For me, choosing an equipement is 50% about optical qualities and 50% about pratical qualities (weight, stealth, ease of use, auto-focus, stabilization, etc). Weight is of great importance for full days of hiking ; the Canon 5D Mark IV ant it's excellent high ISO performance allows me for instance to leave most of the time flash and tripod at home, or to be satisfied with the very light Voigtländer 20mm that needs to be stopped-down at f/8 for better results.
I will most probably finish with a mirrorless to gain more weight, however I am still undecided because of power consumption (several batteries to recharge) and the lack of very fast dedicated prime lenses.
Since september 2017 - Full Frame EOS 5D4
- Canon EOS 5D Mark IV digital single lens reflex camera
- Canon EF 17-40 mm f/4.0 L lens + B+W MRC Kaeserman slim circular polarizer
- Voigtländer Color Skopar 20mm f/3.5 SL II lens (when travelling)
- Canon EF 50 mm f/1.4 + B+W MRC 58 mm circular polarizer
- Canon EF 135 mm f/2 L (in alternance with the 70-300 for travelling), 77 mm adaptor ring for polarizing filter
- Canon EF 70-300 mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM lens (+ 58 mm polarizer)
- Canon 250D diopter and EF-12 II extension tube for macro-photography
- Canon 420EX & 580EX flashes (420EX for multi-flash and travelling)
- Cullmann 1002 & SLIK U2000 light tripods
Since january 2009 - Full Frame EOS 5D2
- Canon EOS 5D Mark II digital single lens reflex camera (kept as second body)
- Eg-D grid and Eg-S precision focusing screens
- Canon EF 17-40 mm f/4.0 L lens + B+W MRC Kaeserman slim circular polarizer
- Canon EF 50 mm f/1.4 + B+W MRC 58 mm circular polarizer
- Canon EF 135 mm f/2 L (in alternance with the 70-300 for travelling), 77 mm adaptor ring for polarizing filter
- Canon EF 70-300 mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM lens (+ 58 mm polarizer)
- Canon 250D diopter and EF-12 II extension tube for macro-photography
- Canon 420EX & 580EX flashes (420EX for multi-flash and travelling)
- Cullmann 1002 & SLIK U2000 light tripods
From october 2004 to december 2008 - APS-C format EOS 20D
- Canon EOS 20D digital single lens reflex camera
- Canon EF 17-40 mm f/4.0 L lens + Hoya 77 mm circular polarizer
- Canon EF 70-300 mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM lens + B+W MRC 58 mm circular polarizer
- Canon EF 50 mm f/1.8 MkII lens + 58 mm step up ring for polarizer
- Canon 250D diopter for macro-photography
- Canon 580EX flash (420EX for multi-flash)
- SLIK U2000 tripod
From november 2001 to september 2004 - film EOS 33
- Canon EOS 33 single lens reflex film camera (also known as Elan 7)
- Canon EF 28-105 f/3.5-5.6 USM lens
- Canon EF 50 mm f/1.8 MkII lens
- Canon EF 100-300 mm f/4.0-5.6 USM lens
- Canon 250D diopter for macro-photography
- Canon 420 EX flash
- COKIN Filters: Polarizer, Graduals, stars…
- SLIK U2000 tripod
- Kodak Royal 100, Royal 200 & Supra 200 negative films
From december 1979 to october 2001 - Canon A1
- Canon A1 single lens reflex film camera (manual focus - aperture or shutter or program auto-exposure)
- Canon FD 50 mm f/1.8 lens
- Vivitar 28 mm f/2.8 lens
- Vivitar 70-150 mm f/4.0-5.6 lens
- Vivitar cobra flash (Braun torch flash for big occasions)
- COKIN Filters: Polarizer, Graduals, stars…
- Small aluminium tripod (about 500 g, 1 lb)
- Kodachrome 64, Kodachrome 200, Ektachrome 200 and sometimes Ektachrome 400 slides films
From december 1970 to november 1979 - Instamatic
- Kodak Instamatic 355 X camera with electronic eye for auto-exposure
- Mini tripod
- Pictures that remained of acceptable quality were taken with Kodachrome 64 film (format was square)
