uh, preso fresco fresco dal sito di Sartore!
http://www.joelsartore.com/adventure/faq.php#gear
What kind of gear do you use?
My first camera was a Nikon FM2. I paid extra to get the all black body. No motor drive. It came with one short, fixed focus lens, probably a 28mm. My first big lens purchase was a Nikon 180mm f.28. It was tack sharp and put a lot of pictures into my early portfolio.
Things have changed a lot since then, though. These days, I only use digital cameras. They're great because the feedback is instant, allowing me to experiment a little more than I might with film. The downside is that the equipment is more expensive, and digital files are costly to archive. The other problem with digital is that there is no surefire way to store the images. The only way to be absolutely certain you'll be able to view an image in twenty years or more is to transfer it to paper or film.
Whether it's film or digital, you need to be prepared for the worst. Equipment can and does fail, and there's nothing worse than having to cancel a shoot because your gear isn't working. I always carry more than one camera body, more than one lens, more than one battery and more than one charger. It makes for a lot of extra baggage, but better that than a missed opportunity. When traveling by air, I take the minimum I need to hit the ground and start shooting in a carry-on. That way if my checked baggage is lost, I can still accomplish the mission.
A typical field setup includes the following:
* Nikon D3 Camera bodies
* Nikon D700 Camera bodies
* Nikon 12-24 f/4 zoom lens
* Nikon 24-70 mm f/2.8 AF-S zoom lens
* Nikon 70-200 mm f/2.8 AF-S VR zoom lens
* Nikon 200-400 mm f/2.8 AF-S VR zooom lens
* Nikon 600 mm f/4 AF-S lens
* Nikon 105mm f/2.8 AF-S VR lens (for macro work)
* 1.4x teleconverter
* 2x teleconverter
* Nikon SB-800 flash
* Minolta Autometer VF Light Meter
* Gitzo tripod
* Kirk BH3 ball head
* Wimberly head (for large lenses)
* Really Right Stuff mounting plates
* Gold/silver reflector
* Amber gel
With digital comes computers:
* Compact Flash Cards (4 or 8 GB, various brands)
* CF Card holder
* Laptop computer (currently a MacBook Pro)
* External hard drives for backup and shipping images (Joel carries at least three with him on shoots)
* Photo Mechanic (a program to facilitate editing images)
* SanDisk Firewire 800 CF card reader
* Wolverine MVP 9000 (100 GB) Multimedia viewer/card reader -- just in case the laptop crashes
quindi, in definitiva, dal 2005 (data dell'intervista) a oggi il salto l'ha fatto eccome!
