Mike’s Photography Equipment

People regularly ask about the equipment I use. Please remember that photography is a very broad art and the tools that I use are specific to my areas of interest, primarily nature and sports photography. While my camera bodies change quite regularly, my collection of lenses and other accessories changes much less frequently.

Note, this list does not include video specific equipment (although I do shoot video with my DSLRs).

All bodies, lenses and flashes listed below are CANON. Accessories manufactured by other companies are specifically noted.

Cameras, Lenses & Flashes

  • 1 x Canon 5D Mark II digital body
  • 1 x Canon 7D digital body
  • 16-35mm f2.8
  • 28-70 f2.8
  • 50mm f1.4
  • 70 – 200mm f2.8
  • 100mm f2.8 macro
  • 135mm f/2.0
  • 200-400mm f4 (when Canon finally ships it!)
  • 300mm f2.8
  • 600mm f4
  • EF 1.4x II tele-converter
  • Speedlite 550 EX Flash
  • Speedlite 420 EX Flash
  • Macro Twin Lite MT-24EX Flash system

    Accessories

  • Gitzo 1548 heavy-duty tripod
  • Manfrotto 393 gimbal head
  • Cameron flash bracket (for use with gimbal head)
  • Manfrotto 190QCB tripod
  • Manfrotto 325RC ball head
  • Manfrotto 680B Monopod
  • Naneu Pro K5 Camera Backpack (for overnight hikes)
  • Naneu Pro K4L Camera Backpack (for day hikes)
  • Hensel StudioTecknik studio strobes kit (2 x 500W, 1 x 250W)
  • Lowepro LensTrekker 600AW ii (for 600mm lens)
  • Lowepro Camera Bags
  • Pocket Wizard radio slaves
  • Sekonic L-358 Light Meter
  • Compact flash cards by Sandisk

    Computers and Software (photography specific)

  • Mac Pro Dual Quad Core, w/ dual 24″ monitors, 3 x 1.5 TB HD, 9 Gb RAM
  • 6 TB eSata RAID
  • 17″ iMac
  • 21″ iMac
  • 11″MacBook Air
  • Sanyo digital projector
  • Adobe Photoshop CS4
  • Adobe Lightroom 3
  • Photomechanic
  • Portrait Professional (portrait airbrushing software)
  • Genuine Fractals (image resizing software)
  • Seagate and Western Digital external hard drives
  • 2 x 500 GB LaCie Portable Hard Drives



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