My Gear
Highlight of my
Thought process
I strongly believe that photographers should use whatever kind of camera—DSLR or mirrorless that they like and can afford. Personally I’m a thrifty shopper and many of the cameras that I use everyday were purchased as either used or as “refurbs.”
Over the years photographers have asked me about the kind of gear I use and this page is my answer for them and anyone else that’s interested. I tend keep most of my gear in specific bags so that I can grab one, two or three bags and go.
While I keep most of my gear in backpacks and cameras bags, I also keep chargers for each of the cameras in each backpack and use an Avery label maker to identify each charger so there’s no confusion. I keep my film cameras in classic Billingham bags but only my digital gear is listed below.
A list of my
DSLR GEAR
- Canon EOS 5D Mark I and EOS 60D camera bodies
- Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
- Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
- Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
- Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
- Canon EF 135mm f/2.8 SF
- Canon EF-S 15-85mm IS USM
- Canon EF-S 18-55mm
- Canon EF-S 22-55mm
- Gossen Luna-Star F2 light meter
- Canon Speedlite 580EX II
- Canon Speedlite 550EX
- Canon MR-14EX Macro Ring Lite
A list of my
FILM GEAR
- Details Coming Soon
A list of my
Mirrorless gear
- Olympus E-P3, Olympus EM-10 Mark I
- Olympus EM-5 Mark I, Olympus PEN-F
- Olympus M. Zuiko 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 II R lenses
- Olympus M. Zuiko 17mm f/2.8 lens
- Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 25mm f/1.8 lens
- Olympus M. Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens
- Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens
- Olympus M. Zuiko Olympus 15mm f/8 Body Cap lens, 9mm f/8.0 Fisheye Body Cap Lens
- Olympus M. Zuiko 40-150mm f/4-5.6 lens
- Panasonic Lumix GX1, GF3 and VF-1 viewfinder
- Panasonic Lumix GX1, converted to Hyper Color IR by LifePixel
- Panasonic Lumix GX85
- Panasonic Lumix G5 & Lumix G6, converted to infrared by LifePixel
- Panasonic Lumix GH4, Panasonic Lumix G ASPH/mega OIS 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6
- Panasonic Lumix 12.5mm 3D lens, Lumix 12-32mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH lens
- Panasonic Leica DG Macro-Elmarit 45mm f/2.8 ASPH. ASPH/mega OIS lens
LifePixel
does a great job with IR conversions and have done most of my Canon DSLRs and all of my Panasonic Lumix G-series cameras. This is not a paid or sponsored endorsement, just my experience.
My book, The Complete Guide to Digital Infrared Photography is currently out-of-print with used copies available from Amazon for less than ten bucks, as I write this. Creative Digital Monochrome Effects has a chapter on IR photography and is available from Amazon with used copies selling for around $4.00.