From time to time I get people asking me what I use to make the images I do. So here is all the gear I’m currently using.
Camera Bodies
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Canon EOS 40D
Lenses
Canon EF 17-40mm f4L
Canon EF 70-200mm f4L
Canon EF 50mm f1.8
Tokina 100mm f2.8 macro
Camera Accessories
Canon TC-80 N3 timer remote
Gadget Infinity wireless shutter remote
Sandisk Extreme III and IV CF cards
Giotto Rocket Air Blower
Eclipse E2 Sensor Cleaning Fluid and Sensor Swab cleaning wands
Flashes
Canon 550ex speedlight
Canon 540ez speedlight
Panasonic PE-28s optic flash
Flash Accessories
Elinchrom Skyport Universal Flash Trigger Set
Canon ST-E2 speedlight transmitter
Canon Off camera shoe cord
Eneloop NiMh batteries
Coroplast grid spot
8″ snoot
Lee Designers Edition color gel swatch book
Full Plus Green correction gel
1/4 Plus Green correction gel
Full CTO correction gel
1/4 CTO correction gel
Hotshoe optic slave
Falcon Eyes FB-3010 flash bracket
Lighting Accessories
Mettle 50 x 70 (metric) softbox
Shoot-through umbrella
Reflecting umbrella
5-in-1 reflector
Light Eyes LS8 4-section 2.4m lightstand
Light Eyes LS1020 3-section mini lightstand
Bungee cords
Clamps
Camera Bags
Lowe Pro Computrekker AW
Lowe Pro Nova 5 AW
Mettle G006
Tripods
Manfrotto 190Pro tripod
Slik Pro 330DX tripod
Manfrotto 486RC2 ball head
Manfrotto 679B monopod
Computer and Accessories
Compaq V3018 notebook with 4GB Ram, 320GB harddrive
Intel dual-core desktop with 4GB RAM, 1TB harddrives in RAID
2TB assorted external harddrives
Dual 19″ flatscreen monitors
Spyder 2 Pro color calibration
Wacom pen tablet
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.2
Adobe Photoshop CS3
Photomatix Pro 3
Noiseware Pro
160GB Ipod Classic
The images were shot with a Canon EOS 20D and EF 28-135mm lens.
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Craig Ferguson Images | Cultural Photography. One of the key aspects of life that we humans identify with is culture. We label people, places and events according to our ideas of what they are, ranging from the broader scale defined by tradition and place down to the small scale subcultures and tribes. Craig Ferguson Images is consistantly creating new visions in the field of cultural photography. From traditional festives and customs to modern, urban subcultures, Craig Ferguson Images is in touch with the changing world. From our base in Taipei, Taiwan we are perfectly positioned at the crossroads of the ancient and the modern.
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Nice collection… I'm salivating!
Craig, do you insure your equipment? If so, how?
Insurance in Taiwan is a tricky thing but if you're persistent and the things have a high enough value it's possible.
Thanks Todd. If you saw my bank balance you wouldn't be salivating.
I agree with Todd. I'm positively drooling right now. Sadly, my gear is nowhere near to being a collection. However, I am in the market for a new lens this year and an external flash. Thanks. Now I've got something to start with!
Thanks for the comment Carrie. If you need help or advice with lenses, flashes etc, let me know.
Great stuff, Craig. You got the new 5D MkII? You like? The 50D came out two weeks after I bought my 40D. I wasn't impressed.
I would like the 17-40 f/4L but was thinking the aperture could be too restrictive. My 24-105 f/4L is okay but I wish it was f/2.8 sometimes. I think Canon has a 16-35 in 2.8.
I really want one of the Spyder calibrators. That may be my only big photographic purchase this year. I just drop a ton on a new computer.
Thanks Stevo. The 5D MkII seems quite good so far – I mainly bought it for some commercial work I'm doing that could benefit from the full-frame and high-MP count.
I have a 40D as well and if I were in the market for a APS-C body, would probably choose the 40D over the 50D.
Canon does have a 16-35mm f2.8. I'm happy with the f4, as I shoot stopped down most of the time so don't really need f2.8 for my wide angle. I have a 50mm and 100mm that'll allow me to shoot at 2.8, so that's all I really need. If I shot sports more often I'd probably look at getting the 70-200mm in f2.8, but it's not really worth it for the minimal amount of sport shooting I do.
A Spyder or other type of hardware calibrator is essential in my opinion. It is impossible to properly calibrate by eye only, and IMO, a color managed workflow is more important than pro-level glass or new bodies.