Buying lots of extra gadgets to make you feel more professional does not always improve your photography and can waste money and create clutter, warns Andrew Hartman in an article for MakeUseOf.
Hartman suggests that external lenses for your phone, while available in many varieties such as telephoto, macro, and fisheye, are not worth the expense; smartphone companies have improved the quality of phone cameras meaning external lenses are no longer needed, especially for zoom functions.
He also suggests skipping external lights, except for the ring light, and smartphone handles, instead recommending buying a high-quality smartphone stabilizer to click pictures.
Hartman also warns against buying poor-quality tripods, as they tend to be less stable and durable, compared to higher-quality ones and stabilizers, which he says are a complete waste of money and take too long to set up to be used regularly.
Instead of buying all these gadgets, he recommends that users first understand the problem they are trying to solve before buying a gadget to solve it.
