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Ok, some may think that its not THAT big gear, but I want to tell why I choose to upgrade my actual photogear any why in THAT way I did.
At the #fedora-art channel we have a small “which gear do you have” chat and some there convincedme to make a short blogpost. Maybe they follow up on this *hint*

First, the “Standard Layout”

I have a “Standard” Canos EOS cam with some standard 18-55mm lens. No big deal. But I want to be very flexible in the usage (change quickly for different situations) like on one day some portraits, on the other day some Streetfotography and on the third some stills and at night some red carpet and press footage shootings. So the following would be MY personal (that can and will differ from others I know e.g. kushal and nicu …) todays rig. I will explain some later…

So, here the explanations. First of all you would probably recognized that I taped the logo with black tape.Thats because nowadays people look concentrated at a camera and think “a, I know that model” or “Oh, what a nice thing” and sometimes want to talk with you about the cam. But most of the time you (in this case “I”) want to be some more guy in the crowd taking pictures. You should not recognize me so much. In pressphotography it could help (some give a sh** about it, but … anyway). Second thougts where about the lenses. I have a 50mm / f1,8 for portraits, the 18-55mm as “all day lens” and the 55-200mm (quick & dirty shots)/ f3-5,6 as my Tele (landscape, press, portraits). Then you can see a battery grip. I have that for two purposes: for once you get huge battery life so you can shoot over days without thinking “Oh, will my battery hold so long? do I have to charge? where is my poersupply?” and so on. The second thing is that it has a second  shutter release button in the 90degree position so if you shoot in portrait format you must not bend your hands …

Then there is the flash trigger on the top. I decided to use several flashguns (at this time I have one Metz mecablitz from the 42series, one “old” analog Photo Porst Flashgun and one anlogish no-name with 6 (!) batteries in it) like these, because I can do portrait shootings, fashion, etc. and also have them e.g. at events placed behind big PA at the stage and have some mood backlight. I can carry only one for press coverage with me or several ones and position them carefully. Also if you shoot in the nature portable studio lights are mostly expensive and you have to carry them if you want longlife light. With 2-3 Flashguns and a 4-Chanel remote Trigger you can do much of the work you want. And if I want to do REALLY good pics … there are some studios here around which I can use. That will not necessary be all over the world, but … you know

Then there is that small thingy on the left side of the camera. Thats a small USB-stick sized video-cam which records the footage on a 4GB micro-sdhc card. So on fotoshootings or at press events I can film and shoot and have a kind of that someone else is filming. Also I can concentrate on the shooting itself and the extra cam do the rest.

Also that gear is as I said very flexible and small in packing. And Paul: Yes, you can order all over the iphone via amazon if you want or I can give you  – and all others  – some quite more inexpensive Links. Oh, I forget to mention that non of the additional parts (except the 50mm lens) is original brand. I’m only a poor little administrator guy … but if anybody think that I need an upgrade feel free to klick HERE and support me. Donations are allways welcome.