If you haven't had a chance yet to read my blog post on How I Got Here, you may want to check that out since it explains some of the equipment choices you see below. When buying pretty much anything I research the issue to death and make the purchase only when convinced it's the right decision...for me. In general, when making purchases I follow these two principles: get the best that I can afford, and get the right tool for the job.
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MY GEAR
Canon EOS R6 Mark II
RF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro
RF 50mm f/1.2 L
Control Ring EF-EOS R
I got great advice from a colleague - went mirrorless for my first camera and couldn't be more pleased.
Great lens for close-up shots; also a very good lens for portraits.
One of the best auto-focus primes on the market. Outstanding lens.
For using EF lenses on an RF mount camera.
Sigma Art 50mm f1.4
B+W ND Filters
Sigma WR Clear Filters
Heliopan UV SH-PMC Filter
My first lens and it has been great. I purchased it used from KEH.com.
Excellent filters. I have the 3-stop and 6-stop.
For lens protection
MindShift Gear BackLight 18L
Think Tank Photo Mirrorless Mover 25
Peak Design Slide Camera Strap
Manfrotto XPRO 3-Way
I really like Think Tank & Mindshift products. This is a great backpack.
For those times I just want to carry the camera and one lens.
Being able to connect and disconnect the strap quickly is worth every penny for this strap.
Tripod Head
Sunwayfoto L-Bracket
Sunwayfoto Nodal Slide
Manfrotto MT190XPRO4
Manfrotto XPRO 3-Way
Very helpful when needing to change quickly between landscape and portrait orientation.
Extremely helpful tool for taking panorama photos.
Tripod. I bought it used from KEH.com.
Tripod Head. I bought it used from KEH.com.
SanDisk Extreme PRO SSD
Godox Litemons LP600R
Westcott Octa-M Softbox
Westcott FJ-X3M Trigger & FJ-80II Speedlight
Solid state drive for photo storage.
Versatile RGB LED panel with barn doors for directing the output.
36" Softbox with inner and outer diffuser
Westcott universal trigger for off camera flash;
Westcott FJ80II Speedlight
System76 Laptop
Adobe Lightroom Classic
Adobe Photoshop
Helicon Focus
Linux laptop with 64Gb of RAM. For photo editing I run a Windows virtual machine, allocating 32Gb of RAM. Works pretty well.
I use Lightroom classic for photo management and nearly all editing.
I use Photoshop very little - it is there when I need it because it comes with an Adobe Creative Cloud account.
