My Gear List
Well, this is my gear page. For those that are curious as to what I shoot with and all the other gear I use, here it is.
The general philosophy is to try to invest in the glass and keeping the gear in good condition. The camera body gets upgraded roughly every 3-4 years, when technology advances sufficiently or when the current body dies.
For camera support, I’ve enjoyed Manfrotto tripods and monopods. I also use their ball heads. For the connectivity I used to use Manfrotto’s RC2 quick release plates, but have since switched to Arca-Swiss style plates. They are not drop-in and click locking like the RC2, but they are rigid and very comfortable, especially if you need one on your vertical grip.
I recently(Nov/2011) upgraded to the Sony Alpha DSLT-A77V body from the A700 DSLR body. It’s different, but I’m getting used to it.
Future Gear:
- Sony 15-50mm/2.8 SSM
- Sony 70-400/G SSM
- AS/SA mounting plate for A77
- Vertical Grip for A77
Camera Bodies:
- Sony Alpha A77 DSLR
- Sony Alpha A700 DSLR
- Body for sale! : http://www.ebay.com/itm/160679398763
- Vertical Grip for sale! : http://www.ebay.com/itm/160679404855
Camera Lenses:
- Sony 50mm/1.4
- Tamron 17-50mm/2.8
- Sony 70-200mm/2.8
Camera Support:
- Manfrotto 334B Monopod
- Manfrotto 190XPROB Tripod
- Manfrotto 468MG
- Cotton Carrier Vest
Camera Bags:
- LowePro 350EX (first should bag.. nice, but hard to open)
- LowePro FastPack 350 (huge and VERY comfortable… but very bulky)
- LowePro Classified 160 AW (shoulder bag, looks like a normal bag, very easy to use)
Light Gear:
- Minolta 5600HS(D) flash head (56 meter GN and IR slaving from main camera, awesome)
- LumePro LP160 flash head (42 meter GN with myriad of slave/trigger options)
- HV pack for 5600HS(D) (drops recycle time down to 1 second or less)
- 2 x Pocket Wizard Plus II’s (omg are they awesome…pricey though)
- 2 x folded lightstands (they’re lightstands…)
- 2 x 43″ Westcott double fold umbrellas (shoot through and reflect, let’s light the whole room! They also fold down to 16″ in length!)
Software:
- Adobe Photoshop CS5
- Adobe Lightroom 3
- Bibble Labs Pro 5.x
- Topaz Labs DeNoise 5 (awesome noise removal tool!)
Flash Cards:
- 2 x 16GB Sandisk Extreme Pro 95MB/sec UHS-I SDHC
