My tools
Cameras I use
I’m sort of a gadget geek. I do make purchases hastily and don’t always have real need to all the stuff I buy. Too often I have ordered stuff that “I can not live without”, only to realize that, I have no real use or need for it, after I receive the package. But such is life – the curse of internet shopping.
Some people spend their money buying cars, some drink and smoke, some make children… I buy stuff I like.
At the moment my camera gear list is somewhat as follows:
- Nikon D700 camera body
- Nikkor 50mm f1.2 Ais
- Nikkor 50mm f1.8 Ais “pancake”
- Nikkor 50mm f1.8 AF-D
- Nikkor 24mm f3.5 PC-E tilt & shift lens
- Nikkor 85mm f1.4 AF-D
- Kiron “Lester Dine” 105mm f2.5 macro lens
- Nikkor 180mm f2.8 AF-D
- Nikkor 14 – 24mm f2.8 zoom
- Nikkor 24 – 85mm f2.8-4 zoom
- Nikkor 70 – 300mm f4.5 – 5.6 AF-S VR II zoom
- Sigma 120 – 300mm f2.8 telezoom
- Sigma 150mm f2.8 macro
- 2 SB-600 flash units
- 1 SB-900 flash unit
- SU-800 flash control unit
- 2 tripods (Manfrotto & Feisol)
- several bags, filters, batteries etc …
That was my Nikon stuff. But I do need a smaller camera to carry along always. So I have also
- Panasonic GF-1 + 20mm f1.7
So, what separates an amateur from a professional. Amateur have more and expensive gear than the pro. To prove that true I may need to buy a Nikon D3x, 24 – 70mm f2.8 and 70 – 200mm f2.8 zooms. You see, as an amateur I do not need to justify my purchases with the profit I can make with them.