Need a Christmas gift for the photographer in your life but on a tight budget? Not only can it be difficult to know what to get but you’ll naturally also want to make a good impression without spending a fortune. If you’re stuck for ideas, check out these six great gifts that you can grab for £50 or less.
Christmas gifts for photographers: Seagate Expansion 1TB USB 3.0 Portable 2.5 inch External Hard Drive
Price: £39.00 / $51.99
This stylish, no frills 1TB drive can be had for less than £40, but it still manages to offer USB 3.0 for speedy data transfer. You just plug it in and drag and drop – no software to install, no fuss. It’s formatted for PCs as standard, but Mac users can reformat in seconds.
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Christmas gifts for photographers: Manfrotto Compact Light tripod
Price: £39.00 / $58.95
Perfect for compact system camera or compact users looking for a lightweight but sturdy support, this tripod has a ball head integrated into its design and can be extended to a respectably high 131cm with its centre column pulled up. It even comes with its own drawstring carry case for easy portability.
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Christmas gifts for photographers: Hoya Digital Filter Kit II
Price: from £25.23 / $39.90
This kit comprises UV, ND and polariser filters, together with a carry case, and would be an ideal gift for wannabe landscape photographers. This particular size (52mm) would fit those with Nikon 18-55mm kit lenses, although other sizes are available, so make sure to check the filter thread of the lens with which these would be used in advance.
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Christmas gifts for photographers: Lowepro Event Messenger 150 Bag
Price: £36.06 / $29.99
This popular shoulder bag from Lowepro happily holds a DSLR (or CSC) with a lens attached, together with two extra lenses, a flashgun (or additional lens) and a tablet, and that’s before you get to the front pocket which provides enough space for smaller personal items. It’s also equipped with a Quiet mode flap for discreet operation and boasts a padded shoulder strap for comfort.
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Christmas gifts for photographers: SanDisk Extreme 64 GB SDXC Memory Card
Price: £24.99 / $38.98
With a massive 64GB of space and super fast transfer speeds, this is a fine upgrade over standard SD and SDHC memory cards and perfect for those using particularly modern cameras* equipped with high-resolution sensors.
It will happily hold thousands of high-resolution stills and many hours of full HD video, and its UHS-1 Speed Class 3 (U3) standard makes it fit for the more taxing demands of even 4K video capture.
*Compatible with most cameras built after 2010.
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Christmas gifts for photographers: Lastolite 75cm Reflector
Price: £35.00 / $34.99
Great for portraits but also still life or product photography, this large and sturdy reflector offers white and silver sides so that you can tailor the reflection to your subject. It collapses down to a third of its size and comes in its own carry case, and Lastolite is so confident in the strength of its rim it offers a lifetime guarantee.
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Christmas gifts for photographers: Lastolite 22X22cm Ezybox Speed Lite
Price: £50.00 / $75.95
A neat device for the flash gun owners starting out in portraiture, this handy little softbox fits straight onto a standard flash gun and provides a beautifully diffused light. You can use it with flashguns mounted on or away from the camera and vary the effect with the removable inner and outer diffusion panels.
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