My preferred Inventory of Gear and Software-
Capturing the Images-
- Canon 7D with Zeikos Dual Battery pack
- Canon 40D Backup Body
- Canon 10D with Infrared conversion (Standard IR Filter)
HDR Essentials-
- Feisol Tournament Carbon Fiber Tripod with Ball Head
- SLIK PRO 700DX Tripod with Panhead (Heavy-for Harsh Conditions)
- Joby Gorillapod Focus with Ball Head, A must for shooting in Tripod Police Zones!
- Promote Systems Promote Control, a must have for the Canon HDR shooter, although it is still not compatible with all Canon Models, I also carry the optional Shutter Release cable from Promote, and a set of spare cables.
Glass and Filters-
- Canon 16-35 2.8 L USM
- Canon 70-200 2.8 L IS USM
- Canon 100mm Macro 2.8 L IS USM
- Canon EF 50mm 1.8 Prime
- Canon 10-22 EF-S
- Tokina 10-17 AT-X Fisheye, for those must have Empress shots
- Canon EF 20-35 Wide Angle for the 10D
- Misc. ND filters
Flash Accesories-
- Canon 580 EX
- Canon MR-14EX Macro Ring Flash
Carrying all that Gear on the Road-
- Canon 200 EG Backpack I use for a smaller Mobile shooting bag
- Tenba Shootout Medium Backpack(A beast) Normally handles everything for travel
- There is no perfect bag that will hold everything but the Tenba is the best I found to carry most everything the way I prefer with nice protection
Back in The Processing Lab AKA-Home Office, my Favorite tools-
- Adobe Lightroom for filing/catalogue and RAW file processing
- Photomatix Pro 4.0
- Adobe Photoshop CS5
- Topaz Adjust and DeNoise
- Imagenomic-Noiseware
- OnOne
- Lucis Art
- Various NIK tools
- Silver Efex Pro
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I’d love to see a review of the Promote Control. I’m considering purchasing one, but would like a detailed explanation on it’s use from someone who has used it.
Thanks Van, I will work on one for my next post! keep an eye out!
Hello Mike,I will also be waiting with bated breath for your Promote Control review.Like your blog by the way.Cheers for now.
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Hey Mike, this is awesome –I have seen your name around in the HDR community, good job keep it up..
bryanhrdz
thank you for Promote control information. I am thinking about to buy one soon.
Wonder which system are you using PC or Mac?
Hi Ellen
I love my Promote!
I use a PC , thought about a MAC but have not made the switch yet. Thanks for the visit
Cool pics! What filters in Topaz Adjust do you use most for HDR? I have onOne and Nik suites and was thinking of getting Topaz Adjust as well.
Hi Robert
Topaz is nice, its one of the first software tools I started using, I use a few filters in Topaz adjust, I cannot think of the names off the top of my head because the new version just changed and is a bit different. Thanks for the visit