A Landscape and Wildlife Photographer's Camera Bag Video

A Landscape and Wildlife Photographer's Camera Bag

Hi, my name is Connor Clemen and in this review, I am finally consenting to show what's inside my camera bag. I’ve had a ton of people ask me to do a review like this, so I decided to finally do one. And I’m not just doing this to show you what’s in my bag, I’m also going to explain why I own the stuff I own. Why it’s important. But first of all I’m a landscape and wildlife photographer, that’s what I like to do, so a lot of this equipment is for landscape and wildlife photographers, you know that. Now the first thing I have here is something all photographers should have, especially landscape and wildlife photographers, is a tripod. I have a Gitsu carbon fiber tripod, and the reason I have a carbon fiber Gitsu is that a tripod is very important to me. I use a tripod maybe 80 percent of the time I take pictures, especially landscape pictures. I used it a lot for wildlife too, when it’s very far out in the distance and I need to stabilize the camera. And I would always get a carbon fiber tripod because it’s so much lighter and a lot stronger than an aluminum tripod, this thing weighs about 2.5 pounds, without the head, whereas aluminum one that could do the same thing as this could, would probably weigh 5 times as much. I have a normal manner photo head on it, I didn’t get a Gitsu head, because it’s just too expensive, and you don’t get much more with a Gitsu head. It’s just as heavy and just as durable and stuff. So a tripod is definitely something you consider if you’re a landscape and wildlife photographer, and for pretty much any type of photographer, great thing to have. Next thing I gonna do is open up this bag, and this bag is just one of those backpack, it’s a low pro. I’m not really quite sure what it’s called, I could check that out, I rarely use this back pack. I only use it when I’m carrying all my stuff on to a plane or something. I usually when I go out I use my camera at the velocity pack which I’ll be showing you in a minute, and I’ll tell you why I just love. And these are a couple of Lee filters, which I will be showing you later after I get all my camera stuff out of the bag. And this is what it looks inside my camera bag. I truly take out every nick and obvious space inside my camera bag. And stuff it with this stuff. First I’m gonna show you the lenses that I have, 18-200 millimeter lens VR, the best ones, Nikon probably has ever made. It’s so versatile and if you wanted one lens to do it all then this is the lens to get. It’s sharp, it’s durable, it’s got the best VR system, better than the 70-200 millimeter that I have. And you can take pictures of pretty much anything with it. Very, very useful lens. Then this is a Nikon 12-24, this is the lens I probably use most out of all of them. For landscape photography, you always wanna wide angled lens, when it comes to landscape photography, that’s why I used this for. Little blower, good for getting dust off the sensor, and great for getting dust of glass, much better than a cloth or your shirt, that’s for sure. Next thing in here is the big set up. This is my main set up for when I’m taking of wildlife, the MBD ten or whatever this thing is called, makes a 2day frames for second useful, good for those fast wildlife shots. And a 70-200 millimeter lens. You can also get something like an 80-400 millimeter lens, but the autofocus is much faster on this. Good for birds and stuff like that, and fast wildlife. And also the Fstop, 2.8 is really useful for wildlife, because I tend to take pictures at the wildlife later in the day, or really early in the morning, when there’s not much light. Next thing I have is the 1.7 AFS teleconverter. Now this thing is the most useful piece of equipment that I have ever bought. It allows my lens right here to be equal the equivalent of 510 millimeter lens. And with an Fstop of 4.5 which is still considerably fast, and is still very sharp, allows to get really close to the animals and this definitely a useful piece of equipment that you got, instead of new 200 millimeter lens. Now the reason I chose a 1.7 over a 1.4, is coz 1.4 times, yeah sure it gives you a little sharper results but it’s not much closer at all. I tried it out, this gets you much closer and you don’t lose much, and pretty much just as sharp. The reason I didn’t get the 2.0 is because it’s way too flipping big. It was like twice as thick as this and it’s not very sharp and you lose too much Fstop out of the thing. Alright. The next thing in my camera and bag and all, last thing is this camera. This isn’t actually mine, but it is the camera I’ve been testing for a while, and I do plan on getting one for myself by the time Christmas comes up. It’s an F100, and it’s a film camera as you can see. The reason I wanna get a film camera now is because I simply cannot afford a digital full frame camera, like the Nikon D700 than Canon 5Dmac2. My parents don’t pay for this stuff, I pay for it. So, I don’t think I’m ready to spend that much money on a digital camera, whereas a film camera like this cost 200 bucks, used at anorama.com. And you get same image quality. A piece of film is equivalent to 25 megapixels. When it’s scanned, then you get a huge viewfinder, which means you get a much brighter view, much larger view. The only disadvantage is you can't see once you’ve taken the picture and you have to pay for the film, but all that really actually makes you much better photographer. Film, since you can't see the picture you're taking, you’re force to really consider the environment, the lighting, everything, to make sure that you get the right picture the first time. So that makes you a much better photographer, the film camera. And I’m actually gonna have a completely separate review on the F100 and why film is really good for beginner, amateur and professional photography. Now the reason I’m gonna be getting an F100 is so that I can finally get the beloved 14-24 millimeter lens. Yeah, I’ve been saving up a lot of money for that thing, and there’s no way I could have bought the digital full frame and that lens, but by only paying 200 bucks for the film camera I now can easily afford 14-24 millimeter lens. And I’m able to get that really wide angle, and get just as image quality with it. So now I’m gonna talk about the filters I used as well. Just on the front of this 18-200 millimeter lens, you can see I just have a clear UV filter, now that’s a great thing to have on every lens you own. I have one on here too. It protects the glass really well, they’re pretty cheap, and they really do a good job of protecting the glass. You know, the front of this UV one is really, really scratch up, yet the glass underneath it is perfect. If you get a lens, you definitely wanna get a filter to protect it from the element. It’s much better to pay, you know, 70 dollars for a new filter, than to pay hundreds of dollars for a new lens. And then for your wide lens like a 12-24 millimeter, I have a circular polarizer, which is the next thing you should get after you get a tripod. It is the best little filter I got, this thing pretty late and I really regret that but this thing really darkens the skies to make it more blue and it really brings out that saturation, that contrast, great for landscape photography. Now I’m gonna show you the filters that came in with these two bags. They are called Lee filters, and what they are is a graduated neutral density filters. First they come with a mount, and one of these things, and as you can see, it has a dark side and a clear side. And what this does is you take your lens, I use it most on the 12-24 of course, because these are meant for landscape photography. You screw it onto the front just like any normal filter mount. And you take this and you just slide it right in there, and you got your neutral density filter. What this is useful for, so you take the dark side of the filter, and you put it over something that’s very, very bright, then the clear side of the filter, you put over something that is dark, this way it neutralizes the photo and gives you a really wide dynamic range. Finally the last thing I’m gonna show you is the bag I use 99 percent of the time. 10 rack velocity 7 pack. And why I love this bag so much is that, I simply carry it like this, just like a side bag, and I can access my stuff quickly and easily. Got my camera right there, and simply just slide it in, get a normal life back and go, and when I need it, you put cram, pull it out, and ready to take a picture. And if I need to switch a lens, all I need to do is take this off, reach into my bag, pull one out, then switch them out. Its’ easy like that, it’s very useful while I’m taking pictures of wildlife and landscape at the same time, much more useful than a back pack at least. Alright, that’s all my equipment.

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Hi, my name is Connor Clemen and in this review, I am finally consenting to show what's inside my camera bag. I’ve had a ton of people ask me to do a review like this, so I decided to finally do one. And I’m not just doing this to show you what’s in my bag, I’m also going to explain why I own the stuff I own. Why it’s important. But first of all I’m a landscape and wildlife photographer, that’s what I like to do, so a lot of this equipment is for landscape and wildlife photographers, you know that. Now the first thing I have here is something all photographers should have, especially landscape and wildlife photographers, is a tripod. I have a Gitsu carbon fiber tripod, and the reason I have a carbon fiber Gitsu is that a tripod is very important to me. I use a tripod maybe 80 percent of the time I take pictures, especially landscape pictures. I used it a lot for wildlife too, when it’s very far out in the distance and I need to stabilize the camera. And I would always get a carbon fiber tripod because it’s so much lighter and a lot stronger than an aluminum tripod, this thing weighs about 2.5 pounds, without the head, whereas aluminum one that could do the same thing as this could, would probably weigh 5 times as much. I have a normal manner photo head on it, I didn’t get a Gitsu head, because it’s just too expensive, and you don’t get much more with a Gitsu head. It’s just as heavy and just as durable and stuff. So a tripod is definitely something you consider if you’re a landscape and wildlife photographer, and for pretty much any type of photographer, great thing to have. Next thing I gonna do is open up this bag, and this bag is just one of those backpack, it’s a low pro. I’m not really quite sure what it’s called, I could check that out, I rarely use this back pack. I only use it when I’m carrying all my stuff on to a plane or something. I usually when I go out I use my camera at the velocity pack which I’ll be showing you in a minute, and I’ll tell you why I just love. And these are a couple of Lee filters, which I will be showing you later after I get all my camera stuff out of the bag. And this is what it looks inside my camera bag. I truly take out every nick and obvious space inside my camera bag. And stuff it with this stuff. First I’m gonna show you the lenses that I have, 18-200 millimeter lens VR, the best ones, Nikon probably has ever made. It’s so versatile and if you wanted one lens to do it all then this is the lens to get. It’s sharp, it’s durable, it’s got the best VR system, better than the 70-200 millimeter that I have. And you can take pictures of pretty much anything with it. Very, very useful lens. Then this is a Nikon 12-24, this is the lens I probably use most out of all of them. For landscape photography, you always wanna wide angled lens, when it comes to landscape photography, that’s why I used this for. Little blower, good for getting dust off the sensor, and great for getting dust of glass, much better than a cloth or your shirt, that’s for sure. Next thing in here is the big set up. This is my main set up for when I’m taking of wildlife, the MBD ten or whatever this thing is called, makes a 2day frames for second useful, good for those fast wildlife shots. And a 70-200 millimeter lens. You can also get something like an 80-400 millimeter lens, but the autofocus is much faster on this. Good for birds and stuff like that, and fast wildlife. And also the Fstop, 2.8 is really useful for wildlife, because I tend to take pictures at the wildlife later in the day, or really early in the morning, when there’s not much light. Next thing I have is the 1.7 AFS teleconverter. Now this thing is the most useful piece of equipment that I have ever bought. It allows my lens right here to be equal the equivalent of 510 millimeter lens. And with an Fstop of 4.5 which is still considerably fast, and is still very sharp, allows to get really close to the animals and this definitely a useful piece of equipment that you got, instead of new 200 millimeter lens. Now the reason I chose a 1.7 over a 1.4, is coz 1.4 times, yeah sure it gives you a little sharper results but it’s not much closer at all. I tried it out, this gets you much closer and you don’t lose much, and pretty much just as sharp. The reason I didn’t get the 2.0 is because it’s way too flipping big. It was like twice as thick as this and it’s not very sharp and you lose too much Fstop out of the thing. Alright. The next thing in my camera and bag and all, last thing is this camera. This isn’t actually mine, but it is the camera I’ve been testing for a while, and I do plan on getting one for myself by the time Christmas comes up. It’s an F100, and it’s a film camera as you can see. The reason I wanna get a film camera now is because I simply cannot afford a digital full frame camera, like the Nikon D700 than Canon 5Dmac2. My parents don’t pay for this stuff, I pay for it. So, I don’t think I’m ready to spend that much money on a digital camera, whereas a film camera like this cost 200 bucks, used at anorama.com. And you get same image quality. A piece of film is equivalent to 25 megapixels. When it’s scanned, then you get a huge viewfinder, which means you get a much brighter view, much larger view. The only disadvantage is you can't see once you’ve taken the picture and you have to pay for the film, but all that really actually makes you much better photographer. Film, since you can't see the picture you're taking, you’re force to really consider the environment, the lighting, everything, to make sure that you get the right picture the first time. So that makes you a much better photographer, the film camera. And I’m actually gonna have a completely separate review on the F100 and why film is really good for beginner, amateur and professional photography. Now the reason I’m gonna be getting an F100 is so that I can finally get the beloved 14-24 millimeter lens. Yeah, I’ve been saving up a lot of money for that thing, and there’s no way I could have bought the digital full frame and that lens, but by only paying 200 bucks for the film camera I now can easily afford 14-24 millimeter lens. And I’m able to get that really wide angle, and get just as image quality with it. So now I’m gonna talk about the filters I used as well. Just on the front of this 18-200 millimeter lens, you can see I just have a clear UV filter, now that’s a great thing to have on every lens you own. I have one on here too. It protects the glass really well, they’re pretty cheap, and they really do a good job of protecting the glass. You know, the front of this UV one is really, really scratch up, yet the glass underneath it is perfect. If you get a lens, you definitely wanna get a filter to protect it from the element. It’s much better to pay, you know, 70 dollars for a new filter, than to pay hundreds of dollars for a new lens. And then for your wide lens like a 12-24 millimeter, I have a circular polarizer, which is the next thing you should get after you get a tripod. It is the best little filter I got, this thing pretty late and I really regret that but this thing really darkens the skies to make it more blue and it really brings out that saturation, that contrast, great for landscape photography. Now I’m gonna show you the filters that came in with these two bags. They are called Lee filters, and what they are is a graduated neutral density filters. First they come with a mount, and one of these things, and as you can see, it has a dark side and a clear side. And what this does is you take your lens, I use it most on the 12-24 of course, because these are meant for landscape photography. You screw it onto the front just like any normal filter mount. And you take this and you just slide it right in there, and you got your neutral density filter. What this is useful for, so you take the dark side of the filter, and you put it over something that’s very, very bright, then the clear side of the filter, you put over something that is dark, this way it neutralizes the photo and gives you a really wide dynamic range. Finally the last thing I’m gonna show you is the bag I use 99 percent of the time. 10 rack velocity 7 pack. And why I love this bag so much is that, I simply carry it like this, just like a side bag, and I can access my stuff quickly and easily. Got my camera right there, and simply just slide it in, get a normal life back and go, and when I need it, you put cram, pull it out, and ready to take a picture. And if I need to switch a lens, all I need to do is take this off, reach into my bag, pull one out, then switch them out. Its’ easy like that, it’s very useful while I’m taking pictures of wildlife and landscape at the same time, much more useful than a back pack at least. Alright, that’s all my equipment.

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