What's In My Bag

Tuesday, March 03, 2009 | |

In the Crumpler 5 Million Dollar Home (which I affectionately call a man-purse) I managed to pack in:

Camera Gear
Camera Gear
(Pardon the crappy picture. Shot with an S2IS in low light.)

  • a Canon EOS 40D
  • a Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM
  • a Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
  • a Canon 430EX flash
  • a Cactus V2s Trigger and two Receivers
  • a lenspen, blower, and a couple of CF cards

Here are a close-ups of the major stuff:

The 30mm is my everyday lens. Solidly built, it was a step up from the standard kit lens. The f/1.4 maximum aperture is also quite useful in low-light situations. The downside: the really shallow depth of field at f/1.4 can make accurate focusing difficult.

I love this lens. It's a great portrait lens, what with the 85mm focal length and the f1/8 maximum aperture. The bokeh is really nice, too. It's also very quiet. What a difference USM makes!

I've been experimenting with off-camera flash the past couple of months. And I still have a lot to learn. Here the 430Ex is pictured with the Cactus V2S wireless receiver and stand.

And that's it. Those are my toys. I'm eyeing a wide-angle lens, a second flash, and some light modifiers as future additions to my bag (which I would soon outgrow), but not anytime soon. I haven't mastered shooting with these yet. :)


-arland-

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

hey..that S2IS that took that crappy picture gave us a lot of memories to look back into. that is so precious. don't ever let go of it. :D

man-purse a! haha..Ronnie has a 5M bag na din.

Unknown said...

awww... yeah. lots of great memories. that camera served us well. i'll have it framed when it breaks down. hahaha!

Kai Cruz said...

Man purse schman purse. I like the sound of man bag better. Like maxitaxi.
Your man bag an hold a lot of stuff...except a passport.

OO, I had to bring that up. :)

Unknown said...

Ha! Ok lang. Someone found it. :p