(upbeat music)
- Hi, I'm Sony artisan Brian Smith.
We're here on location, at Kando Trip 2.0,
in lovely Monterey, California,
and we're talking about
what I packed in my bag for this trip.
We'll start off with the one lens
that I've always got with me all the time,
which if we were packing light,
it'd be the 24-70, f/2.8 G Master.
It's my favorite lens for anything from
street photography, landscapes,
but, especially for portrait photography,
as well as, if I'm shooting with strobe
this is the camera that I'm working with.
I also-because we're here in Monterey-
I love to have an action camera,
to do some surf while we're here.
So, I've got the Sony A9,
and I also always love to have
a fast prime with me.
So, I've got the FE 50mm, f/1.4 Zeiss lens.
It's a great look sometimes
to be able to blow things out wide open at f/1.4,
and this lens is incredibly sharp.
But I also love having
a prime with a normal perspective.
In addition to that,
I always take some telephoto with me.
'Cause we're shooting surf,
I've the FE 100-400mm G Master Lens,
and it also pairs beautifully
with the 1.4x teleconverter,
which is very nicely housed here
in this protective housing.
It stays incredibly sharp,
you're not losing any image quality,
and you basically have
a 500-600mm telephoto once you put that on.
Also, another on my favorite G Master lenses,
that I love for landscapes, street photography,
is the lens that was introduced exactly a year ago,
at Kando Trip 1.0.
It's the FE 16-35mm, f/2.8 G Master.
Great lens, one of my absolute favorites,
and definitely the sharpest
wide-angle zoom ever made.
I've also got--
I've got a bunch of accessories
in little pouches.
The battery life on the new cameras
is really good, yet,
I still have lots of extra batteries for all my cameras.
And since we're shooting strobe,
I've got a whole pouch filled
with Profoto Air Remotes, here.
I've got four of these.
Strangely, they're very neatly labeled,
which my wife would never believe this.
But you guys see this,
I actually did label them.
And I have a third body in here,
just for fun, 'cause we're out here
with the surf and clouds and sky.
I brought around my original A7R,
that went with me to Haiti,
on the very first trip shooting with it.
This has been modified now,
getting a second life as a black and white camera.
So, it's a black and white, infrared conversion,
from Precision Camera.
Just a different look,
and a great way to get more mileage
out of one of your old friends.
And then, you've gotta have your memory cards.
So I have this Pelican case
that holds twelve of them at a time.
Once I've shot with them,
I flip them over,
ready to go.
And then, tons of chargers,
jammed in the bag.
Don't forget whenever you're going on location,
or wherever you're going,
make sure you have an air blower.
This is the most important thing to get
any dust off a sensor.
You wanna be careful when you change your lenses,
but if get something,
this is just the ticket.
Plus, I love that it kind of freaks out TSA
if they open up your bag and see this.
Never been stopped with it,
so no need to worry.
Hopefully, you guys will join me next year
at Kando Trip 3.0,
but in the meantime,
that's what's in my bag.
(relaxing music)