Camera:
- Nikon D90. This camera is getting old now, and the internet is constantly telling me to buy a new one. I won’t.
- Nikon F65. A fairly modern camera, if you ignore the part about having to load it with light-sensitive film to produce images.
Lenses:
- NIKKOR 18-105mm f:3.5-5.6. The kit-lens is slow, big and attention grabbing. It lives in a box in my parents basement.
- NIKKOR 35mm f:1.8. It’s fast, fun and everyone with a DX camera should own one. My go to lens, except in cramped conditions.
- NIKKOR 50mm f:1.8. Cheap, sharp and reliable. I keep it on the F65, unless I’m shooting portraits with the D90.
- TOKINA 12-24mm f:4. Growing up with skateboard photography has given me an unnatural love for the wider aspect, and even on my DX body this baby deliver the goods. Yes, it’s slow, but I nuke the shit out of my pictures anyways, so it doesn’t matter
Flash:
- Nikon SB-26. Brilliant! The optical slave makes exploring off camera flash a breeze, the used price is great, and the fact that TTL don’t work with my camera forces me to learn what all the numbers on the back of it means.
- VALs. The Voice Activated Lightstand. I can’t afford all the Bogens and Manfrotto hardware designed to help photographers properly light a scene with off-camera flash. So I get one of my friends to hold the flash and help me aim the light. It’s a flexible, cheap and weather resistant system that if properly maintained (with hot coffee and cold beers) will most likely last you a life time.
