You have always got to have a spare battery, and its never worth risking it with a non Canon one that could cause damage to a camera worth more than half a ton for a tener.

I would never recomend buying a camera with out a tri pod, a good starter one such as this is fantastic, and i still use it as a disposible item in preferance to my more expensive tri pod.

for the tri-pod above a seperate head is needed, a good head should move freely and lock with one move.

It may not be to every ones taste, but trust me when I say that the quality of this bag can not be beaten.

A perfect flash for almost all occations, and will last for ever and will follow you up to the top of the range cameras.