2. Photography

My Gear

It took me a while to search around review forums, blogs and almost all around internet to finally establish my equipment set for my photography needs. There are hundreds of sites and forums where one can find recommendations and tips, but the process of searching and making a decision to buy is pains taking and long. I went through the long process and have ended up with a setup that I like much and serve my needs very well. I thought, it would be good to setup a gallery of my gear for reference for other enthusiasts to help them make the right decisions. Also, I am asked several times what camera, lens etc I use and hence this gallery should be a good reference for such folks.

I have been a Nikon fan for years and continue to be one. As such, entire information in this section is all about Nikon, sorry Canon folks ;) ! Thanks to Nikon for making such wonderful camera and lenses - without them everything would have been impossible ! Not to forget, Wimberley, Gitzo, Lenscoat, Visual Echoes, Apple, Adobe and others who have made great products to complete the entire digital shooting platform.
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I got this book from Australia to get some basic Insects knowledge. I still cannot find a good book on insects of China and hence a lot of the insect photographs either have not been identified or some of them may not be accurate. However, this books gives a general classification and idea of what insect i was shooting.
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I got this book from Australia to get some basic Insects knowledge. I still cannot find a good book on insects of China and hence a lot of the insect photographs either have not been identified or some of them may not be accurate. However, this books gives a general classification and idea of what insect i was shooting.

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  • Ahhh ! Here comes a Canon. I have been using Canon for point and shoot for a while. I also always keep with me this Canon IXUS 980 IS for general captures. This is loaded with 8GB SanDisk card.
  • My lovely iMac from Apple - this is my workstation for all of my digital workflow.
  • I store all my photographs in these two 500GB Maxtor hard drives. They are configured on RAID through MaC OSX. As such it is slower and gives me a total of 500GB available space. This is due for replacement and will soon be replaced by Drobo !
  • My Apple Macbook Pro - I carry this around in long trips, where I copy all my pictures if my cards run out and also I use it for publishing my website and other unofficial purposes. I use Moshi keypad cover and as well use Moshi touchpad and body cover. Also use the Macallay hardcover and Neoprene Secondskin.
  • Above two are very good books on Nikon Creative Lighting System. Good to read for understanding on how the Nikon Flashes SB-900 and R1C1 and generally how the CLS works.
  • These are the guides / books that I use for identifying birds in China / South East Asia. The MacKinnon / Phillips "Birds of China" is excellent for China birding.
  • I got this book from Australia to get some basic Insects knowledge. I still cannot find a good book on insects of China and hence a lot of the insect photographs either have not been identified or some of them may not be accurate. However, this books gives a general classification and idea of what insect i was shooting.
  • Nikon Binoculars for spotting / identifying birds
  • In my initial macro photography days got this guide from Robert Thompson. Very very nice book and gives a good perspective on Insect photography.
  • Another Canon ! The Pixma MP610 printer / scanner. Excellent printer from Canon. Very fast, colors are great and I use it for small prints or A4 size prints to gift to friends. Highly recommended printer.
  • I got this EPSON Stylus Photo R1800 to print A3+ Size photos. Though I have been disappointed with it. Getting the right ICC profiles and as well matching paper... i havent been successful of getting good prints. The small Canon Pixma 610 does a better job ! Also, now there is some problem with the paper feeder ! I would NOT recommend this ! Sorry Epson.
  • I use Adobe Lightroom (v2.6 currently) for my digital workflow. I generally import photographs, pick the keepers, delete the remaining, do some basic spot removals, cropping and exposure / brightness and contrast adjustments before publishing them for any use. It is excellent and highly recommended.
  • Finally, last but not the least - my web platform. Smugmug ! I searched the web a lot earlier, couldnt find anything than hosted my .mac site...but late this year discovered Smugmug and Yo, a whole new world. I took a pro account right away and am very glad that am member of Smugmug ! GREAT JOB SMUGMUG FOLKS !
  • This is the end result ! My <a href="http://www.akpixels.com">http://www.akpixels.com</a> website !
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