I versions. If you’re after a reliable SD card, but your camera doesn’t support UHS-II, or
