We all discover new things in our travels and some of them make it to our meetings and some of them do not. Let's share what we learn here by posting a few quick remarks about any new toys, gadgets, software, techniques, add ons, plug ins, etc. We can also add things that we wished we could get our hands on. Ideas that may be the gadget of the future. Use the add a comment feature of this page to write up your contribution. Don't forget to come and check this page out regularly to see if anyone else is adding something new too.Garbage Bags - by Casey Danek
One of the things that's usually always in my camera bag is a large garbage bag. It's great insurance if you get caught in a downpour. Just pull it out of whatever pouch it's rolled up in, and cover your equipment. The real reason I have one, though, isn't so much to protect the gear, but for me to lay upon should I have a need to get low to the ground and find myself on land that's less than clean and dry. One tip, though. If you take such a bag and set it down on a slope, the natural slipperiness of the plastic will make you travel downhill just as quickly as you sit down on it. So, in such a case, you want to tear the bag open making it into a mat. Lay on that and you won't slide.