Gifts for men on February 23 | Articles | Photo, video, optics

Feb­ru­ary is the month of hol­i­days, and the hol­i­days are a great time for gifts. We have already com­piled sev­er­al lists of great gifts for a pho­tog­ra­ph­er for the hol­i­days, but today our task is dou­bly dif­fi­cult: what to give a male pho­tog­ra­ph­er for Defend­er of the Father­land Day?

Tripod

What for?

More than once we have already said that a tri­pod is always a nec­es­sary and use­ful thing. For the stu­dio pho­tog­ra­ph­er, trav­el­er, or even hob­by­ist, a tri­pod can be the per­fect gift. How­ev­er, the main thing is to make the right choice.

What is the price?

The aver­age cost of a tri­pod is from 7,000 to 30,000 rubles.

How to choose?

If your male pho­tog­ra­ph­er works a lot in the stu­dio or out­doors, a clas­sic, sta­ble tri­pod is per­fect for him. In order not to be mis­tak­en with a gift, we sug­gest that you famil­iar­ize your­self with the SIRUI tri­pod mod­el line.

SIRUI T‑2004X is an alu­minum tri­pod. It con­sists of 4 sec­tions and, thanks to the reversible design, is easy to fold.

Mod­el E‑025 car­bon fiber tri­pod with C‑10KS head is suit­able not only for cam­eras, but also for video cam­eras. When fold­ed, its length is only 30cm. This tri­pod is ide­al for trav­el, out­door shoot­ing, both pho­to and video.

There are also inter­est­ing mod­els among SIRUI monopods: ‑324S made of car­bon fiber or P‑306 made of alu­minum alloy.

Studio equipment bag

What for?

Many pho­tog­ra­phers pre­fer to work in the stu­dio, sur­round­ed by equip­ment and light­ing fix­tures. How­ev­er, there are still many items that need to be trans­port­ed. It is for such cas­es that a pho­tog­ra­ph­er can choose a bag for equip­ment as a gift.

What is the price?

Var­i­ous bags cost from 5 to 12,000 rubles.

Which one to choose?

The Fal­con Eyes prod­uct line offers var­i­ous mod­els. Wheeled suit­cas­es such as the Fal­con Eyes Skb-B5 or Fal­con Eyes CC-16 are espe­cial­ly handy.

Ded­i­cat­ed reflec­tor shoul­der bags, such as the Hensel 9900 Reflec­tor Bag, are great for those who fre­quent­ly shoot out­door por­traits.

You can also choose cov­ers for racks and much more. Of course, such acces­sories must be select­ed direct­ly for cer­tain equip­ment. So it makes sense to vis­it the stu­dio!

Memory card

What for?

A pho­tog­ra­ph­er work­ing in the field has his own set of nec­es­sary things. And there is a list of the most com­mon dan­gers, includ­ing mem­o­ry loss. Not lit­er­al­ly, of course. How­ev­er, an extra mem­o­ry card has nev­er harmed any­one.

What is the price?

Cards of var­i­ous sizes and for­mats cost around 1000–9000

Which one to choose?

Here, the more the bet­ter. RAW files take up quite a lot of space, even more mem­o­ry is required to shoot video. And every­one knows that the selec­tion of the most suc­cess­ful shots and videos is best done at home, in a relaxed atmos­phere. So we rec­om­mend con­sid­er­ing options from 16 to 64GB. A 64GB SD card from the proven Tran­scend brand costs 4690 rubles and is suit­able for most mod­ern cam­eras.

An Ulti­mate Com­pact­Flash card of the same size costs 8990 rubles. How­ev­er, be sure to check in advance which card for­mat the cam­era sup­ports.

A num­ber of acces­sories, for exam­ple, a case for mem­o­ry cards, will also suit this gift. For exam­ple, a plas­tic case for bat­ter­ies and mem­o­ry cards Matin Battery/Memory Case. It holds 4 mem­o­ry cards and AA bat­ter­ies, and costs only 990 rubles.

A spare card read­er nev­er hurts, because not all lap­tops and com­put­ers are equipped with a built-in one. There­fore, we rec­om­mend pay­ing atten­tion to them.

HDD disk

What for?

For the same rea­son that a pho­tog­ra­ph­er always needs a mem­o­ry card, the need for exter­nal stor­age media nev­er goes away. Many peo­ple pre­fer to store their port­fo­lio, pho­to sources and much more not on a com­put­er, but on exter­nal dri­ves.

What is the price?

The cost of a disk depends on the amount of mem­o­ry. Disks for 1TB cost about 6,000 rubles, for 2TB — about 10,000.

Which to choose?

The rule the more the bet­ter works in this case too. How­ev­er, I would like to take into account the spec­tac­u­lar appear­ance, and the qual­i­ty, and com­pact­ness of the device itself.

A high-qual­i­ty and light­weight 2TB dri­ve from Sea­gate com­bines an afford­able price, ease of use, and a large amount of mem­o­ry. It is ide­al for stor­ing pho­tos and per­son­al files. And it looks neu­tral and styl­ish.

Camera bag or backpack

What for?

It’s hard to believe, but many pho­tog­ra­phers still car­ry a cam­era on them­selves, or in a bag with oth­er things. How­ev­er, this is not at all safe for the device or for acces­sories.

What is the price?

The ques­tion is rather dif­fi­cult: a case or bag for a cam­era can cost from 2000 to 8000.

Pho­to back­pack — about 5,000. And prices for pho­to suit­cas­es start at 10,000 rubles.

Which to choose?

We choose the best gifts for men, so the most win­ning option is a back­pack. They usu­al­ly have enough space for a cam­era with acces­sories, and for per­son­al items. And it is not nec­es­sary to use it for its intend­ed pur­pose. The Van­guard Adapter Back­pack fea­tures side zip­pers for quick access to gear and adjustable baf­fles to keep gear secure. Lowe­pro Flip­side 200 pro­vides even load dis­tri­b­u­tion and is equipped with a water pock­et. It can car­ry the cam­era, lens and tri­pod. If you take a bag-case, then first of all, it is best to look at the options with a hard case — the Lowe­pro Toploader Zoom 55 AW II costs 2690 rubles. You can fit a longer lens there, or, on the con­trary, you can use the space to place acces­sories and oth­er things. The bag is reli­ably pro­tect­ed from dam­age and bad weath­er, and remains in sight at all times.

battery pack

What for?

This is anoth­er impor­tant ele­ment of the pho­tog­ra­pher’s sur­vival course. If the mem­o­ry on the card sud­den­ly runs out, you can get out and delete a few bad frames (not ide­al, but pos­si­ble). But if at work the cam­era sud­den­ly runs out of bat­tery — there is nowhere to go at all. You will have to resched­ule the shoot­ing or pre­tend to no avail that you con­tin­ue to shoot. To avoid such sit­u­a­tions, addi­tion­al bat­tery packs have been cre­at­ed for pho­tog­ra­phers. And this is a pret­ty good gift for any­one.

What is the price?

The cost of the block depends on the cam­era. The aver­age cost is from 100 rubles for small cam­eras to more than 20,000 for expen­sive mod­els.

Which to choose?

As we said above, the block must be cho­sen strict­ly for the cam­era. Block Canon BG-E8, for 600D, 650D, 700D costs 11690 rubles. Canon BG E18 for mod­els 750D and 760D — 8390 rubles. There are as many options as there are cam­eras, so it’s best to check the mod­el of the cam­era right away and search pur­pose­ful­ly.

But, if this task seems too dif­fi­cult, or you want to meet the bud­get, you can always lim­it your­self to addi­tion­al bat­ter­ies and bat­ter­ies for the cam­era. They cost around 1000 rubles for 2 pieces.

Blenda

What for?

Among the abun­dance of acces­sories, there are items that may not seem so impor­tant. A cool lens, a pow­er­ful flash can be a pri­or­i­ty in a pho­tog­ra­pher’s arse­nal. But some­times, the small­est detail mat­ters. The hood helps to avoid unnec­es­sary glare and flare when shoot­ing in dif­fi­cult light­ing con­di­tions.

What is the price?

A hood is a gift from the bud­get cat­e­go­ry — its cost is approx­i­mate­ly from 400 to 2000 rubles.

How to choose?

In most cas­es, the lens hood is select­ed accord­ing to the size and type of lens. Also, because of the specifics, such as the angle of view, it is impor­tant that the lens hood serves its intend­ed pur­pose. For exam­ple, petal hoods are suit­able for wide-angle lens­es to avoid vignette effects. Regard­ing the right choice, it is best to con­sult with con­sul­tants in the store.

Background

What for?

Anoth­er detail that many pho­tog­ra­phers won’t buy for them­selves. It seems to some that any­thing can be the back­ground, some­one post­pones the pur­chase in favor of oth­er ele­ments. There­fore, the back­ground can always be a good gift.

What is the price?

Depends on size, col­or, mate­r­i­al and spec­i­fi­ca­tions. Paper back­grounds Supe­ri­or size 2.1x5m on a tube costs 1390 rubles. Back­grounds from Polaroid size 2.72x11m cost 3750 rubles. Fab­ric back­grounds from Fal­con Eyes are more durable and cost 3180 rubles.

How to choose?

It is best to choose neu­tral back­grounds — black and white will always be in the price. How­ev­er, this is the case when you can choose col­ors and tex­tures, almost like with wall­pa­per. You may want to pre­fer fab­ric options as they will last longer than paper ones and can be washed after film­ing. In order not to be mis­tak­en, take a clos­er look at the style of shoot­ing, which col­or suits best?

Headphones

What for?

It’s not easy to guess right away, but this gift will always delight con­cert pho­tog­ra­phers. The pho­tog­ra­ph­er is con­stant­ly on the stage or in the hall, at noisy events, and a good shot can be caught any­where, includ­ing at the speak­er. So, to avoid unnec­es­sary stress, you can sim­ply use head­phones.

What is the price?

The cost of head­phones with good noise sup­pres­sion is from 1000 to 5000 rubles.

How to choose?

Best of all in such cas­es, vac­u­um head­phones — ear­buds. They sit quite tight­ly and do not get lost, while iso­lat­ing loud sounds very well. Head­phones Koss The Plug cost 1350 rubles. and, in addi­tion to good sound, have a com­fort­able shape. Not far behind in the search for the per­fect shape and Xiao­mi — Pis­ton Air Cap­sule head­phones cost 1190 rubles and are dis­tin­guished by ergonom­ics. In addi­tion, they have a deep and rich sound, so if the pho­tog­ra­ph­er does not like the music at the event, you can always come “with your own” audio arse­nal.

flash holder

What for?

To the untrained eye, this seems as crazy as a lens hood, dif­fuser, or eye­cup. And for a pho­tog­ra­ph­er, this is a thing that can sim­pli­fy a lot in the process. The built-in flash is not always enough, so we pur­chase exter­nal ones, but an exter­nal flash does not always cope with the task. And here an addi­tion­al range of hold­ers and stands comes to the res­cue.

What is the price?

From 1000 to 4000 rubles.

How to choose?

The FB-200 Fal­con Eyes Brack­et is great for mount­ing a cam­era flash. It will cre­ate more inter­est­ing, soft­er shad­ows and allow you to sim­ply set the flash at any angle. The cost of such an arm is 3180 rubles.

Fujim­i’s L7308 C‑bracket is also per­fect not only for flash, but also for mount­ing lamps. Its cost is 1690 rubles, but it will cre­ate addi­tion­al oppor­tu­ni­ties for film­ing at home and on the street.

These are the options that will please male pho­tog­ra­phers on Feb­ru­ary 23rd.

Do not for­get that the best gift is a cer­tifi­cate from the Fotosklad.ru store, because it will allow your pho­tog­ra­ph­er to choose exact­ly what he needs, and you won’t have to rack your brains and pick up a gift for a long time!

Hap­py hol­i­day!