Most useless photographic accessory

[cliveh]

What is the most useless photographic accessery you could, or have ever bought? Apart from a film squeegee, I would say a soft shutter button is completely useless.

 

[Vaughn]

Loupe for LF. Bought one and used it a lot until I lost it. Have not missed it these past decades. Discovered that being so dang near-sighted, I see the image on the GG better without my glasses than I do using a loupe with my glasses on.

 

[MattKing]

What is the most useless photographic accessery you could, or have ever bought? Apart from a film squeegee, I would say a soft shutter button is completely useless.

Whereas for me, with restricted dexterity in my right hand, an extended (soft?) shutter button makes it possible to more easily use some cameras.
A lot of "useless" accessories are just not well matched to some users' needs.
For example, a high speed motor drive on a 35mm camera would be useless for me.
I've bought camera bags that looked like they would be perfect, but ended up being a poor fit when I tried to adapt them for my use. Usually I've bought them used, so the pain was manageable.

 

[cliveh]

A selfie stick

 

[gbroadbridge]

A selfie stick

Admitting that is brave

 

[cliveh]

Admitting that is brave

I didn't buy one, I'm just suggesting.

 

[oneeyedpainter]

Can anyone beat an 8-dioptres lens?

OneEyedPainter

 

[thinkbrown]

Can anyone beat an 8-dioptres lens?

OneEyedPainter

....a 9-diopter lens?

 

[film4Me]

Accessory self timers with insufficient travel to trip the shutter on old folders.

 

[benderscameracorner]

Pistol grip for an RB67. I didn't buy it, in my defence, but was given it with a bunch of other stuff.

I mean, it does make the chonky Mam' a more manageable melee weapon, should you have the need ;-)

 

[MurrayMinchin]

Tripod with a centre column that can't be removed (won't go low to the ground) and legs that can't move independently.

It was the first one I owned and got thrown into the middle of a river.

 

[BAC1967]

Those cheap plastic accessory shoe levels that aren't actually level.

 

[Big G]

One of those big square Linhof lens hoods -- the one that uses spring pressure to stay on the lens and has a slip-in circular filter holder. It doesn't fit any lens I own, large format or otherwise. It also wasn't cheap.