South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, and Zambia
Photographic Equipment
This is a brief list of the equipment I took with me on this trip. Not all of it was used. Because of the dusty environment, two camera bodies were essential to avoid changing lenses, which would have dirtied the camera sensors. A third camera – the Panasonic – was used for street shooting and other casual use.
Cameras
- Canon EOS 1D Mark III — 10 megapixel digital SLR
- Canon EOS 20D — 8 megapixel digital SLR
- Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX2 — 10 megapixel point-and-shoot
Lenses (for 1D Mark III and 20D)
- Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L — surprisingly, not used
- Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L — mostly used on the 20D
- Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS — used on the 1D III
- Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 — used for low light, indoor shooting
- Tamron 1.4x teleconverter — not used
Miscellaneous
- Gitzo G1027 (travel) tripod w/Really Right Stuff BH-25 ballhead
- Really Right Stuff L-brackets
- SafariSack — beanbag support; not used
- B+W/Hoya filters (CP, 3-stop ND, UV)
- Canon 580EX II flash, with Better Beamer flash extender — not used
- Compact flash (CF) cards: 1@8GB, 2@4GB, 1@2GB, 2@1GB — 20GB total
- Secure digital (SD) cards: 3@2GB — 6GB total
- Epson P2000 (40GB photo drive)
- Nexto CF Ultra (120GB photo drive)
- Arctic Butterfly (sensor cleaning tool)
