Long Exposure #6 : My photography Equipment

After filling the form on photoblogs.com and DPChallenge this week, I realized that I have never shared with you my photography equipment.
Here’s a picture of the bag we took for last weeks photo walk in Greenwood cemetery

The bag is a wonder from Petrol. It is the DSLR Camera Rollpak. Celine loves to roll it and I find it personally more convenient to put is a backpack.

Here’s what you can see in the bag in the picture above (from left to right):

• Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
• Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM
• Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
• Canon DSLR 50D (body) and Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM (lens)
• Celine’s Canon DSLR 5D Mark III (body) and Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
• Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
• Canon EF 180mm f/3.5L Macro USM

Not in the picture but in the bag, we also had spare batteries and memory cards as well as a cleaning kit for the lens and a cover should it start to rain.
To be complete here’s the list of lenses that didn’t make the cut this time but we could take with us next time:

• Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
• Canon EF 24mm f/2.8 IS USM
• Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 (sorry no link as the version we have is not made anymore)
• Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III

IS stands for Image Stabilizer.
USM stands for Ultrasonic Motor.

We used to have a Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II. It was the king of the quality/price in our house and you can still buy it for about 100$. We loved it so much that when the first one broke down (dropped on the floor and exploded) we immediately bought a new one. The second one just died on us (the focus can’t be trusted anymore) and we will replace it eventually with his big brother the Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM.
We also have a Canon MPE-65 that is amazing to do macro shots if you are able to do the focus.

Snow shot with the Canon MPE-65

I love the 100-400mm for the very powerful zoom and the 85mm for the intimate depth of field. If I were to play and win the lottery I would probably by this lens from Sigma.

We have also several accessories:

• 2 flash Canon Speedlite 550EX
• 1 flash Macro Twin Lite MT-24EX
• 1 Manfrotto 190XPROB
• 1 flexible gorillapod

Don’t hesitate to contact me or leave a comment if you have any question regarding this equipment or would just like to share your equipment or dream equipment.

By Sebastien Grobelny