Comments on: What’s in Thomas Hawk’s Camera Bag?

By: Uldis Bojars

Uldis Bojars — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:07:00 +0000

What do you use the 1.4x extender with if EF 70-200 f/4 is not always in your bag?

Not for the wide-angle zoom, i guess...

I am really enjoying 70-200 f/4 (non-IS version, I am afraid) now but have not used it with an extender yet.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 21:13:00 +0000

Thanks for posting that, very interesting. I’m a little surprised you only carry one memory card though. I’m currently using an Extreme 2 4GB in my 30D, but after having my previous card die, I now carry a couple of smaller cards in my bag, just in case. Just curious, have you ever experienced a CF card failure?

By: Hank

Hank — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 22:50:00 +0000

thomas – you may already have shared this information, but which software package do you use to process your pictures on your mac book pro? do you use aperture or lightroom? I’m finally ready to invest in some decent software, but want to get you take before spending the cash. thanks!

By: Smokey Behr

Smokey Behr — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:47:00 +0000

One of the problems that I've found with most camera stores is that they're mostly overpriced, and that the staff is generally ignorant about photography. I've been going to a couple of different mom-and-pop camera stores with people that are actually pros (mostly portraiture) and sell the equipment and supplies on the side to make extra coin.

I do love Costco, though. It's the cheapest place that I know of to buy media, and their in-house labs don't do too bad of a job on film when I need a quick set of prints from a disposable evidence camera.

If you're worried about not having a camera, think about a pocket-sized point-and-shoot digital. Some of them are actually pretty good for the price, and have high resolutions and manual controls.

By: Irwin

Irwin — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 22:23:00 +0000

This was a great post! While trying to imrpove my own work, it's great to see what the photographer's who's work I aspire to use and do.

If you'd be willing to share, I'd love to hear about your processing techniques. What do you look for, what do you do/not do, etc.

Thanks!
Irwin

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 09:17:00 +0000

Thomas,

What does your loaded pack weight?

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 05:54:00 +0000

Do you backup your original photos anywhere? Do you worry at all about one of those 750g Seagate drives crapping out and losing all the originals that live there, or worse having something happen that destroys all your drives?

I ask since I’ve been thinking about how I want to backup my photos. I’ve thought about just uploading everything to Zooomr, Flickr, or SmugMug as well as backing things up to Amazon S3 and just putting processed photos up on whatever photo sharing site I go with. It’d be cool to hear about your backup strategy in a separate post.

On an unrelated topic, any idea when MarkIII of Zooomr might roll out? I’ve been waiting to see it before making my decision on what site to settle on.

By: millol

millol — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 01:55:00 +0000

Hi Thomas,

I recently became one of your regular readers.

I was really interested in knowing what lenses you use, what's your photography gear... Thank you for sharing this with us.

I have the same CompuDayPack but I find it a little flimsy especially that my laptop weights 3 Kg.

I am also interested in knowing how do you sort the photos you take on your HD, and whether you rely on external HD or you also back up the originals online. Can you tell us about this?

Thanks

By: Fabian

Fabian — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 19:08:00 +0000

Wow and you managed to fit a laptop in there as well? You must have pretty strong shoulders!

By: Thomas Hawk

Thomas Hawk — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:29:00 +0000

FYI, Costco no longer has as good of a return policy on cameras as they once had – now it’s reduced to 90 days.

Ah, Jay, that’s too bad about Costco. I should have known that a one year no questions asked return policy wouldn’t last. Oh well.