NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Photographer Ira Block - ESSENTIAL Photo Gear

[@mattgranger]

Give it up for Ira! Free trial of REBLUM: geni.us/REBLUM IRA: www.irablock.com/ instagram.com/irablockphoto

[@walterlewis7988]

I’m truly enjoying learning from you. Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge and wisdom. 😊

[@TheBrancos]

Great video! Really enjoy this style of video. The headlamp is one of the things I always forget to bring and I wish i brought one..

[@mattgranger]

Thanks man! Yeah I’m excited to share this series.

[@Talyessin63]

Second this. Great start (?) to the series. Matt, I'd enjoy seeing you interact with the other photographers as well, though that may not be your purpose here. If anyone finds where to buy another one of those lamps - post it here. I've got one, and we wanted another, they seem to have stopped making them. Cheers

[@PhotoTrekr]

Love the Rolleiflex. My travel kit is similar to Ira's. My travel kit consists of 2 A7CR bodies, a 16-35 GM II, a 50mm 1.4 GM, and a 70-200 G II. I'll take the 1.4x if needed. It all fits in a Tenba shoulder bag. Love Ira's B&H series.

[@davidoquias6061]

Love my dads rolleiflex too. Very unforgiving, but a test of true skill

[@jaimeduncan6167]

Great video to show some of the masters of older times and today. He is truly monitor agnostic, he has an old, beautiful cinema display from Apple, and Eizo (that needs no introduction for photo enthusiasts), and a BenQ. His body of work is fantastic, he got an Instagram follower.

[@Twobarpsi]

Excellent lens selection. Well chosen focal lengths.

[@zavoina]

Just filled with great gear and great info.

[@mattgranger]

👍🏼👍🏼

[@lior2538]

Very inspiring video ! 📸

[@philipsutton8921]

Thanks Matt - awesome. The only thing better would be if he were a Nikon ambassador - he he.

[@mattgranger]

I have some Nikon Ambassadors coming up :) But I will not be keeping count of brands - this is about getting top level pro photographers from different fields.

[@cjk1943]

love video and I love the photo walk I did with you at the necc conference

[@donwhite332]

I am looking for a little waste pack that pops out a Sherpa to carry my stuff. Does Tenba make one?

[@paulo.o.borges]

What a story 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@GetOutsideYourself]

Man after my own heart

[@xiongba]

Decades of sneaking everything on a carry on should be interesting the stories he has.

[@mattgranger]

I have some of those myself 😂

[@JohnCross-rz5uq]

We need more Lenses like the SONY ZEISS Sonnar 35mm 2.8 T* ZA and SONY ZEISS Sonnar 55mm 1.8 T* ZA ! I was very close to buying the SONY 300mm 2.8 GM Lens with teleconverters, but when I saw the announcement of the Sigma 500mm 5.6 G DN OS Sports Lens, then I got the Sigma 500mm ! I love compact and light weight Lenses that handles very well.

[@vilasmalankar]

Everything is essential

[@peterdieterjansen2141]

I like the headlamp more than the one in the link - or it is some other strap - he is using Petzl - ZIPKA Headlamp, 200 lumens, Ultra-Compact Headlamp, Black

[@petrub27]

u heard it boys, zoom lenses

[@bngr_bngr]

Depends what the person shoots.

[@jackdarren9210]

I'm thinking this is nothing more than a Sony commercial.

[@TheFrogmanTV]

Is he supposed to carry a camera from every brand or something?

[@d.k.1394]

Great

[@nickreid5939]

NIkon ??...anyone???🎉

[@tj2375]

I would die if I carried that much stuff 😅

[@holsteincowboy]

LOL

[@shriranglalit3660]

Hi sir I m confused!

[@MatoKovacic]

for some reason I don't believe... It looks like Sony paid Ad.

[@mattgranger]

Given the way marketing is done on some channels, I can see why - but this is not.

[@belaacs5238]

This is the third or fourth time where Ira shows his Sony gears. Certainly, he doesn't carry them, he has guys to carry his staff and just ask what he wants to use. (Cuba video). Anyway, his images are really good, looks like N G doesn't pay him enough to do these Sony commercials.

[@mattgranger]

This was not paid. He was doing me a favour to share this information with you all.

[@temporal0044]

HI

[@domenicolabianca239]

anything else to advertise? man!…

[@mattgranger]

In These videos, I’ve asked experts to go through all there essential gear. It’s the specific concept. If you don’t like it, don’t watch these ones, because they’ll all be similar. 👍🏼

[@losendos194]

Sponsored by Sony....!

[@mattgranger]

Nope

[@MartinOcando]

We all change systems eventually, and Ira is a great photographer, amazing work he does for Nat Geo, although after watching this video (kzbin.info/www/bejne/npbLfX5tg52kbqc) 11 years ago, and the way he compared and made fun of big FF lenses' size and weight 1 minute into the video, seeing him now, 11 year older, carrying even larger and heavier lenses, and a whole briefcase full of gear? I wonder what his thought process might be nowadays and if he misses the small and light gear he used back then.

[@PillsGrabber]

Nice discussion point, he can very well get a lighter/smaller kit from Sony, curious that he stuck to larger lenses!

[@bngr_bngr]

Different sponsor.

[@andreasweber1533]

Interesting find! That a7C is supposed to be "small"? I carry a Panasonic GX8 for the same offset viewfinder - and they called that "big" when it was new (for an MFT that is).

[@1iblock]

Wow, that is an oldie but goodie video, and I was younger back than. I was trying the lighter smaller cameras as I was doing a lot of hiking at that time, and i wanted to see how well they worked. I was having in issue with the MFT sensors at high ISO, not looking the way i liked, of course that may have changed now. Sony just jumped ahead of everyone back then with their mirrorless system and super autofocus. At the start I was using the Sony f/4 lenses which were pretty small, but as always, I switched to the larger faster lenses, as I like the bokeh wide open and the low light ability. I really like the intimacy and drama of low light, and the Sony sensors are really good at high ISO. I'm showing a lot of equipment, but I don't carry it all - that is more for a 20 year old photographer. As I mention, i do 90-95 per cent of my photos with a zoom lens in the 24-70mm range., especially for the intimate people shots I so love. I have some of the other lenses along for special images.

[@PillsGrabber]

@@1iblock well, that solves it!

[@JohnCross-rz5uq]

The SONY A7CII are not small , neither light weight when you add that grip ! Stupid. It is too expensive for what it not have ! I do agree that the design with the viewfinder in the corner are the best possible design ! ALL SONY Cameras should have that design, but with larger EVF and higher resolution.

[@mattgranger]

To him, it is.

[@v_stands_for_value124]

Sony made everybody a bunch of pssies with those light lenses, small cameras and bullshet

[@ducgerard2361]

Cartier Bresson had only 2 lenses A 50mm and a 35mm... with a leica M 3.... A camera without Meter.... Stop with your Sony.....Sony..... Sony!....

[@mattgranger]

Yes, Bresson used the most cutting edge gear available to him, that was way to expensive for most people at the time... but no one seems as focused on the gear as the commenters...

[@luistorres255]

You r photographer or salesman? Just blah Blah blah

[@mattgranger]

Read the title champ

[@snowhite1qazse4]

Ugly colors... your photos are good but the colors sucks.... Sony colors are so bland, I can immediately tell... Get a Nikon, Canon or Fuji. For years, working with many camera system the Sony is the best autofocusing camera system, but the color doesn't have soul and character in it.

[@mattgranger]

Where can we see your work?

[@snowhite1qazse4]

@@mattgranger Does it matter? If you're a bad photographer you won't see others work benefiting to you.

[@mattgranger]

Sure big talker.

[@snowhite1qazse4]

@@mattgranger peace fat guy. doesn't mean to offend you

[@QUINPANO]

You must not be a good photographer. The best ones can make good pictures regardless of brand.

[@Workingman-u7s]

It is so hard to be a photographer, especially being able to push a button and let the camera do all the heavy lifting. Try to paint, now that is real art.

[@mattgranger]

Wow. What a fantastically stupid comment. 🏅 you win

[@kenh.5903]

try thinking, apparently (for you) it's even harder.

[@Workingman-u7s]

@@kenh.5903 try to be witty and comedic (for you), it's even harder.

[@HKFIJIHK]

lol what is this comment?!