Current Photography Gear

We photographers all have our favorite gear we use, but I’m passonate about my photography I wanted to share a few thoughts on what I’m currently using, since traveling & shooting in the Philippines presents its own issues.

*Olympus E1: 5MP digital camera & Digital Zuiko 14-54 (28mm-108mm equiv. lens) - both are Pro build quality (*mag. alloy & weather sealed) which lets me shoot in humid, dusty & rainy environments without issue, and deliver beautiful hi-resolution files. (in 2003 I was using the Olympus E10, but I sold it before my 2005 Philippines trip)
*Gateway 3550 notebook: thin & reasonably light, 1GB RAM, 60GB HD, 14″ widescreen, Pentium 1.73 Centrino, so it makes quick work of image editing on a Westinghouse 17″ LCD monitor that goes in my checked luggage.

*Western Digital Passport external HD: USB powered, it’s a small portable drive I really like.

*SureFire Lithium powered flashlights: I always travel with my SureFires; especially the E2D which is very small & throws 60 lumens of light - whether I’m walking in Manila at 1am, or traveling to some areas where electrical brown-outs are all too common, and where many streets are just not lit at all.

*Pelican 1510 hardside flight case: airline carry-on, waterproof, dustproof and built like a tank - I can’t say enough good things about this case - if you’re traveling with a notebook &/or cameras, it’s really the best protection, period.

PJAMES