Sunday, 17 August 2008

G33k T4lk


In case you are interested, here is what equipment I use. Some of which stays in my bag all of the time, other things I just take with me when I know I'll need it.

1. Tamrac Expediton 7 Camera bag. Pretty big, deep enough to carry a camera with a grip attached.
2. Lowe Pro something or other, pretty small but useful if you're just having a dander around the woods.
3. Nikon D200 with grip thing. I'm not a Nikon vs Canon type. I just use a Nikon because that's what I started with, and that's what I know about.
4. The behemoth. This flash is about as old as me, used to be my dads. It's about as sophisticated as a telegraph pole, but I love it.
5. Nikon SB-28. A few battle scars, worth nothing on Ebay now but still works perfectly.
6. Nikon SB-600. Not much good off camera because it's a bit weak, but good for i-TTL fill in, on camera occasions.
7. 3x Pocket Wizard plus II's. They're good. I like them.
8. General selection of Flash sync cables. A bit of a hotch botch collection. If you need a spare, I've probably got one.
9. DIY PW mounting rods. I haven't patented these yet so please don't do it before me. Made of pens.
10. Nikon 18-200mm f3.5-5.6 VR. Good if the lights good too.
11. Sigma 10-20 my old wide angle. Don't use it for BMX photo's anymore but still good for the odd landscape.
12. Nikon 10.5mm f2.8. My second favourite lens.
13. Nikon 50mm f1.8 Cheap for some odd reason, my favourite lens for sure.
14. Extension tubes. Not used very often, but pretty good fun on a rainy sunday if you want to photograph dead bees.
15. Sekonic L308B Light Meter. I only use it for flash metering, i'm sure it does more but I didn't get that far through the book.
16. Remote shutter release button. I use it for artfag stuff when i don't want camera shake.
17. Spare memory cards, battery and card reader.
18. Battery Charger.
19. Lens filters for fagging the art.
20. Filter holder. It holds filters
21. Flexi flash cable. Rarely used these days.
22. Tilt flash brackets.
23. Portaflash light stands. Purchased just before Jessops bought out Portaflash and doubled the price.
24. White brollies for portraits. Hardly ever used, but they cost me £4 off ebay so it would be silly not to have 'em.
25. Cheap but reliable tripod, no brand.
26. Cleaning stuff
27. Portable thought capture device. Limited storage space. (Note Pad)

There you go. Who cares.