The workhorse
Gear Guide
I’ve been through a lot of camera gear since 2005. These are my views on the stuff I’ve used.
This gear guide is a mix of things: an overview of the camera and photography-related equipment I currently use; a place for me to write about all the gear I’ve used historically and a hub linking to more in-depth reviews of some of said gear.
Cameras & lenses
Cameras
APS-C
Crop-sensor cameras
Full-frame
Traditional full-frame cameras
44x33mm
Digital medium format
Film
6x6, 6x7 and 645 medium format cameras
Drones
Aerial photography
Video
Lenses
Super-wide
10-21mm full-frame equivalents
Wide-angle
21-35mm full-frame equivalents
Standard / normal
35-70mm full-frame equivalents
Fujifilm XF 16-55mm F2.8 R LM WR
Fujifilm XF 18-55mm F2.8-4 R LM OIS
Fujifilm XF 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR
Fujifilm XF 27mm F2.8
Sainsonic Kamlan 28mm F1.4 (X-mount)
Zeiss Biogon 28/2.8 Contax G
Fujifilm XF 35mm F1.4 R
Minolta MC W.Rokkor-HH 35mm F1.8
Fujifilm XF 35mm F2 R WR
Asahi Pentax Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 35mm F3.5
Voigtländer Nokton 40mm F1.4
Canon EF 40mm F2.8 STM
Zeiss Planar 45/2 Contax G
Sainsonic Kamlan 50mm F1.1 II
Asahi Pentax Super-Takumar 50mm F1.4
Voigtländer Nokton 50mm 1.5 LTM
Leica Summicron-R 50mm F2
Fujifilm GF 50mm F3.5 R LM WR
Asahi Pentax Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 55mm F1.8
Canon FL 58mm F1.2
Minolta MC Rokkor-PG 58mm F1.2
Fujifilm GF 63mm F2.8 R WR
Medium telephoto
70-150mm full-frame equivalents
Fujifilm XF 50-140mm F2.8 R LM OIS WR
Fujifilm XF 55-200mm F3.5-4.8 R LM OIS
Fujifilm XF 56mm F1.2 R APD
Asahi Pentax Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 85mm F1.8
Leica Summicron-R 90mm F2
Zeiss Sonnar 90/2.8 Contax G
Minolta MD Tele Rokkor-X 100mm F2.5
Canon EF 100mm F2.8 L Macro IS USM
Fujifilm GF 100-200mm F5.6 R LM OIS WR
Asahi Pentax Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 105mm F2.8
Asahi Pentax SMC Pentax-M 135mm F3.5
Komura 150mm F3.5
Zenza Bronica Zenzanon-PG 150mm F4
Telephoto
150mm+ full-frame equivalents
Lens adapters
Teleconverters, macro tubes and mount adapters
Carry & support
Carry
Bags
Backpacks, messenger bags and the like
70l hiking camera backpack
Atlas Adventure backpack
Roomy, comfortable camera backpack
Lowepro Flipside 500AW
Lowepro Flipside 400AW
Messenger bag excellence
Peak Design Everyday Messenger 15"
Peak Design Everyday Backpack 30L
Peak Design Everyday Messenger 14"
Lightweight hiking camera pack
