My Gear

I converted from full frame to Olympus M43 in early 2018 and I now shoot exclusively with OM System / Olympus cameras and lenses.  I am incredibly happy with my OM gear, which is light, ergonomic, and ‘intelligent’. My kit list is currently as follows:

Camera bodies & lenses

• OM System OM-1 II & Olympus OM-3 bodies
• Olympus 150-400 f4.5 Pro lens – my go-to wildlife long lens
• Olympus 300mm f4 lens – light, razor sharp and ideal for travel
• Olympus 40-150 f2.8 Pro lens – a tack sharp lens for larger insects
• Olympus 12-45 f4 Pro lens – an ultra-lightweight landscape / travel lens
• Olympus 60mm f2.8 Macro lens + extension tubes – ideal for travel
• Olympus 90mm f3.5 macro lens
• Olympus MC14 1.4x / MC-20 x2 extenders
• DJI mini 4 Pro drone & RC-2 controller

Ancillary equipment

• Shimoda v2 30 20L camera back-pack with ‘Large Mirrorless’ core unit – by far the best backpack I have ever used
• Manfrotto 15L Beefree backpack for macro – takes all my macro gear so I can pick pick it up and go
• Temba 10L backpack for drone
• Billingham Hadley Small Pro bag – light, small and perfect for urban travel

• Benro carbon 1TOR24CLV tripod with leveling base and video head
• Gitzo GT2531EX carbon tripod for fine macro work plus Arca Swiss Monoball P0 head – a stunningly engineered combo
• Peak Design aluminum travel tripod – perfect if I need to pack really light
• Manfrotto 290 carbon monopod with a Wimberly MH100 ‘mono-gimbal’ head – a fantastic combo with the 150-400 f4.5

• Cognisys Sabre laser trigger – for bats-in-flight
• 5 Cactus RX60x flashes and stands – for bats in flight
• Various LED panel lights, brackets & clamps for macro work