{"id":3747,"date":"2011-11-15T18:53:23","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T18:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=3747"},"modified":"2011-11-15T23:39:51","modified_gmt":"2011-11-15T23:39:51","slug":"3747","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=3747","title":{"rendered":"What the top pros carry!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Have you ever wondered what the top pros use to make all those images that we all admire so much? \u00a0Well I made a few phone calls and visited a few website to see for myself. \u00a0Not so surprisingly, they all have systems that are more alike than you might think, but the differences bring up some interesting questions and may give each of us a better idea, how to build our own system!<\/p>\n

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Bob Krist, World Class Travel Photographer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bob uses a pair of D7000’s (he says because of “their image quality, light weight, and terrific video capabilities!”) \u00a0 \u00a0His stable of most used lenses include: \u00a0Nikon 12-24 AF-s DX f4 wide angle zoom, Nikon 16-85 AF-S VR DX \u00a0f 3.5-5.6 mid range zoom, 70-300 AF-S VR f 4.5-5.6 telephoto zoom. \u00a0When he needs speed lenses he carries the Nikon 85mm f1.8 AF lens and the 35mm f 1.8 AF-S DX lens. \u00a0He uses the SB-900 flash units wiht the Nikon CLS (Creative Lighting System)<\/p>\n

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John Shaw, Nature Photography Master<\/strong><\/p>\n

John has been the dean of nature photographers for many years, and is still one of the leaders of photographic education in the world. \u00a0John Shaw and Larry West are the two photographers that set a fire under me in the early 70’s! \u00a0 John uses all Nikon gear; A Nikon D3s and Nikon D3x are his two main bodies, His lenses include: \u00a0Nikkor lenses: \u00a016-35, 24-70, 24 Tilt\/Shift, 45 Tilt\/Shift, 90 Tilt\/Shift, 70-200 AF-S f 2.8, 200-400 AF-S VR f4, 500 AF-S f4, Nikon Teleconverters, SB-800 flash.<\/p>\n

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Jose’ Ramos, Premier Aviation Photographer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jose’ make spectacular images both air to air and ground to air, he has worked side by side with many of our greatest military squadrons! \u00a0His kit bag has to be very portable to fit in the cockpit of modern jet fighters! \u00a0His basic kit includes the Nikon D7000, and Nikon D90 and the 12-24, 16-85, and 70-300 Nikon zooms. \u00a0He uses SB-900 and SB-800 flash units for light aircraft of all sizes.<\/p>\n

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Jim Begley, HDR Master<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jim has fast become one of the countries most recognized and appreciated HDR shooters and teachers! \u00a0Jim’s kit includes; D700, and D3s cameras. His lenses kit includes; 16-35 f 4, 28-70 f 2.8, 70-300 AF-S VR. \u00a0Jim gets more out of his gear than almost anybody I know!<\/p>\n

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Scott Kelby, Celebrated writer, photographer, workshop leader, all around great guy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scott’s work runs from travel to sports, portrait to nature, and his gear selection shows his versatility! \u00a0His bodies are D3s, D700, D300s, and Canon 50D. \u00a0His lenses include; Nikkor 10.5, 14-24, 24-70, 70-200, 18-200 28-300, 50 f1.4 , 105 Micro, 85 AF-S f 1.4, 200 f2, 300 f 2.8, 200-400 f4, 400 f 2.8, Nikon TC-14E II, \u00a0and a Canon 18-35. \u00a0 Wow a lot of stuff and no he doesn’t have a bag that carries it all!!!!!!<\/p>\n

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Joe McNally, World famous magazine photojournalist and lighting master.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Joe’s work runs the entire gamut of photography so you would expect him to have the gear to cover it all!! \u00a0His bodies are D3s, D700, \u00a0 His lenses include; Nikkor 16mm f 2.8, 14-24, 50mm f 1.4, 24-70, 70-200, 105 Micro, 200 f2, 200-400 f4, \u00a0Nikon TC-17E II. \u00a0As you would imagine tons of SB-900s, SB-800s!!<\/p>\n

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Tony Sweet, One of leading Art photographers in \u00a0the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tony’s beautiful and inspiring work is captured with a specific system best suited to his needs; \u00a0D3, D700, D300s, D200 (Infared converted) \u00a0Lenses include, 16 mm Fisheye, 14-24, 24-70, 85 Tilt\/Shift, 70-200, 105 an 200 Micro lenses, 300 f4 and a Lensbaby!<\/p>\n

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Mark Alberhasky, Fine Art, Travel, and photographic generalist modern master.<\/p>\n

One of my favorite photographers and an amazing shooter, Mark has done it all and he didn’t start until after a full medical career! \u00a0Mark shoots Nikon D3s, D3x, D7000, D700 and the full compliment of Nikon lenses mentioned in every entry, 16 Fisheye, 14-24, 24-70, 70-200, 200-400 and much more! \u00a0The bottom line is that whatever piece of gear that is in his hands, he sure knows how to use it!<\/p>\n

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A final thought, I hope you enjoyed a peak into the camera bags of some great shooters!!! \u00a0Please let me brag a little, and praise a lot! \u00a0I count all these men very very close friends, not associates, friends. \u00a0i can say that as spectacular as their work is, i appreciate them even more for there long frienships, I’ve learned a great deal from each of them and have greatly enjoyed their company. \u00a0This is what is called a lifetime of blessings!<\/p>\n

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Equipment image courtesy of Think Tank Photo.<\/p>\n

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  Have you ever wondered what the top pros use to make all those images that we all admire so much? \u00a0Well I made a few phone calls and visited a few website to see for myself. \u00a0Not so surprisingly, they all have systems that are more alike than you might think, but the differences […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-learning"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3747"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3750,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3747\/revisions\/3750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}