What’s in George's bag?
I’ve been a Nikon shooter for a long time. With the advent of the digital revolution, I became an early convert in 1999 although for a while I did carry both film and digital (yeah, I know - "chicken"). Almost ten years later, my current “arsenal” includes:
Nikon Bodies: D3 and D700
Nikon Lenses: 14-24mm f/2.8
24-70mm f/2.8
70-200mm f/2.8 VR
200-400mm f/4 VR
TC-14E II 1.4X Teleconverter
Gitzo GT3450XLS Carbon Fiber Tripod with Really Right Stuff BH-55 Ballhead
Nikon SB 900 and SB 800 Flash, Better Beamer flash extender
Specialty Lenses: Macro: Nikon 200mm f/4 Micro
Filters: Niikon circular polarizers, Canon D500 Close-Up Filter
Accessories: Wimberly Sidekick, Nikon remote releases.
Both camera bodies, all four zoom lenses, teleconverter and all accessories I need fit very nicely into my Think Tank Airport Acceleration backpack that fits in the overheads and under seats of every plane I've flown, including some rather small ones. With today's restrictions, tripods go in checked luggage. If I don't need my big lens (for our non-wildlife travels to places like Tuscany), I'll switch to the lighter Gitzo1530 carbon fiber tripod with the Kirk BH-3 ball head. When we travel by car, we take everything!
Workshops I’ll teach in 2010
January 24 - 30 Yellowstone National Park (with Tom Bol) - our fourth consecutive winter; a sellout every time
April 14 –18 Arches & Canyonlands National Parks (with Tom Bol and Matt Kloskowski of NAPP)
May 19 - 23 Monument Valley including an overnight at Hunts Mesa (with Tom Bol)
June 16 - 20 Grand Teton National Park
July 14 – 18 Colorado Wildflowers – Crested Butte
October 13 - 17 Acadia National Park (with Tom Bol)
For information on these workshops, please visit http://www.gaphotoworks.com
Marilu's Bag - the lighter approach
Marilu uses the D300 and D200 Nikon Bodies. For lenses, she carries a 12-24mm f/4, an 18-200 f/4.5-5.6 VR, a 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 VR and an 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR. For macro work, she uses a 180mm f/4 Micro.
She also carries the Gitzo 1530 with the Kirk BH-3 head.
All our camera bodies and lenses are fitted with Arca-Swiss type quick release plates by Really Right Stuff or Kirk Photo.