My Gear

Cameras

Nikon D90

My Nikon D90 of course, as described in my first blog post here

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 Cannon IXUS 60

My nifty little Cannon IXUS 60 'point and shoot' camera. I also talked about this camera in my first blog post here

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Lenses

AF-S DX NIKKOR
18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR

This is the kit lens I got with the camera, not that I really know any better but I am quite happy with this lens. It can go pretty wide at 18mm and still has a bit of reach too 105mm

More lens info here.

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AF NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8D

My first lens purchase. This is quite a nice little all rounder lens. I bought it for its great large aperture at f/1.8. Nikon also do a 50mm at f1.4 but for the price difference I stuck with this on. Nice cheep little lens too.

More info on this lens here

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AF DX Fisheye-NIKKOR
10.5mm f/2.8G ED

My newest lens, what a fun lens too. Its a AF DX Full frame Fisheye 10.5mm f/2.8G ED more info on this lens here.


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Tripods

Manfrotto 190xPROB

I recently got this Manfrotto 190xPROB for my D90 and I'm quite happy with it. Its a great versatile tripod. Size wise its mid range so unless you are going to be using very large zoom lenses it should be fine for your D90. Just d...on't forget that if you are buying new you will also have to buy a tripod head for it. It also dose not come with a carry case which is a bit unfortunate. They also have a lightweight version of these, but as is often the case with these things, they are half the weight but twice the price. If you are going for one of the really big ones it might be worth considering but the 190XPROB is not very heavy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-6wW1XC_Ko

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Hama Star 63 Tripod

Having spent spent all my money on my camera I didn't have a budget for a tripod. I picked this one up cheap. And it works fine. It has the most important features. Sturdy, very lightweight, quick release head, carry case.
Will do me just fine for now.

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Mini Table Tripod

Picked up this nifty little tripod on ebay for €10. Use this quite a bit, very handy when your heading out and dont want to carry a load of gear. Fits in my jacket pocket!

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Filters

DORR Close up screw on lens kit

One of my best buys. I use these allot. For €50 its allot cheaper than buying a macro lens. Ceck out my blog post on these for more info.








67Ø Polarizing Filter

Other Accessories

500GB External Hard-drive

Got an all important external hard-drive to back up all my photos. I prefer to shoot in RAW so got big files.

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Hahnel Combi TF Remote
Control & Flash Trigger




Use this alot, great little gadget works as remote shutter release and remote for a flashgun. And because its wireless it can be activated from anywhere within a 100m, whereas the infrared ones only have a range of about 5m and need to be pointed directly at the camera.

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PANOSAURUS SPHERICAL PANORAMIC TRIPOD HEAD




'The Affordable Fully Spherical Panoramic Tripod Head'
The Panosaurus was designed for almost all point and shoot compact and digital SLR cameras on the market today (with a combined camera and lens combination weight of NOT MORE THAN 1.4 KILOS [approx. 3.2 Lbs]).
The design represents two years of evolution to address almost all the compatibility and ease of use issues users want.
It may not be the prettiest kid on the block - but it can hold its own with the big guys on features.

Im sure I will upgrade at some stage, but still better than the homemade one I started with.