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15 Gifts Under $100 for the Photographer

Chris Gampat
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12/08/2014
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Last Updated on 12/08/2014 by Chris Gampat

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It’s no secret that photography gear is very expensive and that the hobby is general isn’t a cheap one. But there are gifts that you can snag for the photographer in your life (or yourself) that won’t break the bank too much or even at all. We’ve spent a week perusing deals and thinking of ideas for really affordable but solid gifts for the photographer under $100.

Here’s our roundup of gifts under $100.

Lens Wrap

Lens wrap

Buy Now: B&H Photo

These things can keep your lenses protected when in a regular, ordinary bag. No need for putting dividers into something that isn’t a camera bag.

Isopropyl Alcohol Bottle

Isoproyl alcohol

Buy Now: Amazon

Use this to clean the contacts where your lens and camera meet. It will improve the autofocus performance so much more.

Giottos Rocket Blower

Giottos rocket

Buy Now: B&H Photo

Blow dust out of your camera, lens and most importantly off the sensor.

PNY 128GB SD card

PNY 128GB SD card

Buy Now: B&H Photo

Do you really need to ask about why you need more memory or a faster SD card?

Arctic Butterfly

Arctic butterfly

Buy Now: B&H Photo

This little brush has saved us so many times in a bind when it comes to cleaning our sensors. Just don’t ever make the brush spin while near the sensor.

TAP and DYE Leather Camera Strap

Tap and Dye strap

Buy Now: TAP and DYE

Beautiful, handmade, and extremely durable.

Great State Classic Skinny Strap

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Buy Now: Great State

Built well, soft to the touch, and durable.

Lexar 64GB CF card

Lexar CF card

Buy Now: B&H Photo

You could always use more memory and faster performance.

Impact Light Shed

Impact Light Shed

Buy Now: B&H Photo

The Impact Light Shed will help you shoot images of products with a clean, white background providing that you’ve got the lights that you need.

Yongnuo 560 III

Yongnuo 560 III

Buy Now: Amazon

A fully manual speedlight for a super cheap price.

Phottix Luna folding Octabox

Phottix Luna

Buy Now: Amazon

Make the light from your speedlight look amazing.

Five Roll Pack of Kodak Portra

Portra

Buy Now: B&H Photo

Mmmmmmm, film. Yum!

Joby GPod Mini

Joby Gpod

Buy Now: B&H Photo

Itty bitty tripods are awesome for helping you photograph itty bitty things.

Olloclip 4-in-1 lens

Olliclip

Buy Now: B&H Photo

With manual control now available in many iOS and Android devices, why not move forward a bit with your mobile photography?

Triggertrap Flash Adapter

Triggertrap flash adapter

Buy Now: Amazon

When used with the Triggertrap app, this adapter can make a flash go off with just a sound sensor or make it go off repeatedly.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.