No one likes a blurry image and despite there being plenty of features in your lenses and cameras to combat this, sometimes it's just unavoidable. The best solution to stabilizing your camera is undoubtedly a tripod, but what if you don't have the money to buy one or simply find it too bulky to carry it around with you everywhere? Below is a list of tripod alternatives that are cheap, easy to use, and small enough to fit inside your camera bag. Bottle Cap Tripod It's tiny, cheap, and incredibly simple. Attach the cap to your camera and screw it onto any water bottle around you and you got yourself a makeshift tripod. The bigger the bottle, the more it's able to support. But as you have already guessed, small cameras and lenses only. If $10 is still too much for you, you can always make your own out of screws, nuts, and washers. Satisfy the MacGyver in you. The Pod This little guy comes in different colors, each one designed differently to support your needs. Whether you have a small point and shoot or a dSLR camera, there's a Pod for you. The Pod is basically a bean bag that can be attached to your ...

If you buy any of the lenses in the Canon L series, you are guaranteeing yourself a good, durable, quality lens. But for those of us who are unwilling to spend a couple thousand dollars for a single lens, we assume that we just have to sacrifice quality to save some money, but that's not always the case. Here's a list of cheaper alternatives to the Canon L series where you really get a big bang for the buck. You don't have to always sacrifice optical quality to save some money when buying a lens. Listed below are several lenses, broken down into categories, which I consider to be real bargain lenses where you're getting a lot more then what you're paying for. (Canon lenses only) Wide Angle Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM. - $700 Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM. - $1000 Canon EF 24mm f/2.8 - $300 Canon EF 28mm f/1.8 USM. - $400 Standard Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II. - $100 Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM. - $350 Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM. - $230 Telephoto Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM. - $550 Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM. - $350 Canon EF 100mm f/2 USM. - $400 Macro Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro. - $500 Now with these lenses, you won't ...

Often times if you want to do macro photography, you'll have to get a dedicated macro lens, and that comes with a price. There is however a much cheaper solution that can give you better magnification then a lot of the macro lenses you see on the market today. Reversing the lens is easy, cheap, and the results you are just mind blowing. Understanding the term macro: A true macro lens is considered to have 1:1 magnification, or life size. Those two numbers represent the reproduction ratio. What that means is if your lens is capable of shooting at 1:1 magnification, your camera will be able to fill the entire picture with an object exactly the same size as your camera's sensor. If it is 2:1, the magnification doubles and now that object will appear twice as big. If it is 1:2, the magnification halves and now that object will only fill half the frame. Almost all true macro lenses will be able to get 1:1 magnification. A lot of manufactures claim that some of their lenses have macro capabilities, but in reality the maximum magnification you'll be able to achieve is 1:2 or less. How to get the poor man's macro: Reversing the lens ...