this is what's been in my backpack for pretty much all of 2022. every time I go out and adventure in
Alaska hiking camping flying kayaking all of that this is the stuff that I take with me
um I mean there's some new stuff in here but yeah pretty much and actually this is the stuff I've
been traveling around the United States with when I go to work in other states so to start off with
this is the think tank mine shift 26l which is one of my favorite backpacks I also have the
18l and I also have the 36l but this one the 26l is by far my favorite it's the most comfortable
backpack I've used when I've been hiking for what seems like days on end or when I've been traveling
on airplanes and stuff it's just fantastic it's a great size it fits lots of stuff and it protects
the gear really well next up and very important is still the peak design uh carbon fiber travel
tripod which is by far my favorite tripod that I've ever had for traveling because it's so small
and so light but it's just the right size that I can have it fully extended and be able to use
it standing up and although I'm a little tall it does work really well for that next is the
camera that I've been using for basically since it came out which is the a74 I still love the
a7s3 it's what I'm filming this on now but the a74 is a fantastic all-around photo and video camera
and so it is the camera that I take with me all the time because it's just fantastic for pretty
much everything that I shoot and uh yeah it's been great on this right now I have the 16 to 35 G lens
which I really love the other lens I take with me everywhere is the 24 to 105 G it is fantastic
I love it it's the most probably one of the most versatile Swiss army knife lenses out there and if
I can only take one lens this is the lens I take with me if I'm like really really paring down then
this is fantastic great image quality it's just really versatile really durable lens and yeah I
really like it we've got pre-wheel variable NDS for pretty much all the lenses that I take with
me just because um yeah they're good they're good quality and they're fairly inexpensive
for what you get on the topic of lenses I have a pocket in here or area in here that's generally
open and that's where I take Gear with me that I'm testing or reviewing and lately that's been
the Tamron 50 to 400 which is also a really cool lens the review might be live by the time this
video goes live but yeah this has been a really fun lens and it has gone with me a lot of places
audio audio super important and so I take two different things with me one of these I actually
I don't think I've reviewed either one of them but we'll start with this which is the system I'm
using right now the DJI wireless mic I absolutely love this it is fantastic and super versatile
it's just absolutely great I've shot interviews with this I've I've used this in all kinds of
nasty horrible weather conditions and it is great even right now the wind is blowing pretty strong
but doesn't really affect it because it got the little fuzzy thing on here and yeah it's been
really really fantastic so DJI wireless mic I take with me everywhere and then the other thing I've
been taking with me everywhere that I got recently is this the Sony ECM B10 I freaking love this
microphone it plugs on the top of the camera it's super easy to use and um yeah put it in Auto I put
it in the directional mode and then sometimes it's super noisy I'll put it in the noise canceling
mode but a review on this will be coming but this is an awesome little microphone for 250 dollars so
this has been going with me absolutely everywhere and then I have both an on-camera mic or a
wireless mic depending on the type of work that I'm doing so then just coming down from the camera
we've got the variable NDS which have a rubber backing or the lens caps and then the NDS for the
mavic 3 which is the Drone that I've been taking with me everywhere I also take with me a GoPro and
an extra GoPro battery because you never know when you're going to need a b camera or just a little
camera I use this for filming behind the scenes quite a bit and I also have been carrying this
as the aputure MC the color light from aperture which has been really fantastic do you never know
if you're gonna need a little light sometimes I take a Loom cube 2.0 with me just if I'm going to
be out in really harsh weather I'll take one of those instead always have an extra battery with
me because or two sometimes and a Garmin GPS because uh yeah I hope to rescue a few people
now and Garmin just seems to be really handy for when you need it and if there's ever an emergency
I want to be able to make sure I can communicate with the outside world when I'm in places where
there are no cell phone towers and that seems to happen a lot coming down the side here I've got
a couple of extra mavic 3 batteries I usually take three batteries with me everywhere no matter where
I'm going and of course I have the mavic 3. now I have two mavic trees one is the cine version that
I use a lot for work and then this is just the standard version that I do a lot of stuff like
um you know what you see on the channel I love the mavic 3 because of the versatility it's great
flight time fantastic image quality and it's it's just a really solid drone I either use the RC Pro
or the DJI RC lately I've been using the DJI RC because it's lighter weight and it does a great
job I really um yeah pairing this with the mavic 3 has been fantastic and I don't feel like I lose
enough functionality because I can still control the aperture everything that I really need is on
here and accessible so I've been using that a lot lately for stuff like this for professional stuff
I definitely still use the RC Pro and then of course we have the pockets up here which in this
pocket I take things with me like extra SD cards SD card adapters little micro SD cards which you
can see here just you know in case I need them gray cards and then this which also has some
adapters and some micro SD cards I have way too many micro SD cards and regular SD cards but you
never know when you're going to need extra memory cards so these have been really really handy in
here is where I also keep the fuzzies for the DJI wireless mic I keep an extra CF Express type
a card and these sticks for the controller here the RC controller which I really like the longer
sticks because it just gives you a finer level of control so I keep those in there and then I
also keep some stuff for you know lens cloths and stuff like that down here I keep an extra cable
for the DJI wireless mic and I keep an air tag and I also keep uh where it is and I also keep
the little cap for the flash uh the hot shoe in the Sony cameras because if that gets wet the
water gets in there it really does not go well next you're going to want to watch this video
right here which goes through some gear that I think is essential for solo creators I'll see
you over there in that video as always if you have questions ask me in the comments below or join my
live stream which happens Wednesday nights at 4 pm Alaska time 8 PM eastern most of the time if I'm
not out in the middle of nowhere or traveling see you again soon in the next video cheers