LET'S TALK GEAR | What's in my Landscape Photography bag?
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- Опубликовано: 1 авг 2024
- From self-isolation in my back garden I bring you a complete run through of all my landscape photography gear - a 'What's in my bag 2020' video! I last did one of these videos over two years ago in my RUclips infancy, so my setup has changed quite significantly over that time plus I have had a major Ebay clearout of underused gear lately. Hopefully this video should be interesting and give some insights into my equipment. Thanks for watching and if you have not yet subscribed please smash that button for future videos from me. Save Lives - Stay at Home! Take care everyone - more relevant than ever before! 🙏
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*My full equipment list at the time of filming this video*
CAMERA & LENSES
Main Landscape Photography Camera - amzn.to/33Mu2gA
My Main Lens - amzn.to/2UEPQps
My Wide-Angle Lens - amzn.to/2UExPHt
My Telephoto Lens - amzn.to/2G7X95M
My Astrophotography Lens - amzn.to/2GTz5nB
ACCESSORIES
Camera Bag - amzn.to/2CYiVoT
Main Tripod - amzn.to/2mPHdg2
Geared Tripod Head - amzn.to/2mrwQyz
Hiking Tripod - amzn.to/2JnldkM
Shutter Release Cable - amzn.to/2JyVVjL
Head Torch - amzn.to/37dwBKu
Micro Fibre Cleaning Cloths - amzn.to/2rbeBzL
Spare Main Camera Batteries - amzn.to/2NZr1nw
L Bracket - SunwayFoto PNL-D850
First Aid Kit - amzn.to/3auhxJC
Lens Cleaning Pen - amzn.to/33Q6EiY
Lens Cleaning Fluid - amzn.to/3aqAXiP
Dust Blower - amzn.to/2UpqNZZ
Len Condensation Heater - amzn.to/2w0aj1c
Filter Lens Caps - amzn.to/2UIQiEB
VLOGGING GEAR
Vlogging Camera - amzn.to/2wNdx8D
Vlogging Lens - amzn.to/2Uo9MQ0
Vlogging Tripod - amzn.to/2QxTsul
Vlogging Microphone - amzn.to/2BYvKzk
Variable ND Filter - amzn.to/3dEs32S
Spare Vlogging Camera Batteries - amzn.to/3aCLMOw
Action Camera - amzn.to/39smJfT
Action Camera tripod - amzn.to/2UosM0A
Action Camera microphone - amzn.to/2y8e3OH
Action Camera microphone adapter - amzn.to/33U2Eho
Action Camera dash mount - amzn.to/2JnE2nG
PHOTOGRAPHY FILTERS
Circular Polariser - amzn.to/2UAmPLp
2 Stop Soft Edge ND - amzn.to/2qiY9Ob
2 Stop Hard Edge ND - amzn.to/37jusgr
10 Stop ND - amzn.to/2D42s2h
6 Stop ND - amzn.to/37gMRud
2, 3 & 4 Stop NDs - amzn.to/2JpFp5Q
Filter Holder - amzn.to/2Xt1hmB
Filter Carrying Pouch - amzn.to/2CUvRMy
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if you want to control the traffic just put a two signs up a few meters from your house "caution, nudest area ahead', you'll get some slow moving traffic then :P
James I shoot an 850 backed up by a 750 and if truth be told, for "knocking around" photography (grandkids, kids, grandkids sports, odd street work) I prefer the 750. Light, fast operating, quality image (sensor/processor),it's just a nice experience. I love the 850 and what it does, but if I need to replace it, it would be with a 780.
Interesting insights. I've shot with both extensively - the D850 is hands down the better camera technically but I totally get where you're coming from. The d750 is one of the best cameras ever made IMO for when it was made and what it offers
@@JamesBrewphoto I agree. When I'm shooting (or trying to shoot) "portfolio" images, from my experience in the printing trades I go for maximum resolution, therefore the 850. But I'm not a big guy and I tend to shoot older AF-d lenses. I have my 80-200 f2.8 on my 850 right now and it's like a small howitzer and about as heavy. It also does a beautiful job. But when I go t a family function with kids and grandkids, it's 750 with the 35-105 AF-d all the way. There's an asian guy who put up a video comparing directly in a way that gives good data the 750 to the 780. I wouldn't trade "up" just to trade, but when the time comes, it would be the smart move.
Awesome video.. Just building up a kit of my own, Thx for the guideline!
Thnx James. Stay well.
Buy a backpack (not a camera bag).And stick in a small camera insert to protect your gear..Companies like "F-Stop" or Tenba make them. There are loads. Much more comfortable. And you then have room for food, drinks, waterproofs etc. Get a bag like a Mammut Trion.Has openings front and back. Brilliant solution and extremely comfortable.
Thanks for the suggestion - I will look into this idea for sure 👍
@@JamesBrewphoto Also check out Peak Design.
Love the CD tip. Tossing some of them in my bag tonight!
I really enjoyed this video. Thanks for taking time out to make this and already looking forward to your next. Cheers from Texas.
Thanks for watching Jason 🙂
Great tip with the CDs. I’ll definitely be packing some of those next time I’m shooting on sand.
Thanks James ..good to see you. Stay well we’ll all get through this. Keep up the fight.
Cheers Robert 👍 Keep well
Glad you're well James, stay safe my friend.
Thank you - you too
Interesting watch James. I use same camera bag also 18-35g Nikon lens and 24-85g Nikon and 70 300 vr g lens. Stay safe and keep well.
Thanks for watching John - take care
Really enjoyed it. Cheers
Thanks for watching
Good review vlog. I use the Format Hitech filters and fins them to be perfect for landscape. 😄
Cheers John - yeah they are really decent 👍
i use the M50 as my only camera, its pretty great for stills, i use it with the sigma 100-400 with and without x2 for wildlife mostly.
i've also gotten 2mm of macro on the sensor, which is crazy macro, great starter camera
Good review of your gear James. I often think the perfect camera bag is the landscape photographers 'white whale' and I have still to find one I'm really happy with. Stay safe and thanks for sharing
Thanks Ralph - yeah absolutely. I suspect I'll never find my photo bag 'soul mate' haha 😂
I recently picked up a Benro GD3wh head, love it, especially with 10lbs of camera and lens on it. I also picked up a RF radio trigger (pixel RW-221) for when I want a person in the shot, and I am the only one around.
Nice tip on the RF trigger 👍
Nice video mate.
I can highly recommend the kase filter kit mate if your thinking of changing brand..
Stay safe mate.
Thanks for the suggestion Craig! 👍
I am not sure if Samsonite makes any camera gear bags, but if they do, I wouldn't hesitate for a second to buy it. I have very very expensive laptops ,ranging from 3 and up, and Samsonite will be the only,only,and only bag brand I will ever trust. I've had 1 for 10 years, and I have put it into all sorts of awful conditions,from rain to snow to mud,etc,and it still looks like brand new.
www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/890483-REG/Samsonite_49964_1062_Backpack_Camera_Case.html
Some nice equipment, however, I would opt for a second body just in case. I have just acquired the D780 to replace my D800. We all have our favorites.
Excellent and balanced post, James! Interspersed footage and images a real plus, a cut above the typical “my bag” YT vid. Brewism “sinky” too😁. You clearly put as much thought and care into your kit as you do in your compositions. Good that your lens choice takes in non-Nikon stuff. If weight continues to be an issue, perhaps now is a good time to switch to lighter format/mirrorless camera system.
Expected landscape kit something like “In this comparment: leading lines. Over here, foreground/background. In bottle there’s neutral density slow moving water. And in pouch a bit of lichen to add interest... “😂.
Do you have “adopt a road” program in Isle of Man? I USA if you litter patrol a road segment, you can get your name posted on a sign as the road “adopter.” (no kidding.)
Cabin fever plus scarcity of new gear to review appears to be stressing out photo YT channels - they start posting “bag” stuff, “do at home tips”, “my workflow/edits” and countless Q&A livestreams; scrounging for new content. “Artsy/fartsy” not so bad after all. Hang in there, James.
Cheers Paul. Yes I will be switching to a mirrorless system for sure. Going to wait for the virus situation to improve first before doing this as the switch is likely to be costly and finances are a little stretched currently. I'm a lifelong Nikon shooter but for the first time I am potentially looking at other systems. If I am going to change I will also switch lenses to native mirrorless lenses - so this presents a unique opportunity in many ways. I want to stay full frame and want camera systems with new improved wider mounts - so for me its Nikon V Canon. Currently Nikon have the better mirrorless bodies whilst Canon have the better mirrorless lenses although with the upcoming Canon R5 & R6 Canon may soon be better in both aspects. Interesting times! Watch this space 👍
Benro 38 is a great tripod...soo sturdy...doubled with a benro G3 ( bit heavy ) but built like a tank ...
Totally agree David
I agree with the Lowepro flip side. Have the aw 500 and aw 400. I don't see anything short term abut a d750 for landscapes man! Keep the L bracket. Look up the wooden handle you can get for the Pentax 6x7 film camera. That L bracket looks like it would do the same thing. Good for hand holding?
Hi James. Thanks for this video. To keep our (spouse) sanity we do daily some walking around the block keeping at least 6 feet apart from each others. I feel a bit bad about myself, having such a great camera that is like new after 5 years and jumping lately to a new X-T2+XF18-55 OIS; XF 14 F2.8; XF 50-140 F2.8 OIS, thinking they would be the perfect kit for walking around and doing landscape. I bought a new bag and after walking less than an hour, started to feel the weight on my shoulders and my back. When I returned home I weighted the Fuji kit with all three lenses and found it was over 8.3 pounds, without carrying a tripod & ball head. For the D750 I bought years ago a Tamron 15-30 F2.8 VC, (heavy lens) fantastic lens with exceptional resistance to flare, that I use last summer for a wedding D800 + Nikon SB900 + Joe Mcnally Lastolite speed-lite 2 with great results, but I came back exhausted after being shooting there only a few hours. Last year I bought a second hand D800 with only 31K shots, and I like it a lot particularly for cropping. I think I will stop buying camera bodies and buy only great lenses. The Fuji APS-C lenses are great but quite expensives. The best Nikon value is the 50 F1.8 G lens, it is cheap lighyweight and absolutely great in resolution and contrast at almost any apertures.
Its seems difficult to have a lightweight travelling kit that is also of high resolution. Maybe the solution is to shoot with another photographer and share lenses distributing the total weight of the lenses.
James I love your work... to all keep hope we should survive to this pandemia... I survive in in december and january.1998 in canada at 27 days without electricity
Totally agree with your thoughts Luke and thanks for your kind words. Not sure what i'll do going forwards but any change is likely to be some time away at the moment. Fingers crossed for the virus situation to improve
@@walkingmeditation61 I have purchased a Z7 - will be doing a review of this camera soon hopefully
Stay safe!
You too Chris
You forgot the wellies. If you get PTFE white grease and put a tiny amount on your filter thread, The filter should never stick.
Haha the most vital bit of equipment!! I think generally there are lighter filter setups, so I'm going to look for something less bulky as I really want to streamline my stuff. Need to wait for the virus situation to improve first though - could be quite some time! Hope you are keeping well Derek
You too mate, wellies are the only photographic piece of equipment that you can dig the garden with.
Have a look at the flipside trek range, I've got the 350 version as I've switched to Fuji for landscape and it's a great bag for a day in the field 👍and have a look at Fuji as everything is smaller and lighter and so can your tripod aswell
Thanks for the suggestions! I do like the look of the XT-4 the only thing that puts me off is the crop sensor as I like low light astro shooting. Other than that it looks pretty stellar. My next camera will 100% be mirrorless....just not sure which 😂
@@JamesBrewphoto youve got the nikon for that, ive gotta canon 6d with a 20mm prime for astro, but all mirrorless are small no matter which brand you choose.
Try f-stop bags or Shimoda X50 series ;)
Thank you for any useful tips.
Maybe you will like the Shimoda Action X bag
Thanks - I now have a Shimoda bag and love it
Your kit has changed, after it went in the wash.😱🤦♂️ most of my glass is Canon L so heavy but also most are F4. My geared head slows me down so I have time to think.
I thought you had the TT going on the background. 🙉🤷♂️👍👍👍😷 Wash your hands and keep well.
Haha I may as well have had the TT behind me - ridiculous how many people were out! Too many people not taking it seriously enough. Take care of yourself 👍
Has the insurance company still not paid out yet, James?. I find that circular filters will stick because of too much squeezing pressure. Try pushing down and turning at the same time.
Yes they have paid out now thankfully. I am holding back from making any gear changes though given the current virus situation etc. I've tried every trick in the book with the filters, the lee circular polariser (the old type) is just poorly designed with its tiny gripping surface. I'll be switching to something different at some point in the future no doubt 👍
Hope you’re managing to stay sane James, in these difficult times. Like you, I was surprised at the amount of traffic going past. Have you considered the Nikon 24-120mm lens? Weighs in at 710g, so not heavy and a very versatile range. Not considered particularly sharp by many, but I’m quite happy with mine on the D850, even Adam Gibbs, who I admire, uses one. Stay safe mate. Atb
Staying sane...for now but this is likely to be my last video for a while I fear as I really don't want to just create stuff for the sake of it. In all likelihood i'm going to switch to a mirrorless system and will take it as an opportunity to switch to mirrorless native lenses too. I may not even stick with Nikon. Probably going to wait for the virus situation to improve before making any changes though. So watch this space. Take care Trevor
Tokina 16.5-135mm, in tamron range: 10-24mm Di ld or do hld, 17-50mm f2.8, or 16-300mm depending how much you’re willing to spend.
Nice vlog James, one question.... I have the same bag but want to know if most airlines accept it as carry on, at the moment I dare'nt risk it.
Thanks Colin - I have taken the bag on a few flights without issues. As long as its not packed with too much stuff I think it fits in overhead cabins fine
What’s your longer term plan for your camera body? D850, Z7 or something else?
Good question - I don't know but it will 100% be mirrorless. For me its Nikon V Canon....yes I may consider switching 😮 not likely to be anytime soon with all the virus chaos currently. Something to think about in my isolation
Good look inside your camera bag. About the lens filter being stuck, are you finding it becoming stuck if the filter is screwed on too tight and then going from a cool location to a warm or hot location? I've had this happen.
Yeah I think that is it but the polariser is so badly designed - the edge to grip to screw and unscrew is just a disaster waiting to happen. Going to ditch it at some point when the virus situation improves 👍
@@JamesBrewphoto That's good to know. Stay safe and be well.
What L bracket were you using for your Nikon D600....?
No office rubber band and no safety pins ??
Aaaaaargh, it didn't take long for the boredom to set in and the 'What's in my bag?' vlogs to come out. I must be bored as well as I watched it and started comparing your lenses to mine.
Stay away from people and enjoy the down time. I already look like Tom Hanks in Castaway after less than a week.
Haha yeah! This is probably going to be my last video for a while as I don't want to just churn out videos for the sake of it. RUclips is going to be flooded with editing and Q&A videos now. I'll be back when I feel motivated again. Take care Iain 👍
Hi. I recently bought a 24-70 from ebay. Everything including optics is perfect, but the zoom ring is much harder to move than the focus one. I also notice it gets stiffer at around 50mm. Is this normal? Should I return it? Thanks.
Dosen't sound particularly normal but it depends on the lens and its age I guess
Hey, loved this look at your gear James! I'm a new subscriber and an aspiring landscape photographer, your videos have made me seriously consider the nikon d750. I've been shooting on an old d300 for some time now and what are your thoughts on upgrading to the z6 vs the d750?
Thanks Nathan! For landscape photography there is little difference between the Z6 and D750 as their image sensor is almost identical. If you want to shoot video and have a more future proof body - the Z6 would be the better choice. If you want to save yourself a load of money - the D750 would be the better choice. Good luck
@@JamesBrewphoto those are some good points, thanks. Best wishes
ran out of video idea's right ? do a whats in my bag video,... you should upgrade to a D850, they be 2k euro on ebay. your photography will go up .
anyway james, all kidding aside,. how you doing ?
Somehow I lost your subscription. good job it flagged up again. As with most of us bored people a whats in my bag is quite welcome at the moment. I hope your keeping well.
Thanks for watching Mark 🙂