Find out what’s in #CanonExplorerOfLight @ricksammonphotography’s gear bag!
“’Hey Rick, why did you switch from Canon digital SLRs to Canon mirrorless cameras?’ That’s one of the questions I get asked most often.
My answer is surprising to most folks, as I don’t talk about the smaller size and lighter weight. I switched, first to the Canon EOS R (as soon as it was introduced), because the viewfinder is amazing. What you see is what you get. You see the effect of exposure compensation. You see a live histogram. You can also review your photographs without taking your eye away from the viewfinder, which is helpful when photographing people. What’s more, the touch screen makes adjusting camera settings fast and easy.
Then came the EOS R6 and EOS R5. Game changers, big game-changers, for wildlife photographers due, in part, to the Animal Tracking/Eye Detection features, as well as super fast autofocusing.
Here’s a look at my cameras:
Canon EOS R6
Canon EOS R5
Canon EOS R
Here’s a look at my lenses:
2 Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM (one is a back-up, as this is my favorite lens)
Canon RF15-35mm F2.8 L IS USM
Canon RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM
Canon EF 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye USM with Canon Mount Adapter EF-EOS R
Extender RF1.4x for extending the zoom range of my RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM
Other stuff you see here:
Canon Speedlite 600EX-RT
Canon Speedlite Transmitter ST-E3-RT
Headlamp
Platyball ball head (tripod goes in carry on)
Canon battery chargers with batteries
Black Rapid camera strap
Canon micro-fiber lens cleaning cloth
CPS card wallet with Delkin Devices Cfast and SD cards
Deck of cards for my ‘breaking the ice’ card tricks in foreign lands
Blower for sensor cleaning
Toothbrush to clean the joints of my tripod after working in the sand
Lens hoods to protect my lenses
3-Stop and 10-Stop ND filters for shooting at slow shutter speeds
Polarizing filters to reduce glare on water and foliage
Rain cover, just in case
Arca-Swiss plate to mount my camera on my ball head
CPS water bottle to keep me hydrated
Eye covers so I can sleep on the plane
Guitar picks just in case I find a guitar!”
Ciao, Nihon.