So you’ve created more space in your pack by replacing the dozens of film canisters for a few memory cards. What to do with that extra space? You can’t just leave it empty, awaiting deposits of dust and used gum wrappers. No! Use that space wisely. Attach it, clamp it, screw it on. Accessorize! You don’t have to spend a ton of cash for something extremely useful. Here are some handy tools that will help boost your creativity and add a little technical ease to your digital shooting.

Photographers are investing in higher-capacity memory cards and most of us are happily filling them up with digital images. If nature abhors a vacuum, then photographers dislike empty space on a card. But what happens if you aren’t close enough to a desktop computer to download those hundreds of photographs?

As digital photographers, we enjoy the freedom of working with a flexible, creative medium. Without batteries, though, our cameras and flash units would become high-tech paperweights. With the development of new batteries and chargers, there’s now a great variety of power sources from which to choose. They offer vastly better performance than our old familiar standards. Here’s how to choose among them, and how to get the best out of your batteries in the field.