| Combined exposure meter | | | | Large camera bag |
| - professional exposure meters can measure flash as | | | | - traditional-style bags or backpack designs are useful |
| well as ambient light and accept a range of | | | | for carrying and organizing your equipment. |
| accessories. | | | | Small camera bag |
| Spot meter | | | | - smaller bags are useful for compact cameras and |
| - for the most precise measurement of light a | | | | also for accessories, such as memory cards, cables, |
| hand-held spot meter is needed. | | | | and disks. |
| Simple meter | | | | Waterproof housing |
| - a simple exposure meter is excellent for checking | | | | - digital cameras are ideal for taking underwater - |
| camera performance and in teaching you to judge | | | | inexpensive plastic housings let you take your camera |
| lighting by eye. | | | | snorkeling. Camera housings are also ideal for |
| 3-D tripod head | | | | particularly dusty conditions, such as industrial sites and |
| - for the flexible control of a heavy camera, a tripod | | | | deserts. |
| head that adjusts in three directions is best. | | | | Mobile storage |
| Ball-and-socket head | | | | - when the camera's memory card is full, unload |
| - compact and lightweight, this type of tripod head is | | | | images onto a mobile hard-disk and carry on shooting. |
| ideal for travel photography. | | | | Battery pack |
| Tripods | | | | - a digital camera's total reliance on battery power |
| - although often bulky and heavy, a tripod is simply the | | | | means that it is prudent to have back-up power |
| best way to ensure that images are free from | | | | sources - these can improve flash and camera |
| camera shake. Carbon-fibre models are expensive but | | | | performance. |
| lighter than metal types. | | | | |