In the Camera Bag & Digital Darkroom:

 Like the old saying goes, “The best possible camera and lens you can have are the ones with you at the time.” With that said, make sure you get the best quality lenses you can afford. And you are using a tripod, aren’t you?

I have made a near complete transition to the mirrorless system now. The system is lightweight — better for my age —, the autofocus is unbelievable, and the image quality extraordinary. Oh yeah, the ability to use higher ISOs and still retain great resolution with little noise is unsurpassed. The Nikon Z9 and Z8 bodies are now my cameras of choice. The new features and enhancements for both still and video photography in these cameras are unsurpassed.

Camera Bodies:

Nikon Z9

Nikon Z8

Lenses (Nikon):

Nikon FTZ II Mount Adaptor

Nikkor Z 600mm f/6.3 S

Nikkor Z 100-400mm f/4.5/5.6 S

Nikkor Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S

Nikkor Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S

Nikkor Z 14-24mm f/2.8 S

Nikkor Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3

Nikkor Z Teleconverter TC 1.4X

Nikkor 8-15mm f/3.5-4.5 SE ED

Nikkor 600mm f/4 f/4E FL ED VR

AF-S Teleconverter TC-14E III 1.4x

Nikon Close-up Diopters: 3T, 4T, 5T and 6T 

Non Nikon Lenses:

Canon 500D Close-up Diopter 

Filters:

Nikon Circular Polarizers: 52mm, 62mm , & 77mm

Singh-Ray 77mm Vari-ND Filter

Singh-Ray 77mm Vari-N-Duo Filter

Singh-Ray 77mm Vari-N-Trio Filter

Singh-Ray MorSlow Neutral Density Filter (10 stop)

Singh-Ray 82mm Vari-N-Duo Filter

B+W 82mm Polarizer

Lee Graduated Neutral Density Filters 

Flash (Nikon):

SB- 5000 AF Speedlight

SB-910 AF Speedlight

SB-900 AF Speedlight

R1C1 Wireless Close-up Speedlight System 

Tripods & Tripod Heads:  I use Really Right Stuff and Wimberley quick release plates and flash brackets on my lenses and camera bodies. 

Gitzo GT5543XLSUS Carbon Fiber Tripod

Gitzo 1548 Carbon Fiber Tripod

Gitzo 320 Studex Performance Tripod

Gitzo 410 R Tripod

Manfrotto 190MF3 Tripod 

Wimberley WH-200 Version 2 Tripod Head

Wimberley SK-100 Side-Kick Tripod Head

Arca Swiss – B1G Ball & Socket Head

Arca Swiss Mono Ball & Socket Head

Really Right Stuff BH-55 Ball & Socket Head

Wimberley Mono Gimbal Head (MH-100) for my monopod 

Camera Bags (Lowepro): 

Pro Trekker 450 AW

Pro Trekker 400 AW

Pro Trekker 300 AW

Pro Roller X 200 AW

Pro Road Runner AW

Flipside 300

Primus AW 

Accessories: 

Wimberley Plamps, Quick Release Plates & Flash Brackets

Really Right Stuff Quick Release Plates and L Mount Plates

Hoodman Hoodloupe 3.2

Nikon ML 3 Wireless Remote

ProMaster Spectrum 7 Extension Tubes (12mm, 20mm, 36mm)

Kenko Extension Tubes (12mm, 20mm, 36mm)

Various Diffusers and Reflector Disks from Photoflex, ProMaster, & Chameleon

Various sizes of step-up rings

Quantum Turbo SC Battery Packs

Visual Echoes Better Beamer Flash X-Tenders

Wildlife Imaging Bean Bag Support

Leonard Rue Ultimate Photo Blind

Rod Planck N-visibag Blind

Tragopan Lagopus Photo Chair with Blind

Eckla Beach Rolly

Lens Coat Rain Covers, Tripod Leg Covers, Lens Covers & Travel Coats

Litra LED Portable Light 

Garden Kneeler for flower and closeup photography

Magpul Dual QD Sling for Camera and Lenses

Peak Design Camera/Lens Straps

Rapid Fire QD Camera/Lens Strap

Sound Recording

Tascam DR-100MKIII Linear PCM Recorder

Sennheiser MKE400 Microphone for DSLRs

Sound Recording Software: Audacity & Ocenaudio

Storage Media when in the field:

Western Digital Desktop & Portable Hard Drives

In The Digital Darkroom: 

Computers:

Dell XPS 8930 Computer with 64 GB RAM and Intel Core i7 CPU

Microsoft Surface Book Laptop Pro

External Hard Drives:

Western Digital My Books External Hard Drives for the office

Western Digital My Passport Essential Portable Hard Drives while in the field

Seagate External Hard Drives in the Office

Wacom Intuos 3 Graphics Tablets – one for the office and a smaller version I take on the road 

Scanner:

Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 

Imaging Software:

Nikon NX Studio

Lightroom Classic CC

Adobe Photoshop & Bridge CC

ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate

ACDSee Video Studio2

Adobe Premiere Elements 11 (video editing)

Topaz Software: Studio 2, DeNoise AI, Adjust AI, Sharpen AI

Skylum's Neo, Luminar AI, Luminar 4 and Aurora HDR 2020

DXO Photolab Elite 6, DXO PureRaw 3, & Nik Software Suite: HDR Efex Pro , Color Efex Pro , Analog Efex Pro , Silver Efex Pro , Viveza , Sharpener Pro, Define

Vue Scan for Nikon Super Coolscan 5000

Helicon Focus Pro 7

Photomatix Pro HDR

Printers:

Epson 4000

Epson Artesian 50 

Printing Papers:

Epson - primarily Premium Luster 

Digital Projector:

Epson 1985 WU (4800 lumens)

Jelco JEL-151RP Wheeled Projector Case 

Slide Show Program:

ProShow Producer 9

PowerPoint