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Wide Strap EW-EOS60D neck strap.
Canon provides you with a “steal me” neck
strap emblazoned with your camera model. It’s not very adjustable, and, while use-
ful for showing off to your friends exactly which nifty new camera you bought, I
never attach the Canon strap to my cameras, and instead opt for a more servicea-
ble strap from UPstrap (www.upstrap-pro.com) or Op-Tech (www.optechusa.com).
If you carry your camera over one shoulder, as many do, I particularly recommend
UPstrap (shown in Figure 1.1). It has a patented non-slip pad that offers reassur-
ing traction and eliminates the contortions we sometimes go through to keep the
camera from slipping off. I know several photographers who refuse to use anything
else. If you do purchase an UPstrap, be sure to mention that I sent you hence. You
won’t get a discount, but I like to let photographer-inventor Al Stegmeyer know
I’m maintaining my faith in his remarkable straps.
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Figure 1.1
Third-party
neck straps,
like this
UPstrap model,
are often
preferable to
the Canon-
supplied strap.
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Body cap/rear lens cap.
The body cap keeps dust from infiltrating your camera
when a lens is not mounted. Always carry a body cap (and rear lens cap, also sup-
plied with the 60D) in your camera bag for those times when you need to have the
camera bare of optics for more than a minute or two. (That usually happens when
repacking a bag efficiently for transport, or when you are carrying an extra body or
two for backup.) The body cap/rear lens cap nest together for compact storage.
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User’s manuals.
Even if you have this book, you’ll probably want to check the
printed user’s guide that Canon provides, if only to check the actual nomenclature
for some obscure accessory, or to double-check an error code. Google “Canon 60D
manual PDF” to find a downloadable, non-printable version that you can store on
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