From the beginning of my photography adventure to now I collected and bought a lot of equipment.
If you’re a beginning photographer don’t worry – you can do good photos without a lot of these items (that’s what I did in my first days too). But they’re helpful if you own them and make your life as a photographer more confortable…
Camera bodies
- Nikon D800 (36 MP)
- Nikon D3 (12 Mp)
- Nikon D700 (12 MP)
- Nikon D7000 (16 MP)
Lenses
- Nikon 14-24mm 2.8
- Nikon 24-70mm 2.8
- Nikon 70-200mm 2.8
- Nikon TC-20E II
- Nikon 35mm 2.0
- Nikon 50mm 1.4G
- Nikon 85mm 1.4G
- LensBaby Composer
Flashes
- Nikon SB-800 (5x)
- Nikon SB-900 (2x)
- Nikon SU-800
- Nikon SD-8A Battery-Packs (3x)
- Elinchrom Quadra with 2 A-Heads
- Elinchrom Ranger RX Speed AS with one A- & S-Head
- Elinchrom D-Lite 4
- Elinchrom D-Lite 2
Light formers & Flash Accessory
- Lastolite EzyBox HotShoe 60 x 60 cm (24′ x 24′)
- Lastolite EzyBox HotShoe 46 x 46 cm (18′ x 18′)
- Lastolite Tri-Flip
- Lastolite Tri-Grip
- Lastolite Skylite Panels (all three sizes)
- Elinchrom Octabox 135cm
- C-Stand Manfrotto 2033 (2x)
- Flash Mounting Solution for Nikon SB-800 & SB-900
- Double Flash Holder Morris MTH-203 umbrella tilt head
- Colored flash gels for tungsten and fluorescent light and for special color effects
Wireless Trigger
- Pocketwizard MiniTT1 for Nikon
- Pocketwizard FlexTT5 for Nikon (3x)
- Pocketwizard AC3 Zonecontroller
- Pocketwizard Plus II (2x)
- Pocketwizard MultiMax (2x)
- Pocketwizard ST-4 for Elinchrom Ranger RX
Memorycards
- CF Lexar Professional 300x (16GB)
- CF Lexar Professional 400x (16GB)
- CF SanDisk Extreme III und IV (4 & 8 GB)
- SDHC Lexar Professional 133x (16GB)
- SDHC SanDisk Extreme 30 MB/s (16GB)
Batteries
- for SB-800 and SB-900: Eneloop 2000 mAh (the best you can use!)
Accessory (Pods for cameras)
- Tripod Manfrotto 055B
- Ball head Manfrotto
- Monopod Manfrotto with pistol grip
Accessory (Stands for flashes)
- C-Stand Manfrotto 2033 (2x)
- Compact stands for nikon system flashes (3x), Manfrotto 5001B
- Manfrotto Boom-Stand
Accessory (Bags & Backpacks)
- ThinkTankPhoto Airport Security V2
- ThinkTankPhoto Airport International V2
- ThinkTankPhoto LensChanger 3
- Tamrac Expedition 8
- Tamrac Pro 12
- LowePro Belt Pack
- LowePro LensCases
- Pelicase 1510 (1x)
Accessory (Computer)
- iMac 27″ i5, 8GB RAM (early 2010)
- MacBook Pro 13″ (late 2010)
- UMTS/HSDPA-Stick from T-Mobile
- Lexar USB Cardreader (2x)
- Spyder 3 monitor calibration tool
Accessory (Other)
- Walkie talkies (4x)