Camera

We love our Canon 550D (Rebel Ti2) and carry two basic lenses for film and photography.

Camera Accessories

We use a Manfrotto tripod and camera bag. We also use a Sony voice recorder and carry several spare memory sticks, SD cards, batteries, a charger and cleaning equipment.

Lighting

We use a Manfrotto video light and a foldaway bounce board.

Sound

Thanks to Rode Mics we use a VideoMic Pro, pistol grips and stands. We also use a Sony lapel mic.

Portable hard drives

As well as using Dropbox every day we back everything up on removable hard drives, in particular our raw film footage.

Headphones

We use Sennheiser headphones for filming and editing and a Yoga headset for Skype coaching etc.

Wish List

Over time I would love an underwater camera housing for the Canon, more exciting lenses, fitted lens protector cases and another tripod. We also want to upgrade our sound recorder and lapel mic to something a little more professional. We will upgrade the Compaq laptop to a more powerful machine, not sure what we will get!

Play things

Kindles

We only got Kindles before we left and it has been an instant love affair! Haven’t yet worked out how to make PDF’s look good on there, but we are pouring through the books.

Portable speaker

We have a cool compact little Divoom speaker that amplifies sound from movies or music from our various devices.

Chess/checkers board

A must have for waiting in bus terminals, airports or lazy afternoons.

iPhones

We use our iPhones as cameras when we don’t have our big camera handy, also as a clock, alarm clock, for quick access to internet and for apps like Skype, Facetime, games, notes etc.

Scuba diving gear

I am planning a few weeks in Utila, Honduras to get my divemaster certificate and have been lugging such things as fins, snorkel and mask and a new Intova underwater camera and housing.

Wish List

In one week I left my beloved fins in a taxi and John’s iPhone fell out into the back of a ute. Both gone we will replace eventually. We also killed the portable speaker and one of the Kindles so will be shopping when we get to San Fran!

Travel Bags

Our bags get a beating! They get packed to bursting point, shuttled through airports, squished onto little boats, sat on in long queues, dumped off buses, grimed up on treks and act as makeshift wardrobes on the floors of many hostels.

Big backpacks

We use two big packs: a Kathmandu (Interloper) and a Blackwolf (Ceder Breaks) back pack. Both are starting to show signs of age!

Day packs/carry-on luggage

We use a 5 litre Kathmandu day pack, both laptops fit into a Everiki bag and our camera gear goes into a padded shoulder bag.

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• Travel and Adventure
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