My gear

My photo gear

This is most of my photography gear. The body, objectives and strobes are all Canon, as they produce the best quality and actually make sense to me. Nikon is good too1, but I get confused by their stuff all the time.

1 though not as good as Canon, but that goes without saying

Digital gear

  • Canon EOS 7D, at this moment the best APS-C camera Canon has to offer.
  • Canon EOS 350D, a versatile digital SLR camera that I use as a backup.
  • Unable to reach Flickr, image unavailable Canon 10-22mm F/3.5-4.5 USM, a super wide-angle lens. This is the most extreme lens I've got, as it has the strongest perspective distortion I've ever seen.
  • Unable to reach Flickr, image unavailable Canon 17-55 mm F/2.8 IS USM, a really wicked wide to medium angle zoom lens. The large aperture allows for shallow depth of field and with the image stabilizer you can make crispy photos in dark situations or in other vibrating situations (like riding an elephant).
  • Unable to reach Flickr, image unavailable Canon 60mm F/2.8 USM Macro, a great macro lens, and Canon's only macro with EF-S fitting. Because of the EF-S, it can be smaller, lighter than its EF siblings and still stay fast. I'm having great fun with this one.
  • Unable to reach Flickr, image unavailable Canon 85mm F/1.8 USM, my fastest lens. Excellent for portraits, and also very versatile in low-light situations.
  • Unable to reach Flickr, image unavailable Canon 70-300 F/4-5.6 IS USM, a lovely telezoom lens. The 300 mm allows me to photograph people without them noticing, and the image stabilizer allows me to zoom to 300mm and still get a sharp image - even hand-held. Great for performance shots.
  • Unable to reach Flickr, image unavailable Canon Speedlite 580EX II and 2x 430EX flashes. The combination of three flashes gives me complete, wireless control over the lighting.

Analogue gear

Bodies
Chinon CS
Praktica Super TL 1000
Optics
Auto Revenuon 55mm f/1.7
Panagor PMC Auto Tele Zoom Macro 75-205mm f/3.5
Kenlock Auto Tele converter 2x

Other gear

Bags
Lowepro Slingshot 200 AW
Lowepro Vertex 200 AW
Support
Manfrotto 190B tripod
Manfrotto mod 168 ball head
Velbon El Pod 64 monopod
Cullmann Magnesit ball head 10nm 40170
König KN-Trihead90
König ball head
Fomei VP-40 Tripod
Light stand
Light modifiers
Lumiquest III softbox
Lots of coloured gels for strobe heads
White shoot-through umbrella
Styrofoam cups
DIY black straw grid snoots
DIY white/silver/gold reflectors
White diffuser caps
Cleaning
HAMA lens pen
Giotto cleaning fluid
Giotto blower
Eclipse sensor swabs and fluid
Visible Dust Arctic Butterfly pro