What's In My Camera Bag

What's In My Camera Bag... 2025 Edition

I am currently using the Fujifilm X-series mirrorless digital cameras and their superb Fujinon lenses.  The Fuji X system was one of the early mirrorless systems and has been around for more than a about a dozen years, so it has a relatively broad selection of lenses available, something my previous Canon system was lacking.  

Since the cameras have a sensor slightly smaller than the traditional 35mm cameras of old, the lenses are correspondingly smaller and lighter than the equivalent lenses from the Canon and Nikon systems, saving a considerable amount of weight in my camera bag.  I never carry all of this gear with me at one time, but I pick and choose from this list depending on whether I'm out photographing landscape, nature, travel, wildlife, or if I'm just going for a walk around the neighbourhood:

Fujifilm X-E2 16-megapixel mirrorless digital camera

Fujifilm X-T2 24-megapixel mirrorless digital camera

Fujifilm X-H2S 26-megapixel mirrorless digital camera

Fujifilm X-H2 40-megapixel mirrorless digital camera

Fujifilm X100VI 40-megapixel compact digital camera

Fujinon XF 8-16mm f2.8 R LM WR lens

Fujinon XF 10-24mm f4 R LM OIS WR lens

Fujinon XF 16-55mm f2.8 R LM WR lens

Fujinon XF 30mm f2.8 R LM WR Macro lens

Fujinon XF 60mm f2.4 R Macro lens

Fujinon XF 70-300mm f4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR lens

Fujinon XF 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR lens

Fujinon XF 500mm f5.6 R LM OIS WR lens

Fujinon XF 1.4x teleconverter

Fujifilm also makes a wonderful system of medium-format mirrorless cameras, capable of producing landscape images with stunning detail and dynamic range, but as I'm getting older, I'm less enthusiastic about carrying this heavier gear on my shoulders.

Prior to switching over to Fujifilm, I used a Canon EOS R system:

Canon EOS R5 45-megapixel mirrorless digital camera

Canon EOS R3 24-megapixel mirrorless digital camera

Canon RF 14-35mm f4L IS lens

Canon RF 15-35mm f2.8L IS lens

Canon RF 24-105mm f4L IS lens

Canon RF 70-200mm f4L IS lens

Canon RF 100mm f2.8L IS macro lens

Canon RF 100-500mm f4.5-7.1L IS lens

Canon EF 500mm f4L IS USM II lens

Canon EF-RF lens mount adapter

Canon RF extender 1.4x

Canon EF extender 1.4x-III

For kayaking and other pursuits that involve water, I still have an older Nikon 1 AW1 mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera, which is completely waterproof to a depth of 15m (and yes I have accidentally "tested" its ability to be submerged and continue operating...).  Unfortunately, Nikon discontinued this system a couple of years ago, and currently there is nothing else on the market like it, aside from a few point-and-shoot cameras with fixed lenses and much smaller sensors.

Other Equipment I Use:

Apple MacBook Pro laptop computer
Gitzo carbon fiber tripods
Arca-Swiss ball heads

Kase, Lee, and Zeiss filters

Dynamic Perception Stage Zero motion time lapse rig (now discontinued...)
Clik Elite, MindShift and ThinkTank camera bags (you can never have too many camera bags... )