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Canon EOS 300V
Canon 27-90mm lens
Sigma 70-300mm lens
Manfrotto tripod
Sigma EF 500 flash
polariser
warming filter
bag which gets filled with bird seed as beanbag
Fuji Nexia Auto20 for panoramic shots
Palm Zire72 to record details and with ebirds
Acer Aspire Laptop to view shots from hubbies' Minolta Dimage Z10 as soon as we get back to camp!
Can't decide whether to buy Canon IS S2 and Sigma 170-500mm lens for SLR or rather Canon 350D, have to decide by my birthday......?!

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See our new kit here: http://www.sanparks.org/forums/viewtopi ... 629#154629

Hi there.

Am quite new here... 'nother Canonian.

EOS Digital Rebel (300D)
EF 50mm 1.8 II
EF 17-40mm 4L
EF-S 18-55mm
EF 28-135mm IS
EF 200mm 2.8L

SLIK Tripod
CF cards etc.

Busy saving up for a 20D and 400mm 2.8

Camera
Canon EOS 350D

Lenses & Optics
All Canon
EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 (kit lens)
EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
EF 2x II Extender
58mm UV Filter
77mm UV Filter

Flash Accessories
Canon Speedlite EX580
Better Beamer

Support
Gitzo 1410 Tripod (Rock Solid)
Kirk BH3 Ballhead
Arca Swiss Style Lens Plate
Panning Plate (http://www.outdoorphoto.co.za)
Snuggit bean bag (http://www.outdoorphoto.co.za)

Media
Sandisk Extreme III CF 1GB
Apacer Photo Steno Pro II CF 1GB
Apacer Share Steno CD311 40GB
Apacer 14-in-1 Card Reader
Sandisk Compact Flash Travel Wallet

Power
2 x Canon Batteries NB-2LH
Canon Battery Charger CB-2LTE
Power-2000 Battery Charger/Car Adapter

Bags & Accessories
Tamrac Cyberpack 8 Photo/Computer Backpack
Tamrac S.A.S. Super Utility Pocket
Tamrac M.A.S. Lens Case (medium)
Tamrac M.A.S. Padded Side Pockets (Large)
Tamrac 2 x M.A.S. Water Bottle's
Lowepro Edit120

Misc
Remote Switch RS-60E3
Cheapie Tripod (Now retired to Sony DCR330 Video Camera)
Mini Tripod
Brush Puf Puf
Lens Cleaning Wipes
LCD Pen
Lots of Cables
Acer Travelmate 4001LCi Laptop (Belongs to my work)

The Cyberpack 8 Is my every day use bag with my laptop and camera equipment for comuting to work and back. It also doubles up as a very usefull and versatile hiking bag with all the optional attachment extras (Lens Cases make perfect holders for canned fruit/desserts ). Just leave the laptop at home and fill all the empty pockets with clothes and food Attach a sleeping bag with Clip-Straps and you are good to go on a Photographic Hike with all your photographic stuff strapped to your back
The snuggit beanbag and panning plate works perfectly for snapping from a vehicle and can be purchased from Hedrus at http://www.outdoorphoto.co.za

The Apacer 40GB works like a dream. Since it has it's own battery that also supplies power to the 14-in-1 card reader it makes it versatile and can download my CF, my brother's Memstick and my Girlfriend's SD card all from the same piece of eqiupment right in the bush without an eskom plug in sight
Then when I get back to my laptop in the evenings, just plug in and download...[/i]

I have already posted my kit earlier.

Now we got a new member of the family

I just bought a Nikon D70s (my so is now using the D70)with a
AF -S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-70 mm f/ 3,5- 4,5 G IF ED.
Moreover I ordered a new lens as well,
a Sigma DG 5.0-6.3 / 170-500 mm Nikon AF .But unfortunately I am not sure wether I will get it before our trip to Kruger as Sigma has got some delays regarding the delivery.

Hi,

A newbie here. I've been reading this site for the past week and am very impressed at the passion people show for the Park.

Anyway, on to the kit:

Canon 1dMII
24-70 ef
70-200 ef
35-350 ef
sigma 120-300
Sigma 17-35
1.4 extender

Manfroto 190 tripod
and a rice bean bag once I get there (Thanks to this list for that tip!)

few CF cards, and a 100gig storage device.

Merv.

I've been debating with myself if I should add this or not, but I think it could help. On Sunday I was taking pics and forgot to put fully charged batteries into the digital cam. As luck would have it an opportunity for a pic came along and I was stuck, until I remembered my cellphone, a NOKIA7610. I used it in bright light with an unmoving subject and came up with this gem:



I sharpened the image and slightly adjusted the colour with Photoshop, but don't underestimate your cellphone camera. In an emergency it might just do the trick.

I have just purchased a new camera. It is a Kodak EasyShare P850. It certainly is a huge improvement from my old digital camera which was pretty standard.

Greeting all around.
Between the two of us we use

Minolta Dynax 800si 35mm
Minolta 28-80 lens

Minolta Dynax 404si 35mm
Minolta 35-80 lens

Olympus superzoom 800 35mm
with 38-80 lens

Canon A510 powershot

Sigma SD10 Body
Sigma 50-500 lens
Sigma 55-200 lens
Sigma 18-50 lens

Minolta 7D Body
Sigma 70-300 af APO Macro lens
Sigma 170-500 af APO Telefoto lens

Plus the normal memory cards, (1 x 2Gig, 2 x 1 Gig & 2 x 512 MB ), UV filters, 2 Bags, 1 Tripod etc.

We tak e a laptop with us to the KNP for downloading.

I tend to lug around all this kit, I must admit though that when I visit the Southern African Parks, I seem to lean towards using the longer lenses. Although in the camps I have found many opportunities to use the macro lens.

Camera
Canon EOS 20D/extended battery (Really right stuff quick release system)
Canon EOS 10D/extended battery

Canon Lenses
EF 100-400mm F/4.5-5.6L IS USM
EF 24-85mm F/3.5-4.5 USM
EF 100mm F/2.8 Macro USM

Sigma Lenses
20mm F/1.8 EX DG RF
APO 70-200mm F/2.8 EX DG HSM
APO 300mm F/2.6 EX DG HSM
APO 170-500mm F/5-6.3 RF
Sigma 1.4X Teleconverter
Sigma 2X Teleconverter

Flash
Canon Speedlite 550EX
Project-a-flash (flash extender)

Camera Storage
2 X 2 GB Lexar 80X
2 X 1 GB Lexar 80X
1 X 1 GB Micro Drive

Out of camera storage
EPSON P-2000 40Gb
PC Sony VAIO T350

Backpack
Lowerpro CompuTrekker AW

Tripod/Ball Head
Kirk Window Mount
I always take a bean bag to supplement the Kirk door mount
Kirk Ball Head
Velbon carbon fiber

I was in Tanzania and Kenya this year, my rucksack is listed http://www.1ds.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9&Itemid=11

Summarised as follows:-
1 x 1Ds Mark II (2 Canon Batteries, 1 x Quantum 2+2)
1 x 1D Mark II (2 Canon Batteries)
1 x Hasselblad H1 with Phase One P25 (Two batteries)
1 x 20D (Two batteries)

The Mark II’s are the main use cameras. H1 and 20D are the on the seat cameras for stuff that happens close and quickly, like a Cheetah or Leopard wandering by.

Lenses:-
1 x Canon 600/4 IS
1 x Canon 400/2.8 IS
2 x Canon 70-200/2.8 IS
1 x Canon 24-70/2.8 IS
1 x Hasselblad 80/2.8
1 x Hasselblad 35/3.5
1 x Hasselblad 150/3.5
2 x Canon 1.4x Teleconverter (Mark II’s)
2 x Canon 2x Teleconverter (Mark I and Mark II)
1 x Hasselblad 1.7x teleconverter


For next years trip to Kruger in April, my sister and beau are coming, so they'll take my 300/2.8 and 400/4DO as well. I have a D30 lying around, but I think that can stay home. Might chuck a 5D in the mix for them, or a 350D (or its replacement)

list goes on if you talk window mounts, wimberley heads etc etc....

always a worry in customs awaiting lenses to come through ... hehe

Cheers


Rob

Finally I can add mine

1 x Canon EOS 350D with battergrip

Lenses:

1x 18 - 55 mm
1x 55 - 200 mm

Storage:

1x 1Gb Sandisk Ultra II

And a camera bag

I have the following

Canon 10D
Canon 35-80 mm
Canon 28-105 mm
Sigma 70-300 mm
Sigma 170-500 mm
Canon cC-AF1 2 X Teleplus MC7

Manfroto tripod ( Head used as window mount )

Cable release

I have had this camera for about 4 years and have been very happy with it, using it all over the world, but it is time to move up. So my next purchase will be a Canon Powershot S2 IS as soon as I find one on sale.

Olympus Camedia C-3020 Zoom
3.2 megapixels
Optical zoom 3 x
Digital zoom 2.5 x
Shooting modes Frame movie mode
Shooting programs Landscape, Night mode, Sports mode, Portrait mode
Special effects Sepia, Black & White

Batteries
2 sets of 4 rechargeable Energizer AA (Usually take 4 extra disposables)
Energizer charger (takes 15 hours )

Memory
5 - 128 MB Smart Media Cards (169 photos per card)
4 - 84 MB Smart Media Cards ((84 photos per card)
128 MB is maximum for this camera.

Photo organizer, editing software
Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0

Website:
http://philhouse.smugmug.com/