New Gear in the next few weeks

So for the last couple weeks I have been searching for a suction cup mount for the GoPro also an AC power adapter for my Canon 7D. It seems that there are non in UAE. I searched several malls with no luck. I though the best thing is to go online and order it, I have an account in Aramex Shop&Ship so that made it easy to get what I want from Amazon. I ended up ordering a GoPro Suction Cup Mount, GoPro tripod mount, and finally an AC Power Adapter for 7D. 

So my plans are to use the suction cup mount to mount the GoPro HERO 3 on my car and take footage while driving. Especially to shoot what's happening on the roads because you might never know when something really cool or really, really wrong happens. I was amazed when I read about the capabilities of this mount. It can withstand speeds of more than 150 mph (thats 240+ km/h for those using metric system), although in Dubai, where I live, it is almost impossible to reach that speed with all the speed cameras separated by few hundred meters from each other. Still worth giving it a shot on highways. Moving on to the next item, the Tripod mount. It was really something I should've invested in since the begging, when I first bought the GoPro. Sometimes when using the GoPro Hero 3 to shoot time-lapse  I can't find a place high enough or good enough to stick the quick release to it. I found myself wrapping the camera in wires and attaching it to a tripod. The tripod mount should make this situation easier and more stable. Finally the AC power adapter. If you tried doing time-lapse videos with a DSLR during the night or using extreme settings you'll find the batteries running out of juice pretty quickly. This what happened to me when I was taking the photos of the video "Dubai in 24 hours - Timelapse".

Thank god I had a battery grip. As I found my self changing from one battery to the other trying to charge them and prevent the camera from dying. Actually a day before this video was taken, the camera died early morning, and the batteries needed around 3~4 hours to charge, this made me stop it and start over again. Now that I ordered the AC Power adapter, I shall worry no more. Just plug it in when I'm near an AC power source and then position the camera somewhere and forget it for a while and come back later to check on it. This will save a lot of time, probably I'll use this time writing blogs on the newest updates.

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If you are interested in buying the accessories, here they are as listed on Amazon, I added the original AC Adapter from Canon if you are interested.