Gary’s Q&A

Listener question & Gary’s response · Transcript passage

Nonato Nonnie Ramirez asks When you were traveling the world at your peak what camera gear did you use?I started using a Nikon D200, which was the top-of-the-line crop sensor camera at the time. I then upgraded to the D300s when it came out.

I waited for years for Nikon to come out with an upgrade and they never did. Meanwhile, Sony had become a leader in camera innovation. I eventually just completely switched over to Sony and to full frame cameras. The reason for the switch is that my biggest challenge doing travel photography was low light. I couldn’t use a flash in the vast majority of situations, so I needed a camera that performed well in low light.

I have a Sony a7rII, which is a bit old at this point, but I haven’t really done much photography since I started the podcast. I normally only carried three lenses with me when traveling: a super zoom, a wide-angle lens, and a 50mm f/2 lens. I also have a 600mm lens I use for wildlife photography, but I didn’t normally travel with it as it was so large.