More Gear Show #9 | PPN | December 25th, 2017

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The More Gear Show topic this month is: What gear to choose for street-, travel-, or documentary photography?

This episode is sponsored by: PhotoShelter

Marco invited fellow street and event photographer Matt Hart from England as our guest to the show. Matt has been creating images for 40 years and he is also a Fujifilm ambassador and the founder of the Fujiholics Social Media group.

Clothes & Shoes:
The first gear choices that are discussed are clothes and shoes. It sounds like something that one should not put too much thought into, but the right shoes and clothes can make the difference between a pleasant and successful or a miserable day doing photography in the city.


Camera bags:
Matt prefers a backpack over traditional camera bags most of the time these days. But he does also like the stylish GILLIS bags:

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Marco uses the ThinkTank Retrospective 5 & 10 bags
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And the COSYSPEED CAMSLINGER Streetomatic Plus
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Amazon DE: http://amzn.to/2kQu5TZ


Accessories:

• Extra batteries!!! at least 2
• Extra SD-Card
• Small power bank for phone and some USB charging cameras
• Ziplock bag
• Rocket Blower
• Facial tissues for soft lens cleaning
• Cap or hat
• Small paper notebook and pencil
• Reusable bottle for water
• change for train, drink, snack, admission
• a light umbrella with a crooked handle

Cameras:

• small, light, unobtrusive and quiet
• easy to control or quick custom settings menu - we need to react fast to changing situations
• a good manual focusing mode is a bonus for zone focusing - shooting from the hip
• tilt LCD or even EVF for stealthy, less confrontational work.

Fuji X70
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Fuji X100F
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Amazon DE: http://amzn.to/2zoZCB1

Fuji X-PRO2
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Amazon DE: http://amzn.to/2D7RuqP

Fuji X-T2
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Amazon DE: http://amzn.to/2DGiQFt

Olympus PEN-F
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Amazon DE: http://amzn.to/2zqD2Ig

Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX8
B&H: https://bhpho.to/2D6EotG
Amazon DE: http://amzn.to/2zpFiiP

Ricoh GR II
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Amazon DE: http://amzn.to/2DGbKAI

Sony DSC-RX100 V
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Amazon DE: http://amzn.to/2l5wkSM

Canon EOS M6
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Amazon DE: http://amzn.to/2D8EK2T


Lenses:
Aside of your camera brand and sensor size the preferred street and documentary focal lengths are between a 21mm and 50mm equivalent field of view in classic 35mm full frame terms. These focal lengths will ensure a realistic perspective similar to how we see with the human eyes. Weather sealing is an advantage and faster aperture lenses are not a must but will be at an advantage in low light situations.



Co-Host Matt Hart can be found on his Fujiholics media sites:

Web: www.Fujiholics.com
Twitter: @Fujiholics
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fujiholics/

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Author

Marco Larousse is a journalist and a fine art, street and documentary photographer, a educator, speaker, and podcast producer of photography related topics - MarcoLarousse.com. Marco has a background in photography of 30+ years.

Marco's approach to photography is "reduce to the basics and focus on the story and the subject." Growing up with the limitations that film photography has taught him, he still enjoys the basic approach to photography today. For Marco the camera is a tool and a mere extension of his instincts.

Marco is the Co-Founder, Host and Producer at Photo Podcast Network.

Contact Marco on Twitter @HamburgCam​