slr camera, camera accessoryOne of the most useful camera accessory anyone can get for a SLR camera is a tripod. All professional photographers regard their tripods as indispensable for scenic shots, photographing wildlife and taking night shots. Learning to photograph at night with a digital SLR camera is so much easier than with a film camera because the results are instant. The tripod can be set up, the camera attached, and the settings entered into the camera. Using the different features that digital cameras offer, can yield a lot of different exposures and effects. For example, a narrow aperture and a longer shutter speed will show how the stars or the moon tracks over the sky as time goes by. After some experimentation, the pictures can be downloaded and the results can be seen. There is no need to worry about wasting a lot of film by making exposures that don't work. Holding the camera steady to make time lapse photos is about impossible, so getting a tripod to keep the SLR camera steady will give great results from the get-go.