Canon 70D Accessories

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Are you looking for worthwhile Canon 70D accessories? You can divide accessories for your EOS 70D into 3 categories. The 3 types of gear that are good for Canon DSLRs like yours with an APS-C sensor are 1)Must-have, 2)Advanced, and 3) Gadgets strictly for fun and creativity.

The 3 Types of Accessories for Your Canon 70D

I encourage you to consider buying one of the Canon 70D guide books.  You spent your hard earned cash on a very sophisticated piece of camera equipment. You can learn a lot on basics as well as some fun and creative possibilities to take some really great photos.

Macro photo of Hibiscus with 70D and Extension Tube

The standard Canon 70D manual does a good a good job of teaching you how to control of the settings, menus, and programs. Guide books usually give you  more practical tips and features to take advantage of when you are exploring all of the capabilities of a new camera.

Professional 70D Accessories

Speedlites

Probably the most important accessory for the serious or pro photographer to use with their Canon EOS 70D is the speedlite. Let's face it.  Although the built in, pop-up flashes are convenient, they give pretty mediocre and sometimes very poor results. 

Photography has been called "painting with light" and good lighting makes for good photographs.

To get professional results, speedlites should have the ability to both bounce and swivel to give you the flexibility to adjust the direction and quality of light.  There are also dozens of speedlite accessories to modify and enhance the light form a speedlite.

Canon makes a complete array of add-on flashguns to choose from. The 580EX II and  the 600EX-RT are the most advanced and sophisticated speedlites.  You can view and read reviews on the entire Canon Speedlite line here. 

Battery Grips

Battery Grips proved extended shooting time without changing batteries. They are also good for giving you more ergonomic access to all of your 70D camera settings while shooting in a vertical, "portrait" orientation.

Many Canon shooters also feel that the weight of the battery grip gives a more balanced feel when shooting with long lenses. The 70D takes a  Canon BG-E14  Battery Grip.

Most Needed - Essential Canon 70D Accessories

1. Memory Card

Not remembering to have enough camera memory is a cardinal sin. Canon memory cards are dirt cheap, have high capacity. Make sure they have decent read and write speeds.  The 70D takes SD, SDHC, SDXC memory cards.

2. Spare Battery

This is less of an issue now than than ever before, due to big improvements in battery and camera design.  

It's still very important to have a spare and the right charger, so you can change batteries right away if you are in the middle of an important photo shoot. The Canon 70D takes the LP-E6 which will last for hundreds of photos.  Here is more on the Canon 70D Battery.

You can save a lot of money by buying equivalent batteries made by Photiv, Wasabi, or Celltime.  Make sure the dealer has a good reputation and a good return policy. At least one spare battery is a must item to include in your Canon 70D accessories category.

3. Canon Digital Camera Bag

The Canon 2400 SLR Gadget Bag for EOS SLR cameras is the top rated Canon accessory for holding a camera, lenses and related items.  It is a big bag and has room, lots of storage pockets to hold a nice variety of accessories.

Here are some thoughts on what to consider with Canon Digital Camera Bags.

4. Tripod or Monopod

Some would say a tripod or a monopod is one of the Canon 70D accessories that is really just for the professional photographers.  The 70D is more of a high performance camera and typically not just for the snapshot shooter.

Tripods a very useful in some situations and absolutely critical in others. Tripods come in real hand for portrait taking when you want to set your camera and have the ability to watch your subjects without having to look at an LCD screen or through a viewfinder.

I had to mount my 70D on top of a tripod for the 0.5 second exposure of this full moon beach scene.

Tripod was necessary for 1/2 second
night photo of moon and shipwreck.

Tripods are also necessary for close-up macro photography and night-time photography. The Canon Tripods are not one of my highly highly recommended gadgets from Canon. Canon Corporation made a good decision to focus on digital cameras, lenses and related accessories rather than venturing into the tripod market. 

Fun Canon 70D Accessories

These are the best Canon 70D accessories for adding some fun and creativity to your photography. Not required, but definitely worthwhile, check out these optional accessories for your 70D.

Canon's 270EX II Speedlite

Any lighting accessory that diffuses,  re-directs or bounces the light is better than built-in flash of the Canon EOS 70D.

Extension Tubes

For me, this is the best way to enter the world of macro photography in a real affordable manner.  You can purchase a decent set of tubes (They don't have to be Canon-Made Accessories) at a reasonable price.

Advantages of extension tubes:

1. No degradation of image quality by adding extra glass elements.
2. Variable magnifications possible with different combinations within the set of tubes.
3. Can be used with any of your existing lens collection.

Here is more on Canon Extension Tubes.

Remote Control

Another one of the Canon 70D accessories that I label as fun is remote control. There are some with very simple options like a shutter-release-only model like this one pictured here.

You can also get more sophisticated ones and control several camera functions. The Neewer LCD Timer-Shutter Release-Remote Control gives you the ability to shoot really fascinating time lapse photography.

LCD Timer Shutter Release Remote Control

EOS 70D Timer,Time-Lapse
Remote Shutter Cord

Heck, you can even get apps that let you take pictures remotely with your smart phone.

Canon 70D Video Accessories

The new Dual Pixel Auto-focus system and Movie Servo Auto-focus make accurate focus of moving objects great for shooting video.  

Add in the swiveling screen, built-in STEREO microphone a quiet STM motor and you've got incredible 1080p HD video capabilities.

Canon Specialty Lenses

There are too many to include in detail within the scope of this article, but I'll mention two.  The large majority of Canon 70D owners either already possess a regular zoom lens or get one when they buy their 70D.  Typically it may be the 18-55mm or the 18-135mm kit lens.

The Canon 400mm f5.6 Lens 

On a Canon 70D (with a 1.6 crop factor) this lens has the perspective of a 640mm lens.  Great for wildlife photography and big field sports like soccer football and baseball.

This is definitely one of the more expensive Canon 70D accessories.  This lens is still only a fraction of the cost of one of the fast Canon Super Telephotos, like the Canon 400mm f2.8 or the Canon 500mm f4 lens.

Want to go a little cheaper than the Canon 400mm f5.6? Here are more affordable and popular options for Canon 70D Lenses. I recently added the Tamron 150-600 to my collection of Canon 70D accessories.

If you'd like to amp up your ability to shoot birds, wildlife, or sports photos, the Tamron 150-600 is a lot of power for its price.

Canon EOS 70D and Tamron 150-600 Lens

As an f/5.6-6.3 lens, it's certainly not going to win any speed wards for maximum aperture, but with today's high ISO cameras, you can really "cheat" and save huge amounts of money. 

For more information on the Canon EOS 70D features and functions you can refer to the free pdf Canon 70D Manual.

Whether you categorize them as fun, serious or essential, there is no shortage of camera accessories, gadgets, gizmos and add-ons to have fun with. Shoot more photos. Watch less TV.

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Guide Books for
Canon 70D Camera

Reviews on 70D Batteries

Another accessory that is good for specific applications is a pop-up flash booster.

 These are designed to give you an additional 3 f-stops of power, appropriate when you are not close to your subject and when you are zoomed in with a telephoto lens.

Click the photo below for more on a Canon 70D Pop-Up Flash Accessory that is light and affordable:

Another affordable option for your Canon EOS 70D is a flash gun made by a third party.

Read more on alternative flash options: Canon 70D Flash

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