What Gear do you use? | Wildlife Photography with Klaus Tiedge
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- Watch the Documentary Film made with this exact gear: • Safari of my Life - Wi...
So often people ask me what gear I use. I'd like to share a quote by Annie Leibovitz that embodies my thoughts on the subject. She said: "If thats what you thinking about, you are not taking pictures"
Photographic Gear is not important in taking great pictures. Sure it helps but its not the defining factor. But because everyone want to know anyway... here we go: What's in Klaus Tiedge's camera bag.
Cameras
1x Canon EOS 1D Mark II
2x Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Lens (All Canon)
500mm
300mm
70-200mm
35-70mm
16-35mm
Backup Batteries x 5
Macbook Pro Laptop
CF Cards x 12 in waterproof suitcase
Card Reader
3 x External harddrives
2 x tripod
3 x baseplate (one for each camera)
binoculars
3 x remote triggers
mosquito repellant
gloves, hat & sunglasses
& 3 x Sand / Bean Bags
All stored in a Lowpro Backpack
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Watch the Documentary Film made with this exact gear: th-cam.com/video/ugTThtin5Ng/w-d-xo.html
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RIP! Photography community misses you!
Klaus you will be greatly missed in the photo community your philosophy is outstanding and brilliant
Wow ... You said the correct word for all photographer who will ask for camera gear.,.... Asking camera gear is like... Asking a artist about which paint brush he used to create a painting... Thank you 🙂👍
yes that is a great example!
Thank you Sir :)
Not a good comparison bro, I do shoot and paint a bit as well. U can use a flat brush to paint something which can be made with a round brush or a filbert and get same effect. You definitely can't replace the image quality of a shot using 70-200 f2.8 lens at 200mm f2.8 with a18-200 5.6 lens.
I do get irritated when someone with no photo knowledge tells me. No wonder you use expensive lens and they kind of think that's what gives better pictures. I challenge them to use my camera. But to say Gear does not matter at all is definitely not correct. Your gear does have credit to an extent in all the images you make.
Otherwise there is no reason for all the guys who say Gear does matter, to carry the most latest gears for their shoot.
Missed you so much Brother keep taken beautiful pictures in heaven.
What a fantastic "What's in my bag".Not for the gear, but for the organisation and attitude. Of course pros need top lenses etc, but I can still enjoy shooting with my 5DIII, 7DII, Sigma 150=600 Sport and my 70-200 f4 IS. It all about being out there with nature, learning about wildlife and landscapes and getting the important messages across.
hi mark thanks for you commend you 100% got it !!
Yes I like the simplicity. The weight is important for me as well. Nikon D7200 with Tamron 150-600 G2 is everything I need for wildlife :)
Nice to see your gear and happy to hear from you man!
Wonderful view of where equipment falls short off. Its all in the heart and eyes of the photographer. Thanks for sharing.
thats how it is !!! thanks for the comment ;-)
thanks for you comment
Absolutely brilliant
Tolles Video Klaus!
Great video. Yes, this is what I learned too. In the beginning I was just focused on the gear, now I know you better spend the time to think about how you can increase the chances / moments for taking pictures. This counts more in my opinion. And I reduced the geat & Equipment I have substantial in the last 1.5 years. As I am into bird photography and especially smaller forest and water birds, I use longer lenses such as a Canon 800mm 5.6 and a Canon 400mm 2.8 for low light - no compromise here. I simply can’t get close enough to my subjects typically. And a Canon 1DX Mark II and Canon 7D Mark II. Happy shooting :)
Gear lists are important if you are to ensure that you don’t leave house without some vital pieces. This information helped me greatly on my maiden safari this July 2021. I took 2 bodies (Z6, Z62), three lens (24-70, 70-200, 200-500) but unfortunately I left my extender. 500mm wasn’t always sufficient especially in areas where the animals are far from the road. All in all I had a great first safari and learnt a lot about animals in the wild. Masai Mara was incredible. Oh, btw, on my next trip if it ever happens I will take sensor cleaning fluid, dust blower, some form of clamp to secure camera that does video recording as there is a lot of shake in these vehicles. Miss you Klaus
Legendary video. Loved your Instagram too. 👍🏻
Thanks sir
beautiful info and advice about cameras, it is the creativity of the person that matters
Nice gear sir .
I hope the second lens is 24-70 f 2.8
RIP KLAUS ... A LEGEND PHOTOGRAPHER
In a moving motor vehicle and bumpy road it's better if the lens is sitting vertically to avoid misalignment of the lens elements.
You passed away ! but your foot prints still alive!
The 16-35 lens you have is it a F2.8 one or F4 one? Anyway you are packed for any given photo situation. What is missing in your line up is an external speedlite and perhaps a better beamer, particularly if you are shooting birds in your safaris.
Hi Rajman181, its a F2.8 ;-) No birds for me :-D all about the cats & the big animals... but thanks for the advice, who knows in the future on the next trip
thanks you are right but birds are not on my list ;-)
Taking images of birds and flowers are a photography "specialty." I learned that when I tried to photograph a Cooper's hawk that had captured a squirrel. The hawk couldn't fly high and had to drag its prey. I tried photographing it from 40 feet away with my 70-300 at 300 mm. That's when I learned a 300 mm for birds is inadequate. This year I bought a Nikon 200-500, 5.6 and it's barely adequate. Big glass needed for little birds.
Good gear especially for wildlife is a MUST if you want great photos!!!😬
While I agree with the premise of that statement about gear to a point, I also find it slightly funny that the only people I've heard say "its not the gear that matters" are the pros with all the high end gear. Take a Canon T5i and as kit lens on safari and you'll see gear does matter! Do you need the best gear available? No but you do need some minimal benchmark level so that you have adequate AF speed, fast aperture, etc to capture the wildlife you are most passionate about that will produce pictures acceptable to your standards. What brand of gear truly doesn't matter, you can get great wildlife pictures with Canon, Sony, Nikon, Fuji, etc. they all function equally well. Not having certain gear, while not stopping you from doing wildlife photogragphy as a whole, can limit your options as to what wildlife subjects you can properly capture in action.
Hi Frank, you are absolutly right. My best work would not be what it is without high end gear... but I started many years ago learning the ropes with average equipment. The point i mean (and perhaps was not clear enough) is that people don't need to go buy things for $1000s and think they are going to be automatically good... the skill and patients you need is the bigger part as it takes time and practice. People should be less gear obsessed and more focussed on developing their eye, camera knowledge and make connections to people who will get you in the right position to take great pictures. Thanks for your comment!
Rest in peace brother,,we will try to make this world a better place.
@0:50 you say Duplo, that's small kids lego, thx for sharing
Is that the mark ii 500 or version 1
You have a great collection Klaus, some important items missing in your kit are a the newest Canon 90D, a good speedlight, if you want the best Canon 600EX-RT, a good better beamer, a cable release, a good light source and a rain cover. If you add these items to your set up, you are good to go for any given situation. Good luck keep going.
I dont understand what does he need the 90d for
Why dont u buy if ur rich as this guy
Faisal k klaus has passed away.
Klaus is in heaven now. RIP Klaus.
I love how you presume to tell a pro what he needs. RIP KLAUS
For all the people who say gear is not important. It's just a joke. Gear is one of the most important things in photography. Why does he not use a 5D Mark I instead. Ask him to use the sigma 150-600 instead of the 500 f4. Why does he need a 300. He can use a convert or on the 70-200 f2.8 instead.
I went to Russia to shoot bears using 70-200 with a 2x tele. Though everything has been focussed and framed properly, the quality is shitty.
I rented myself a 200-400 f4 lens for my next trip to Africa to shoot wildlife.
So Gear is also important for good photography, but u need skill to know how to use them. Gear alone won't give u better pictures
Exactly. It's easy to say 'gear is not important' when you just happen to be shooting with top of the line expensive gear. They are just tools, but great tools really help in doing a great job.
i am still doing well with my 5d classic and 1D mark III, no problem at all, lenses are more important than the camera itself!
@@nsr150sp1 i agree. though 5D mark iii or a 7D ii will be beter for using for astro photography and shooting wildlife with that super shutter speed. But the essence of my comments is that the same photographer with the same skill using a 70-200 f2.8 with a converter and using a 200-400 f4 lens will be totally different. I learned it the hard way when i compare my pictures of bears in kamchatka vs the pictures of lions in africa.
Gear is important, because you kind of need a camera to produce a photo with, in this case. You don't need the best equipment to produce likeable photos, but you might need it for effects like a very blurry background. In wildlife photography, having lenses with f/2.8 is really useful, especially in woodland areas. However, the telephoto f/2.8 lenses are quite expensive, the ones I know of.
True, I could use a Tamron 150-600 5-6.3 instead of my EF 600 f4 MK2.
to be honest you can carry so much gear if you are in the vehicle. as for me I only use Canon 90D with 100-400mm mkII.. that is all. if i have a choice i will buy a 1DXm3 maybe or a Sony A9II or A7R4.
most of the time I walk around to find animals, which means to say you need something light and mobile, I don't carry tripod too because it slows me down only. by carrying too much camera also takes time to switch and you might miss the moment.
Hii sir,
Amazon explanation for wildlife photography.. I learning wildlife photography your under
Wich macbook are you using to edit youre pictures?
Hi Phil, not the one in this video ;-) ... the laptop is just for transferring, logging and backups while im in the bush. I have a 27inch iMac back in my home studio.
Okay but do you have any experience with macbooks and editing? Cause iam thinking about to buy one but most of them dont support the full spectrum of adobe rgb.... @@KlausTiedgeFineArtPhotography
@@KlausTiedgeFineArtPhotography nice video, i recommend XferMax X8 as backup solution, no macbook requied. Here is the link for your reference. www.amazon.com/dazuinfo
2:51 that bag is from Emirates right? :) I too use it as an organizer
Excellent video
Haha yes it is... i have one for the mic gear, one for cables and another for batteries....
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Als ich auf Safari war in Tansania durfte man nicht aus dem Auto steigen :D
Danke Jan, es ist auch so in Kenia, man muss Sondererlaubnis von den Ranger bekommen. (meistens durch bezahlung eines Passierscheins)
Dankeschön, das werde ich denn bei der nächsten Safari beachten :)
immer !!sehr gerne ;-)
RIP Klaus.
I think the first DSLR will be 1Dx Mark II. Not 1D Mark II.
Sir photography is your real career ??? Means is it a part-time ~?
Full time job. I spent many years in lifestyle & fashion photography. Only in recent years have i transitioned over to Wildlife. Tuff at first but if you keep working at it (as in full time) you can make a career out of it!!! Work hard
Osadaron
So sorry he died, he was such an amazing photographer.
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camera is like a gun and you shoot it. now its ur abiltiy how good shooter you are . agree ur views plus surprised u have only under 900 sub. consider me one putting you on 840
Thanks Tech And Travel - Its a fairly new Channel - all my content is only from the last year (although i been in the business of photography my whole life) Appreciate the support!!!
But you wouldn't go hunting bears with a .22 cal. The right gear is as important as the person behind the lens when shooting wildlife.
R 139 995,00 1x Canon EOS 1D Mark II
you use my same sort of gear, but ill never be out there to get these type of images, and yes i still have a 1dmkiin, love it over the 1dx
No one sane loves a 1D body over a 1DX. Seriously 😂
@@stubones autofocus on the 1dmkiin was the best canon ever did, until the new eos R5, I think I might be converted
@@stubones do you use one and have you tried both cameras, I have the 500 prime the 300 prime, the 70-200 f2.8 and the 17-40, its my landscape lens, I use that mainly with my new 1dxmkiii the now, that is a decent camera, but not as good as the R5, I think that body shades it, just!! if you pixel peep at 400%, the 1dmkiin has legendary autofocus, the reason a lot of pros overlooked the mk3 and went straight to the mk4, just saying mate!!!
Underlining the point about non-importance of the gear, he's using a 15-year old Canon 1D Mark 2 that has ... 8 MP. It has maximum ISO of 1600, 45 focus points, and 1.3 crop factor; BUT ... it shoots 8.5 fps, and can handle shutter speeds up to 1/8000. Looking at this and knowing that this guy was able to produce good photos with this camera, we can all select the proper camera for wildlife. A very interesting and entertaining video!
Actually, he is using the 1dx MkII check video at 1:48. This was top of the line Canon camera at the time video was released.
Team nikon z6 😁
Supop
Me looking at my nikon d 3400 with kit lens 😂😂😂😂
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IS OK HAVING ALL THE EXPENSIVE CAMERAS AND LENSE WHAT YOU NEED TO ASK YOURSELF CAN YOU WALK AND NOT BEEN ON A CAR OR TRUCK TO TAKE YOU TO THESE PLACE AND WITH OUT THEM NO WAY CAN YOU CARRY THEM ALL THE HEAVY LENSES AND THE CAMERS IF YOU ARE GOING TO TAKE PHOTO AND HAVE YOU WALK LONG DISTANCE
Gift me the lens
Can't afford
Sorry but total BS. If you think gear doesn't matter, go ahead with a standard 24-105 and try to take some close-up pictures of small birds....how close can you get even in a full camo cover? 10m? 15m before you scare them off? Oh, yeah, you can crop.... like 5 times to fill the frame. But you can already predict how that will look like even off a high mpix sensor. So yes, gear does matter, quite a lot actually. If you want to achieve a specific goal, you need the tool for that.
How difficult is it to shoot animals from a GUIDED SAFARI where you LITERALLY are 20 feet from an elephant? Why don't you try to shoot a fast tiny hawk in flight and still get razor sharp photos with a USED $800 70-200 2.8? Now THAT takes skill!
Why you talking seriously?
"Whats the new word -selfie."
sigh....get over yourself.
When you have been a photographer for more than 35 years, then yes, the word Selfie is still a new word. I am over myself thank you. #sigh
What's a "selfie?" I think I know. Those are the ones where trees, light poles and other objects come out of people's heads or ears. Other "selfies" show amputated arms, legs or half a body.
Thanks sir
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