Get the pho­tog­ra­pher in your life the gifts they really want!

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I was think­ing last week about some­thing my wife said “What can I get you for Christ­mas?” “Hum,” I said “I’ll have to think about that.” Well after that I decided to make a list and share it with you. I know I can’t get every­thing on my list but, hey let’s make it a big list! As a pho­tog­ra­pher, I think there are lots of peo­ple like my wife that would like to know what any pho­tog­ra­pher would like to find under the tree. So here’s a list that, as a pho­tog­ra­pher, I would like or, for that mat­ter, any pho­tog­ra­pher would like. I’ll be adding to this list as Christ­mas gets closer so come back every once in a while and see what’s new. I hope this list helps those peo­ple with a pho­tog­ra­phers in there life. One more thing — please leave a com­ment with your sug­ges­tions for this list and we’ll make this a really BIG list!!  I’d love to see what things you pho­tog­ra­phers out there would like to receive as gifts yourselves!!

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Gifts $25 and under

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Out­door Pho­tog­ra­pher Mag­a­zine

Out­door Pho­tog­ra­pher mag­a­zine is writ­ten by the world’s lead­ing land­scape, wildlife, sports and travel pho­tog­ra­phers. Each issue of Out­door Pho­tog­ra­pher fea­tures advice on improv­ing pho­tog­ra­phy, reviews of the lat­est equip­ment and stun­ning pho­tos. Learn more…

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The 22″ Impact 5-in-1 Col­lapsi­ble Reflec­tor Disc is ver­sa­tile in the field and in the stu­dio, pro­vid­ing shadow-lightening detail in your sub­ject, using avail­able, or stu­dio light­ing. It starts out as a translu­cent white disc — per­fect for soft­en­ing direct sun, or lights with­out dif­fu­sion. Use the remov­able, reversible zip­pered slip­cover to reflect light into shadow areas of your sub­ject. Your choice of color — sil­ver, gold, white, gold/silver mix — will be deter­mined by the light­ing con­di­tions, and your per­sonal preference.

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This GGI Secure Dig­i­tal card reader accepts any brand of Secure Dig­i­tal (SD) or Secure Dig­i­tal High Capac­ity (SDHC) mem­ory card inserted into its sin­gle slot, and trans­fers the stored data to your com­puter through its fast USB 2.0 inter­face. Sim­ply con­nect the reader to a USB port on a desk­top or lap­top com­puter, and insert your mem­ory card — no soft­ware dri­vers are nec­es­sary to use this reader on most Win­dows and Mac­in­tosh computers.

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This GGI Com­pact­Flash Type I & II Card Reader accepts any brand of Com­pact­Flash or Micro­drive mem­ory card inserted into its sin­gle slot, and trans­fers the stored data to your com­puter through its fast USB 2.0 inter­face. Sim­ply con­nect the reader to a USB port on a desk­top or lap­top com­puter, and insert your mem­ory card — no soft­ware dri­vers are nec­es­sary to use this reader on most Win­dows and Mac­in­tosh computers.

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The Pel­i­can 0940 Mem­ory Card Case (Black) is a tough, water-resistant poly­car­bon­ate resin case made to carry and store four com­pact flash mem­ory cards. There is a remov­able insert liner that absorbs shock and pro­tects mem­ory cards. An extra plain liner for cus­tom con­fig­u­ra­tion is included.

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The Pel­i­can 0910 Mem­ory Card Case (Black) is a tough, water-resistant poly­car­bon­ate resin case made to carry and store eight SD cards or 16 mini SD mem­ory cards. There is a remov­able insert liner that absorbs shock and pro­tects mem­ory cards, and an extra plain liner for cus­tom configuration.

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The Giotto Lens Clean­ing Kit is one of the best ways to care for your lenses and equipment.

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The OP/TECH USA Super Clas­sic Strap-3/8″ (Black) is designed to carry a cam­era or binoc­u­lars up to 15 lbs. It is a tai­lored 2.0″ wide neo­prene strap that uses a “Comfort-Stretch” bind­ing with an inter­nal “Control-Stretch” sys­tem for added sup­port. There is a Non-skid sur­face that won’t slip on shoul­der. This strap is made in the USA.

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The OP/TECH USA 18″ Rainsleeve (Set of 2) is a poly­eth­yl­ene sleeve made to pro­tect an SLR cam­era with a lens up 7.0″ in diam­e­ter and 18″ in length. The sleeve pro­tects the gear from dust and inclement weather. It is designed for hand­held use or tri­pod appli­ca­tion. It has a unique eye­piece open­ing adapts to most viewfind­ers for view­ing through the lens. Cam­era & lens con­trols are eas­ily vis­i­ble and oper­a­ble through the sleeve. Draw­string lens open­ing offers easy access and a snug fit. There are two Rainsleeves included.

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The Nikon Micro-Fiber Lens Clean­ing Cloth is made of soft micro-fibers and is the per­fect way to safely main­tain and clean your lenses, cam­era and binoc­u­lar optics. The 6 x 6″ cloth con­ve­niently folds into its own attached stuff bag. This makes it ideal to always have in your cam­era bag. 10/29/2010

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Gifts $50 and under

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Prince­ton Tec Quad Head­lamp At a mere 96 grams, the Quad Head­lamp is the light­est in Prince­ton Tec’s line of regulated-LED head­lamps. 4 Ultra­bright LEDs power through the dark­est con­di­tions. The LEDs are safe for­ever inside a tough water­proof hous­ing that will sur­vive severe impacts and water sub­mer­sions up to 1 meter. The wide beam of the Quad is per­fect for tasks around camp and is bright enough for tech­ni­cal scram­bles and brisk runs on dark trails. Weight con­scious users will love the Quad’s sophis­ti­cated cir­cuitry that allows the use of lithium AAA bat­ter­ies. They reduce the Quad’s weight to 82 grams, per­form in extremely cold tem­per­a­tures, and sig­nif­i­cantly increase reg­u­lated burn times on all modes.

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HDR &Pho­to­shop CS3 — Have you ever looked at a stun­ning HDR image and won­dered, “How did they do that?” Won­der no more! This video will serve as your easy to fol­low and infor­ma­tive guide to the world of HDR. You will be get­ting results bet­ter than you dreamed of with max­i­mum ease. Colin explains in Plain-English all you need to get going in HDR. 10/29/2010

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Per­fect Com­po­si­tion — Great pho­tos speak of great things and some­times those great things are enhanced by the com­po­si­tion of the subject.

Tim Cooper, in easy to under­stand Eng­lish, teaches you how to trans­form your images in pho­tos that can resem­ble the work of top notch pro pho­tog­ra­phers. With a few sim­ple rules (some of which can be bro­ken), your images will be taken to the next level. And, by using the basics of pho­tog­ra­phy — shut­ter speed, aper­ture and focal length, images that used to be run-of-the-mill, will start “singing”. 10/29/2010

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Per­fect Expo­sure for Dig­i­tal Pho­tog­ra­phy - This video will change the way you use your cam­era. Under­stand­ing the zone sys­tem is essen­tial for cap­tur­ing great pho­tos. Ones that look the way you always wanted. If you just leave meter­ing to the cam­era, your pho­tos will look dull and flat. Start get­ting your expo­sures right and your pho­tographs will be crisp and full of detail and depth. Become a bet­ter pho­tog­ra­pher… a much bet­ter pho­tog­ra­pher, in just over an hour. You can even use your cam­eras built in meter. Tim makes it so easy, you’ll laugh. 10/29/2010

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The Kingston 16GB Class 10 Secure Dig­i­tal High Capac­ity (SDHC) Mem­ory Card offers larger-volume data stor­age and opti­mized record­ing per­for­mance with sup­port for FAT 32 file for­mats. In addi­tion, this card com­plies with Kingston’s Class 10 speed rat­ing, which means that the card pro­vides a min­i­mum data trans­fer rate of 10MB/sec. for opti­mum per­for­mance in pro­fes­sional cam­eras and other high per­for­mance devices.

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Kingston Com­pact­Flash Elite Pro mem­ory cards are designed specif­i­cally to help advanced ama­teur or pro­fes­sional pho­tog­ra­phers get the best per­for­mance from their high-end imag­ing devices and appli­ca­tions, plus the autosleep fea­ture of the cards pre­serve sys­tem bat­tery life. No mat­ter how fast you work, the Elite Pro cards can keep pace with its ultra-fast trans­fer rates of 25MB/sec. read and 20MB/sec. write. The cards high capac­ity means you can cap­ture more con­tin­u­ous, high-resolution images, and when it’s time to trans­fer your largest files, the high speed rat­ing of these cards means that your pro­duc­tion work­flow will be more effi­cient than ever.

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Topaz Labs Adjust plug-in

For Adobe Light­room, Pho­to­shop, Pho­to­shop Ele­ments, Apple Aper­ture  Adobe Light­room for mac and iPhoto. The Eas­i­est Way to Make Your Pho­tos Pop Quickly and eas­ily make your pho­tos stun­ning by using Topaz Adjust’s cre­ative expo­sure, pow­er­ful detail enhance­ment, and unique color manip­u­la­tion tools.“Creative expo­sure” takes on a whole new mean­ing with Topaz Adjust. Fly through a vari­ety of dynamic pho­to­graphic looks and fine-tune them to real­ize your artis­tic vision.

Also check-out the other Topaz Labs Plugi-ns like Sim­plify,  Clean,  DeJPEG,  DeNoise,  Detail,  Remask And the Topaz Plug-in Bun­dle at a great price!

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Gifts $100 and under

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The GiS­TEQ Pho­to­Trackr Lite Geo-Mapping Device is a light model of the GiS­TEQ Pho­to­Trackr prod­uct series. It is a photo track­ing solu­tion that inte­grates dig­i­tal pho­tos with loca­tion infor­ma­tion for online dig­i­tal map­ping and photo shar­ing. It also pro­vides trip record­ing and play­back func­tions. With a sleek design, this par­tic­u­lar model is mainly designed for trav­el­ers seek­ing photo track­ing func­tions. Pho­to­Trackr Lite is pow­ered by one AA bat­tery (recharge­able) so users don’t have to worry about charg­ing the unit while they travel. Pho­to­Trackr Lite has a high sen­si­tiv­ity GPS mod­ule built-in; users can carry it inside a back­pack with­out wor­ry­ing about the loss of satel­lite reception.

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Pub­lished to cel­e­brate the 40th anniver­sary of America’s Wilder­ness Act, insti­tuted in 1964, this vol­ume con­tains large-format color pho­tos of the wealth of peaks, pris­tine alpine lakes and mead­ows, rocky cliffs, creeks, and water­falls of Colorado’s moun­tain ranges. The pho­tos were taken by Fielder, the founder of West­cliffe, and a remark­ably devoted hiker, given the impres­sive num­ber, size, and alti­tude of the places included. He has included often chatty descrip­tive cap­tions for each photo. The names of the ranges appear on a clear sheet that lays over a map at the begin­ning of the book. The vol­ume, which has faux-granite cov­ers, is over­size: 13.25x12.25″. Anno­ta­tion ©2004 Book News, Inc., Port­land, OR

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The Kingston 32GB Class 10 Secure Dig­i­tal High Capac­ity (SDHC) Mem­ory Card offers larger-volume data stor­age and opti­mized record­ing per­for­mance with sup­port for FAT 32 file for­mats. In addi­tion, this card com­plies with Kingston’s Class 10 speed rat­ing, which means that the card pro­vides a min­i­mum data trans­fer rate of 10MB/sec. for opti­mum per­for­mance in pro­fes­sional cam­eras and other high per­for­mance devices.

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Kingston 16GB Ulti­mate Com­pact­Flash 600x Mem­ory Card

• Includes Data Recov­ery Software
• Sus­tains Write Speed Rat­ings up to 600x
• For High-End Dig­i­tal Cam­eras & Devices
• Rates Up to 90MB/Sec
• 100% Tested for Performance

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This Giotto’s Car Win­dow Mount is a heavy-duty device used to affix a pho­to­graphic or opti­cal view­ing device to a vehicle’s win­dow, pro­vid­ing a solid, yet adjustable plat­form. The all-metal mount clamps to a glass win­dow pro­tect­ing the glass with a rub­ber pad. Incor­po­rated into the mount is a pan/tilt head that allows for adjustments.

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The Lowe­pro Pro Run­ner 200 AW Back­pack (Black and Pine Green) is designed to carry and pro­tect a dig­i­tal SLR cam­era body with attached lens (up to 70-200mm f/2.8) plus 2–3 addi­tional lenses or flash, acces­sories; tri­pod or mono­pod and per­sonal items. It is made from weather-resistant 600 denier square rip-stop poly­ester with a padded inte­rior plus remov­able, padded inserts and adjustable dividers. The pack has an All Weather AW Cover that pro­tects the cam­era gear from the ele­ments. It also has rain flap lids that cov­ers the zip­pered clo­sure and offers added weather pro­tec­tion. There is a Hide­away Tri­pod Mount with fold­out holder that secures a com­pact tri­pod or mono­pod. The Sli­pLock attach­ment loops will allow the addi­tion of optional accessories.

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The Hood­man Hood­Loupe Pro­fes­sional LCD Screen Loupe is used to make a close inspec­tion of the review image dis­played on your dig­i­tal SLR LCD dis­play. The LCD Screen Loupe iso­lates the cam­eras LCD dis­play from ambi­ent light so you will not be dis­tracted by glare or shad­ows. This makes it eas­ier to view image details quickly to con­firm focus to ensure that you have the best image pos­si­ble. It will pro­vide full cov­er­age of an LCD dis­play screen up to 3.0″ diag­o­nally with a stan­dard (4:3) aspect ratio.

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Gifts $500 and under

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The Nikon CoolPix P7000 Dig­i­tal Cam­era isn’t loaded down with friv­o­lous bells and whistles–it’s got seri­ously awe­some bells and whis­tles like a 10.1MP CCD sen­sor, a sharp, wide-angle to tele­photo 7.1x opti­cal zoom lens (28-200mm 35mm equiv­a­lent) made with Nikon ED glass, 720p HD video, 1.3 frames per sec­ond shoot­ing at full res­o­lu­tion, 5-way image sta­bi­liza­tion for sharp pho­tos even in low light, and a beau­ti­ful 921,000-dot high res­o­lu­tion 3″ LCD dis­play.  And you can shoot using JPEG or RAW for­mat for ulti­mate con­trol over your images. 10/30/2010

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Canon has given its pop­u­lar Pow­er­Shot series a face lift with the addi­tion of the Pow­er­Shot G12 Dig­i­tal Cam­era. While remain­ing true to many of its predecessor’s fea­tures, the G12 comes bust­ing out of the gate with what’s fast becom­ing a stan­dard on dig­i­tal cam­eras: dig­i­tal video (with stereo sound no less!). Shoot 1280 x 720p HD video with stereo audio using this com­pact, yet ver­sa­tile cam­era. Awe­some, right?

In addi­tion to rid­ing the video tide the G12 also stays com­pet­i­tive with its 10MP still image cap­ture. Shoot RAW and JPEG files to SD/SDHC/SDXC mem­ory cards, among oth­ers, with the help of the camera’s 1/1.7″ CCD image sen­sor and DIGIC 4 image proces­sor, oth­er­wise referred to as Canon’s HS Sys­tem. The G12 addi­tion­ally sports a 3200 ISO set­ting for excel­lent shoot­ing in low light settings.

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The Olym­pus Sty­lus Tough-8010 is a com­pact 14-Megapixel dig­i­tal cam­era with a 28mm 5x opti­cal zoom lens designed for peo­ple with an active lifestyle. The cam­era is water­proof to 33′ (10.06m), shock proof to 6.6′ (2.01m), crush proof to 220 lbs of pres­sure, and freeze proof to 14°f (–10°c). This makes the cam­era per­fect for beach going, swim­ming, ski­ing, climb­ing, hik­ing or any other out­door activ­ity, or tough environment.

Set­ting the cam­era for the per­fect photo is easy with scene modes that include Beach, Under­wa­ter Snap­shot, Under­wa­ter Wide 1, Under­wa­ter Wide 2, Under­wa­ter Macro and Pets. Access­ing the camera’s con­trols is a snap with Tap Con­trol. This is espe­cially con­ve­nient under­wa­ter or while wear­ing gloves. 10/29/2010

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The Pen­tax Optio W90 Com­pact Dig­i­tal Cam­era is ideal for the adven­tur­ous pho­tog­ra­pher as it allows shoot­ing in extreme envi­ron­men­tal con­di­tions. It is water­proof to up to 20′ (6.1 m), great for snor­kel­ing, boat­ing or shoot­ing in the rain or snow. It is also dust­proof so you don’t have to worry about ruined images due to exter­nal factors…so go ahead and shoot in a dust storm.

The Optio W90 will oper­ate in tem­per­a­tures rang­ing from 14 — 104°F (-10 — 40°C) and is shock­proof for dis­tances up to 4′ (1.2 m) so you don’t have to worry (too much) about dam­ag­ing the cam­era should it slip from your hands when you for­get to use the included wrist strap. Even the W90’s 2.7″ LCD dis­play has a coat­ing which allows you to pre­view your images with­out glare from exter­nal light.

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Gifts $1000 and under

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Check out Nikon’s Lat­est rebates! Offer ends 11/20/2010

The Nikon D3100 Dig­i­tal SLR Cam­era is an afford­able, com­pact, and light­weight pho­to­graphic power-house. It fea­tures the all-purpose 18-55mm VR lens, a high-resolution 14.2 MP CMOS sen­sor along with a fea­ture set that’s com­pre­hen­sive yet easy to nav­i­gate — the intu­itive onboard learn-as-you grow guide mode allows the pho­tog­ra­pher to under­stand what the 3100 can do quickly and eas­ily. Cap­ture beau­ti­ful pic­tures and amaz­ing Full HD 1080p movies with sound and full-time aut­o­fo­cus. Eas­ily cap­ture the action other cam­eras miss with a fast start up time, split-second shut­ter release, 3 frames per sec­ond shoot­ing and 11-point aut­o­fo­cus. Cap­ture pic­tures and make movies in near dark­ness with an ISO range of 100 to 3200 (expand­able to 12800-Hi2).

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Gifts $2000 and under

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Check out Nikon’s Lat­est rebates! Offer ends 11/20/2010

Nikon D7000 DSLR Cam­era Kit with Nikon 18-105mm DX VR Lens This cam­era is 16.2MP DX-Format CMOS sen­sor that works together with Nikon’s EXPEED 2 image proces­sor, 1080p HD video with full time aut­o­fo­cus, 6FPS burst shoot­ing, a 39-Point AF Sys­tem, aut­o­fo­cus fine tun­ing, a 3″ LCD dis­play and pen­taprism opti­cal view finder, and dual SD/SDHC/SDXC mem­ory card slots. The DSLR pho­tog­ra­pher and film­maker will appre­ci­ate what the com­pany calls “a new class of Nikon cam­era”. So, when it came to video record­ing, Nikon didn’t skimp out on capa­bil­i­ties. The D7000 boasts 1080p HD video cap­ture, while pro­vid­ing a num­ber of other record­ing options includ­ing man­ual expo­sure con­trol. Cap­ture video with the cin­ema qual­ity 24fps or record Internet-friendly video at 720p in 24 or 30fps — up to 20 min­utes per clip. To enhance your video uti­lize an optional wire­less or hot shoe mounted micro­phone using the stereo mic input. The cam­era also fea­tures, full time aut­o­fo­cus, and Live View for video cap­ture. When you’re all done shoot­ing and ready to share on the big screen, there’s an HDMI out­put for one-cable con­nec­tion to your HDTV.

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If you can’t find every­thing in this list you like then a Gift cards is always wel­come as a gift.

B&H Photo $20 to $1000 Gift Card