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Today's Equipment

It's really what's between the ears that counts, however, since you are interested I will share some details of the stuff I use:

  • Canon 7D slr. I like the 1.6 sensor size cameras for their telephoto magnification effect.
  • Canon 5D slr. The full frame sensor size camera is used for landscapes.
  • Panasonic G1 compact micro 4/3 camera. The micro 4/3 sensor size camera is a light weight  travel camera. The lenses have software corrections automatically applied during Lightroom processing. I have the 14-45 and 45-200 Panasonic lenses.
  • A modified for infrared only camera Canon D60 slr.
  • Too many bags to carry and hold stuff. Pelican cases for storage and transportation of equipment.
  • Tilt and shift lenses. Canon 24mm and  90mm. These are new to me.
  • Wide angle lenses. 16-35 F2.8 and a 17-55mm F2.8. The 17-55mm zoom is a great travel lens for European cities on the 1.6 sensor size cameras. The 16-35 is wide enough for the full frame sensor camera.
  • Medium wide angle to telephoto 24-70mm F2.8 zoom lenses. I like the fast aperture lenses for their quicker low light focusing abilities .
  • Macro lenses 150mm F2.8. The longer 150mm macro lens allows me to be more distant from the subject and obtain more pleasing backgrounds.
  • Normal perspective (full frame) or mid telephoto (1.6 crop) Sigma 50mm F1.4 lens .
  • Canon 135mm F2.8 soft focus enabled lens for dreamy images.
  • Medium telephoto 70-200mm F2,8 image stabilized lenses. Image stabilized lenses are good for getting a higher percentage of usable images.
  • Long telephoto 100-400, 300 F2.8 non IS. The100-400 is versatile, the 300 is great for distant nature shots.
  • Tele-convertors 1.4 and 2 times for use on the telephoto lenses, if I need too.
  • A couple of extension tubes at 12 and 25mm to modify how close the 300mm telephotos focus.
  • Several flashes and a Better Beamer flash extender.
  • HP Z3100 24 inch wide printer.
  • Quad core PC with 8 gig of memory, > 2 terabyte of disk, Windows 7 64 bit, Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop, two Samsung 24 inch monitors.
  • An Eye One monitor calibration device and software so my prints match what I see on the display.