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CHEAT SHEET By Kathleen Davis
CHEAPThrills
1. Stock Photos
Free • www.freefoto.com
If you need photos for your blog
or website, Free Foto is a useful
resource to bookmark. With more
than a million photos in 162 sections
(e.g., business, nature, USA, Europe),
organized further into almost 3,500
categories (e.g., clouds, Chicago,
renewable energy) it’s almost
guaranteed that you’ll fi nd what you
need. All they ask is that you give
credit where it’s due.
2. Kodak Ektar
100 Film
$4.50, street • www.kodak.com
Still clinging to your 35mm fi lm
camera? It’s hard to beat Ektar
100’s fi ne grain, vivid color, and
high saturation. And now Kodak’s
professional color negative fi lm is
available in 120mm rolls for mediumformat,
too.
3. OLFA OLO Rolling
Scissors $7, street
• www.olfa.com If you do a lot of
studio work, you know how annoying
cutting seamless backgrounds with
regular scissors can be. So it makes
sense to drop some pocket change for
a pair of rolling scissors that are supereasy
to use, safer than shears, and
guarantee no more ragged cuts.
4. Case Logic ECB
Camera Cases
$12, street • www.caselogic.com
Keep your compact camera safe with
style. Case Logic’s ECB line is made
with a durable, semirigid EVA material,
that comes in fi ve different colors.
When you factor in the internal pocket
for accessories, detachable wrist
strap, a 25-year warranty, and the
price, it’s a no-brainer.
5. Lexar 4GB
JumpDrive FireFly
USB Flash Drive
$19, street • www.lexar.com
Jump drives are a much easier way of
copying and transporting images and
data than constantly burning CDs. For
less than $20 for 4GB of storage that
you can use over and over, it’s a handy
thing to throw in your bag. Bonus: It’s
compatible with both Mac and PC, and
it comes with a 2-year warranty.
6. Ikimono Mini-Camera
$20, street • www.urbanoutfi tters.
com Take the advice of “always carry
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your camera” a little more lightly.
Ikimono cameras are tiny plastic
cameras attached to a keychain that
take 110mm fi lm for 3x5- or 4x6-inch
prints. These colorful cameras don’t
take themselves too seriously, with
minimal controls and no fl ash, but
sometimes it’s good to add a little
humor to your shooting.
7. Replacement Eyecup
$20, street • www.pentaximaging.
com The eyecup of the viewfi nder
of a DSLR is one of the fi rst things to
get lost. Sure you can live without it,
but it’s annoying. Since a replacement
(such as this one for the Pentax K100D
& K110D) is only 20 bucks, save
yourself the hassle and get an extra
before you lose the one you have.
8. “I Want My
Own Camera”
Child’s T-Shirt $25, direct
• www.shopping.icp.org/store
If you’re never without your camera,
chances are your little one has started
to imitate your shutter-happy ways.
Though perhaps too young for a
DSLR, with one of these T-shirts your
budding photographer can always
sport a camera around the neck. P
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