Reddit reviews Bower Pro Lens Cap Keeper for SLR Cameras CK501

My fiancé buys me neat (and cheap!) camera gear every year for christmas, so far I've gotten:

• Gary Fong Puffer $18.99 (a flash diffuser)
  
• Targus Battery Grip $25.98 (this is somewhat camera specific)
  
• Hot shoe spirit level $5 (this is cheap as hell and really cool!)
  
• Canon Monopod $34.95 (I have the Monopod 100 but it's no longer available. These are great for when a tripod is too bulky and sturdy enough to use as a light walking stick)
  
• Dolica Tripod $39.99 (Great prosumer tripod, not a pro tripod though)
  
• Lens cap keeper $1.91 (sticks to any lens cap and then attaches to the lens body to stop the lens cap from falling off)
  
  All of these things are pretty awesome for me, a serious hobbyist with a Nikon D5000 DSLR.
  
  Having said that, what I want for Christmas is:
  
  
• 52mm Neutral Density Filters ($31.99) and 62mm Neutral Density Filters ($42.99), these are the same set for both my lenses, they let you do longer exposures under brighter light conditions. I want them for a shoot in early December though so will probably buy them before that myself ;)
  
• A gradiated ND filter ($11.99), for the same reasons as above but only for one half of the exposure, with a gradient transition
  
• Panoramic Image tripod head ($16.95) for creating seamless panoramas
  
  Hopefully this helps!

I loose and break things a lot, so

1. I use (this)[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000NHZSHK/ref=oss_product]to keep my lens caps attached. The problem I had with this was that the cap would bounce around and I was afraid it would hit the lens, so I put velcro on half the lens cap and on the left side of the camera so that the lens cap can be velcroed to the side. This keeps the cap well out of the way, and keeps it from getting lost.
   
   
2. I don't usually rely on warranties, but I got a pretty good deal on the warranty ($200 for the camera and lens for 5 years), which covers replacing the camera exactly once. I don't know whether I'll come out ahead or not, but if I use my camera for 5 years, I'm betting yes.
   
   
3. As others have said, have a camera bag for travelling among cities, but during the day, try and just take the camera -- choose a lens a day and shoot with that. (seeing panoramas? take the 14 mm lens. Seeing art? take the walk around or portrait lens. At the wedding, go with the portrait lens). When you are taking a thousand photos a week, you have time to experiment and loose some shots. You will not get every shot regardless, either because you left the right lens in the hotel room, or its in your camera bag, or you are busy switching lenses. You could get a second camera, but that's overkill.

They use to come with it free? Well shoot, sony is sounding better and better. I had to pay for my nikon remote, it was only 12$ brand new tho, hardly a break deal.

Not sure how the sony remotes are, but my Nikon remote is about the size of a small pack of gun, I've lost is so many times; I decided to take a lense cap leash like this and attach it to my remote. Now I can have my remote dangling from my wrist when I shoot, never loose it now :)

Lenscap keeper, for example You get a better price ordering several (shipping can be where they get you).