Photography - What's in the bag?

What's in the bag?

I sometimes get asked what equipment I use for taking pictures and movie clips. I like the idea of combining different perspectives in a clip or picture story so I use a variety of cameras. Nothing too fancy or overly expensive, but here's a short list:

Camera:

I use a mirrorless Nikon Z5 and have two lenses, a 24-70mm F4 zoom and a 105mm F2.8 macro lens. These, I've found cover 90% of the needs I have for it as I don't really want to carry al large telephoto lens on top of everything else. For colourgrading and editing I use Lightroom.

Actioncam:

This year I got a DJI Osmo Action 5 Pro. It works really well in a host of different situations, from filming fast action clips to time-lapse and slo-mo clips as well as underwater clips (we are both divers). The picture quality is excellent and the camera fits in your pocket.

Drone:

After years of drooling at other peoples drone footage, we finally bought a DJI Mini 4 Pro Drone earlier this year. I flew a lot of radio controlled model planes as a kid, so getting the hang of flying it was pretty straight forward. Learning how to shoot good videos with was another thing! After over 6 months of practise, I'm still learning every time I fly but I absolutely love bringing the Birds Eye perspective to a story.

My Phone

Sometimes the only way to capture a moment is to use your phone, as the camera bag isn't on my back 24/7 and the phone is always with me. The picture quality on my iPhone 15 Pro is excellent when shooting in ProRAW and Apple ProRes.