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My Current Landscape & Nature Photography Equipment List

My Current Landscape & Nature Photography Equipment List

Updated September 2025

It should be noted that it is possible to take really good landscape and nature images using a relatively modest set of camera equipment. Professional photographers can justify the sometimes considerable cost of keeping up with the latest and greatest equipment in order to benefit from incremental improvements in performance and handling.

Camera bodies:

  • Canon EOS R5mkII - my primary camera body for both landscape and wildlife photography. This is used with vertical grip when shooting wildlife or Smallrig L-bracket when shooting landscapes and macro.
  • Canon EOS R5 - my backup body for landscape photography. Used with a Smallrig L-bracket.
  • Canon EOS R7 - my backup camera body for wildlife photography. The 1.6X crop factor makes this body a useful addition to my landscape kit, instead of a 1.4X extender.  Also great at focus-bracketing for macro. This body is used with a Slik i-Bracket.

Lenses:

  • EF8-15mm f4L - a surprisingly useful lens for landscape photography if you keep the horizon centred.
  • EF11-24mm f4L - my current favourite lens for landscape photography, now that I can use it with drop-in filters.
  • RF14-35mm f4L - lightweight wide-angle zoom at focusses really close. Great for showing wildlife within its environment.
  • Laowa 25mm f2.8 2.5-5X ultra macro - used exclusively on a focussing rail for tiny fungi and slime moulds.
  • Sigma 14mm f1.8 Art - used exclusively for wide-angle astro-landscape photography.
  • RF24-105mm f4L IS - my least used lens, but good for filling the gap between wides and teles.
  • EF100mm f2.8L IS macro - my main lens for general macro and close-up photography.
  • EF100-400mm f4.5-5.6L IS mkII - the best and most versatile lens I've owned and by far my most used lens for a variety of subjects.
  • EF600mm f4L IS mkII - my workhorse lens for bird and mammal photography.
  • EF1.4X mkIII - this extender is frequently used on my 600mm lens when photographing birds.
  • EF2X mkIII - this extender is used on my 600mm lens when photographing small birds.

Accessories:

  • Mindshift Firstlight 40L Photo Backpack - Accommodates a huge amount of gear whilst conforming to most airline carry on sizes.
  • Peli 1560 - Hard case with foam inserts to safely transport gear in an aircraft hold.
  • Stackshot automated focussing rail - used exclusively with the Laowa 25mm lens for photographing very tiny fungi and slime moulds.
  • Godox V1 flashes with X-3 transmitter - I much prefer these to Canon's own flashes.
  • i-Optron Skytracker Pro - used for wide-field astro-landscape photography.
  • Raynox DCR-250 - excellent diopter to increase magnification in macro photography.
  • Sachtler Flowtech 75 - my main tripod for landscape and nature photography.
  • Really Right Stuff TVC-3X - my lightest tripod, used mainly for macro and close-up photography.
  • Flexshooter Pro - my main tripod head when I'm travelling.
  • Really Right Stuff BH55 Pro - my main ball and socket head for landscape and macro photography in the UK.
  • Sachtler FSB-6 - excellent fluid head used exclusively with my 600mm lens
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