What’s In Adam’s Camera Bag?
Using the Lowepro Photo Sport 200AW at the Grand Canyon
On any given day, whether I’m up shooting in the mountains, exploring a canyon in the desert, or roaming the streets of Santa Fe, I will typically grab my camera and just two lenses, and hit the trail.
Over the years I’ve owned a lot of equipment and I’ve hauled it with me into the wilderness, but nowadays I tend to shoot with one camera body and a couple lenses. Why? In my opinion carrying too much gear leads to too many choices typically resulting in the photographer spending too much time trying to decide what lens he or she is going to shoot with; the end result is that you miss the shot.
You may notice that I own several camera bags. Well, I’m a confessed camera bag junkie, plus I’m sponsored by Lowepro. Ideally I’d only own one “perfect” bag, but there’s a problem with that…there is no perfect bag. Rather there are bags that are perfect for a certain job, shooting style, or situation.
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> Camera Bodies
> Lenses
> Flash & Lightning Accessories
- Canon Speedlite 580EX II
- Canon OC-E3 Off-Camera Shoe Cord
- LumiQuest SoftBox LQ-107
- LumiQuest SoftBox LTp
- LumiQuest UltraStrap
- Gary Fong Half-Cloud Lightsphere
- Gary Fong Cloud Lightsphere
- Gary Fong Power Snoot
- Honl Color Correction & Color Effects Filter (gel) Kits
- Honl Flash Filter (gel) Roll-Up Case
- AlienBees CyberSync Transmitters & Receivers
> Tripods & Heads
- Gitzo GT3540LS Carbon Fiber Tripod
- Gitzo GT2541 Carbon Fiber Tripod
- Kirk Enterprises BH-1 Ballhead
- Acratech GV2 Ballhead with Kirk quick-release clamp
- Kirk Enterprises L-Brackets & Lens Plates
> Camera Bags, Packs, & Cases
- Lowepro Photo Sport 200 AW ~ for staying light and very mobile
- Lowepro Pro Trekker 300 AW ~ the main bag
- Lowepro DryZone 200 ~ for very wet conditions
- Lowepro TopLoader Pro 70 AW
- Lowepro Classified 250 AW
- Lowepro SlipLock pouch – various sizes
> Filters
- Singh-Ray Reverse Neutral-Density Filter, 3-stop
- Lee Graduated Neutral-Density Filter, 2-stop, Soft-edge
- Lee Graduated Neutral-Density Filter, 3-stop, Hard-edge
- Lee “Big Stopper” Neutral Density Filter
- Lee FK Foundation Kit Filter Holder and Adapter Rings
- Lee 105mm Accessory Ring
- Hoya HD slim circular polarizing filters*
- Marumi Super DHG slim Circular Polarizing Filter
- B+W 105mm Kaeseman Polarizing Filter ~ fits to the front of the Lee system
> Miscellaneous Photographic Equipment
- 112GB of SanDisk Extreme Compact flashcards
- Hot shoe bubble level
- Canon RS-80n3 remote switch
- Canon TC-80n3 timer remote control
- Vortex Media Storm Jacket camera cover
- BlackRapid RS-4 & RS-5 Camera Straps
- Lots of Lenspens
- Microfiber Cloths
- Residual-Oil-Remover (ROR) fluid
>Safety & Survival Equipment
- McMurdo Fast Find 210 Personal Locator Beacon with GPS
- Rescue Laser Flare® Magnum by Greatland Laser
- Leatherman Charge TTI – MultiTool
- Petzl Tikka XP 2 LED Headlamp
- Adventure Medical Kits UltraLight / Watertight First-Aid Kit
- Adventure Medical Kits Pocket Survival Pak (Survival kit)
> Equipment I have owned in the past:
- Canon AE-1 – film ( I wish I hadn’t sold this camera)
- Canon EOS Elan II – film
- Canon EOS 1n – film
- Canon EOS Digital Rebel – the original
- Canon EOS 5D
- Canon EOS 50D
- Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM (3 copies)
- Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM (great lens, I wish I hadn’t sold it)
- Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM
- Canon TS-E 45mm f/2.8 Tilt Shift (2 copies)
- Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
- Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM (3 copies)
- Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM
- Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM
- Canon EF 300mm f/4L USM
- Canon EF 300mm f/4L IS USM
- Canon EF 100-300mm f/5.6L IS (my first “L” series lens)
- Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
- Canon Speedlite 430EX
- Nikon D40 & kit lens
- Nikon AF-S Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF
- 16-9.net adapter for the Nikon lens
- Tamron 24-135mm f/3.5-5.6
- Tokina AF193 19-35mm f/3.5-4.5 (2 copies – the plastic fantastic!)
- Tokina AT-X 124 12-24mm f/4
* The Hoya HD filters are made with some of the best glass and polarizing materials in the industry, but in my experience, the filter assembly is prone to failure. You might be asking yourself how does a filter fail? Simple…the two halves come apart. I’ve had this happen numerous times to both 67mm and 77mm Hoya “HD” filters including once on a backpacking trip in the Grand Canyon, luckily I had a backup…unfortunately it was another Hoya HD filter. I’m currently in the process of switching to Marumi Super DHG Slim Polarizing filters, doing so as the Hoya HDs fail. Where can you purchase Marumi Super DHG Slim Polarizers?…2filter.com
