What are the best accessories of my Nikon D40?

Hi, i have a Nikon D40 digital SLR camera and i am looking to hold some accessories for it. Anyone know where and what i can buy to make my photographs a small special.

Thanks

Answer by PuFfy BrOwN RaBiT
You should get a tripod, it will open up your world to exposures lasting several seconds long. There are so many creative uses for a tripod that I feel its the most cost effective accesory that you can buy.

If your not interested in that then I would suggest a new external flash, it will allow you to bounce the flash of ceiling and walls and give your photos that special look you’re looking for.

Answer by Will K
filters will help add color and tone and there pretty cheap u may maybe also get a macro lens but there pricey up to 700$

Answer by vlad259
If you haven’t got a quick lens, f/2.8 or nearer, then you should at least have a look at a 50mm f/1.8. It’s very useful to have something like this available.

The only things that stop me when I’m out with a normal camera are the lack of a lens cloth, spare memory card and/or spare battery.

Answer by DCReed
Tripod, quick lens, remote release cable or an IR remote, quick 2GB cards, circular polarizer, spare batteries

Answer by gryphon1911
Accessories in and of themselves do not make photographs better or special. Knowledge of what they do and how to use them makes photographs better and special.

What you want to do is first analyze your images and identify what it is about them that is lacking or may maybe use improvement. Is there something with the existing gear that can be done to improve them? Once you’ve exhausted that line of thinking, then determine what accessory will give you the effect or help you need.

I’d despise to see you waste money on things you may never use or not need just because you “want” accessories.

What do you reckon? Answer below!

I have a Nikon D50 digital camera and just bought on line a digital accessory kit which includes a 52mm UV filter. This is useless for me, and I thought the filter was going to be a universal size, but it does not fit on the end of the lens. The lens is a 28-80mm, which is the one most commonly bundled with the D50 SLR, so i feel a bit foolish at having bought this.
I have read the answers posted so far and am still a bit confused–I am very new to this. The symbol on the lens for filter size has a 58 after it. The lens is a Nikon AF Nikkor 28-80mm 1:3.3-5.6 G, I had distress result this on the B&H site and felt a bit overhwelmed by the Nikonians boards.

Answer by aaron11136
Generally u will find a Ф (insert number here) mm stamped on the lense, this indicates the filter size . If this is not case i would recomment going to the owners manual on the lense or look up your lense in http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist.jsp&A=getpage&Q=RootPage.jsp then go to acessories for that lense i hope this helps .

Answer by nikonjedi
aaron 11136 or wahtever is 100% assess. It should be a 77mm though. Congrats on the new Nikon. You’ll like it.

Answer by kehkohjones
I thought I answered this before… well, the Nikkor AF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 lens takes a 62mm filter size.

I owned one of these lenses, the “D” version and gave it away and bought the Nikkor AF 28-105mm f/3.5-5.6D which is a more versatile and useful lens.

By the way, check out www.nikonians.com and check out all of the fantastic forums there to question questions and get help from about 44,000 Nikon gear users from every level. They are the friendliest and most helpful (and knowledgeable) public on the net!

Answer by barrabe
Unfortunately, the additional answers for 62mm and 77mm are incorrect.

The Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.3-5.6G Autofocus Lens has a 58mm filter size! That’s what the 58 after the filter symbol (O with a line through it) earnings. The 52mm filter you bought should appear to be just slightly too small.

Go to Nikon USA: http://www.nikonusa.com/template.php?cat=1&grp=5&productNr=1927 and click on the “Tech Specs” tab or download specs and you’ll see that Nikon itself says it’s 58mm.

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