My Gear
Here is a list of all the gear that I currently use. Everything listed has been paid for using my own hard earned cash.
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Digital Camera Gear
Fuji XT2 - Still a great back-up camera but the battery performance is not great.
Fuji XT5
Fujinon xf 10-24mm
Fujinon xf 70- 150mm
Fujinon xf 100- 400mm
Fujinon xf 150mm - 600mm - I purchased this lens for my recent trip to South Africa and I am very happy with the results.
Samyang / Rokinon 12mm f2
Fuji xf 1.4x TC WR
Kase Wolverine Magnetic Filter set (Polariser, ND6, ND8 & ND10). Top tip, buy the size (diameter) set to fit your largest diameter lens. Step down rings can be used to mount the filter ring on smaller diameter lenses.
Video Gear
Rode Video mic NTG & Deadcat WS11
Rode Wireless Go ii
Insta 360 One X2
Tripods & Heads
Benro Mach 3 & Benro B3 ballhead - this is my day to day goto tripod.
Benro FGP28C travel tripod & Benro B2 ballhead - easily fits in a suitcase and for my mirrorless gear its great. It can even be turned into a monopod.
Joby Gorillapod 3K
Manfrotto 055XPROB - I don’t use this tripod very often, however, I want to try some local wlidlife photography with the fluid head and my xf100-600mm lens
Manfrotto MVH502AH fluid head
Memory Cards & Back-up Storage
San Disk Extreme pro
LaCie 5TB External Drive
LaCie 2TB External Drive
San Disk 1TB SSD - I have two of these, one of which has my Lightroom Catalog stored on it.
WD Elements 6TB External Drive - All of my photos are stored on this drive. I do have a back-up drive, however, Its not an ideal solution, so I am looking to purchase a NAS in 2024.
Photo Editing
Apple Macbook Air M1 - I really need to find a a good docking solution to connect all my devices at once!
BenQ SW272U Monitor
Adobe Creative Cloud - Lightroom & Photoshop
TK Panels for Photoshop- just need to learn ho to use them! https://goodlight.us/writing/tk9/tk9.html
Printing
Canon Pro 100S - This printer was discontinued with the introduction of the pro 200 and 300 models from Canon. However, it produces great prints and can be picked up second hand for around 250 Euros.
Canon Print Studio pro: Can be used with the Pro100 & Pro100S: https://www.usa.canon.com/support/p/pixma-pro-100
QImage (Mac OS) software: https://www.binartem.com/
Fotospeed Paper: https://fotospeed.com/
On the move / In the Field
Shimoda Rucksack Explore V2 30 green
Shimoda Filter pouch