Equipment Used

I'm always being asked what kit I use.  So OK, the list is below.  And yes, I am relentless in taking the p*ss out of users of another well known brand with cream lenses.  But ultimately, kit is just a means to an end.  So long as it works for the job in hand, and so long as it delivers up the quality you're after, the choice is pretty academic.

The stuff I'm using currently is:

• Nikon D700 Digital SLR
• Nikon 17-35 f2.8
• Nikon 28-70 f2.8
• Nikon 70-200 VR f2.8
• Metz 48-AF flash
• Lee Hard Graduated Filters 0.3, 0.6 and 0.9
• Gitzo tripod and off centre ball head
• LowePro Vertex AW 100 backpack for times when I'm walking or biking, and a Billingham for when I'm not and I want a bag to stay where I put it.  (I find backpack type bags tend to have a mind of their own and roll away when you're least expecting it!)

The D700 has recently replaced a D2x.  The D2x was a complete warrior - standing up to a great deal of use in a variety of camera hostile environments.  Time will tell if the D700 measures up in the same way. 

I found its predecessor the D2x to be a cracking bit of kit. New in 2005, its been 'round the clock' more times than I know. Its been dropped 20m down a slag heap at a coal mine in China. Its been frozen several times. Its been covered in snow. Its been soaked in the rain. Mine certainly looked like it'd been to war zones! And it kept going until a Cyprus downpour finally saw it off.