Thirteen
pieces of camera equipment I own. *See the bottom of this post for details about why I’m telling you.(Camera Photo license)
My 13
1.Canon Rebel camera body (film) Hey, UPDATE! Canon EOS Rebel DSLR
2. Long lens 70-300mm DL Macro Super W/ sun shield
3. 28 -104mm Wide angle lens w/ sun shield
NEW+Canon 18-55mm IS Macro
4. Filters (3 UV, 2 Polarizing, Orange Color Conversion 85B,
5. Dual Swivel Zoom Flash
6. Lens covers
7. Tripod
8. Teleconverter 2X
9. Sun Shield
10. Camera Bag NEW huge camera bag
11. Kodak Digital point and shoot
12. Batteries, batteries, batteries…
13. Kodak Digital Easy Share Point and Shoot with zoom
Most of the time when I do something I do it for a reason. Let’s take this list of camera equipment. It all pertains to photography, which happens to be my hobby. Something I love almost as much as I love writing.
*Since I wrote Howdy, Ma’am and Hey, Cowboy, it’s 
important that you know my hobby is photography because my new heroine is a photographer. She’s a former travel photographer, settling down in her own business now. I have never been a travel photographer although I have done some traveling and took a lot of pictures.
Traveling and taking pictures doesn’t make me a travel photographer. A while ago I took two photography classes at a local community college. I do know a little bit about taking pictures.
I wanted you to know that as the writer I have some experience with photography which I believe qualifies me to create a character who is a photographer. I would love to trade my film camera body in for a digital SLR because I love the lenses I already have and can’t see giving them up. (UPDATE: I now use the Canon Rebel Digital SLR with my old lenses.) I must admit these 13 items are a lot of weight to carry around. With this being one of the reasons, I’ve since been looking at smaller digital cameras. The last time I took a flight, every piece of my camera equipment was manually checked.
Getting through Detroit Metro Airport was bad enough, but getting through security at a small airport in California to come home was worse. Every piece of my camera equipment was gone over–checked and double checked. So was I! Not to mention, I was the only one on the plane to be pulled aside. Therefore, I was the last one on the plane, a small prop job going to San Francisco. A trip to remember either way. Since I got a little off topic here, I will end this now. 🙂
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9 thoughts on “Thursday 13 — Photography Equipment for a Reason”
Mary J. McCoy-Dressel
Batteries for flash, batteries for camera, and whatever else I can think to stick in that bag. Yes, it is complicated, and I needed to get to my number 13. 🙂
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The Gal Herself
How many different types of batteries do you need? Alkaline batteries, Np-whatever batteries, battery chargers … It’s a complicated world!
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Ron.
I, too, have a dual swivel zoomflash. My Beloved Sandra says it’s my best feature. She oughtta know, eh?
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harrietb (@harrietb)
I’ve got 2 Rebels- digital and film. Haven’t touched them in years. I tend to favor smaller cameras these days.
Have a great Thursday!
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Mary J. McCoy-Dressel
Hi! I’m looking a smaller Nikon right now. All the other equipment is too much to haul around. Thanks for coming by.
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Mia Celeste
Oh, that’s cool. I bet I’d like your book. I like taking pictures, even though I’m really not a photographer.
http://otherworlddiner.blogspot.com/
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Mary J. McCoy-Dressel
Do you like hunky bull riders? Love, Contemporary Romance? 🙂 So glad you came by to see my 13. Thanks!
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CountryDew
I shoot a lot of photos too (I write for a small-town newspaper and must do my own photography, with the result being that I fall under the title of professional photographer even though I do not consider myself such), and strongly recommend a good digital camera. It is well worth the expense. The lenses from film to digital should be interchangeable but are not always, so check that before you buy. You might lose a lot in terms of auto focus and that sort of thing, too, when switching camera bodies, which may or may not matter to you. Also, the higher-end point and shoots, such as the Canon Powershots, are very good, and the fact that they aren’t SLRs is almost not even worth mentioning at this point. Additionally, the ability to take 100s of shots without worrying about the price of film, not to mention the ability to tweak the photos in software, makes the expense of the camera well worth it. I also advise sticking with a good name brand (not Kodak) such as Canon or Nikon, or even Sony. I’m partial to Nikon for the color saturation but the Canons are hard to beat for durability.
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Mary J. McCoy-Dressel
Thanks for the info on switching from film to DSLR. I have my eye on a nice Nikon as we speak. Not a DSLR, but one I can be happy with. My small Kodak cameras are with me because they were gifts. I appreciate you stopping by.
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