What's In My Camera Bag(s) for 2025

[@ohnoflicks]

Would be interested in your thoughts on the 35-70 as that lens is on my buy list. Consider adding a plastic trash bag to your kit. Has saved me more than once like when I landed my butt in mud. Wrapped the bag around me and the car seat was saved even though my dignity was not 😀 Also makes a good quick summer rain coverup in case there is a weather surprise. Yes, please do a quick vid on the first aid kit. Always interested in good safety aids. Do you plan on getting a B&H affiliate link? /Libby

[@PavornocPhotography]

I think I might do a rundown on all my Hasselblad gear sometime soon, but the short answer is it's a great versatile lens, but it is a big heavy and bulky. 35-75 isn't the widest range, but it has really saved me in some situations. Otherwise, the 100MP on the X2D will help to get you a bit closer by cropping in, though of course that isn't ideal in many situations. Ah good call, thank you for the suggestion! I will definitely look in to the B&H links as well! The Amazon links were a bit of a last minute decision to do with this video, but that's a great suggestion to look in to the B&H ones for future videos, too. Thank you!

[@ohnoflicks]

@ Zoom and cropping - yes I really hate doing that. Back a couple of years ago I found an old VW bus with flower power artwork and all and I couldn’t get close enough to shoot it. Comedy of errors for sure. The people in the parking lot were totally spaced out morons and the parking lot was full of 8 inch deep potholes. And I mean Full! Plus I had NO room to maneuver as I was driving a Chevy Tahoe at the time and the idiots who had parked for an event had blocked the only turnaround😀 I had the 35-70 on a Fujifilm GFX, and while I was able to get a cropped image of good size, the context of the vehicle and the image overall suffered somewhat due to the crop IMO. I’m kind of used to the bulk and weight. The GFX kit is not exactly lightweight, plus I have Leica SL with Leica 24-90 2.8 and that lens alone weighs in at 2.51 lbs. as far as reach, I have other gear for long lens stuff. The Leicas and the Blads are just not suited to that type of work. So the 35-75 will be just perfect. That range works out great for me on the GFX. /Libby Yeah let me know on the B&H. I’ll be making a large purchase in the next couple of months and I don’t buy gear from Amazon.

[@PavornocPhotography]

@ohnoflicks Yeah, it's never the ideal solution, no matter how many megapixels you have. Haha sounds like a hell of a scene though! Ah true. I think the 35-75 is a great one to add to the lineup for an X2D. So if the weight isn't a deal breaker, I'd say go for it. How did you like the GFX? I checked one out at B&H last time I was in NYC and just really didn't care for the overall design/ergonomics of it. Didn't have a chance to try out the "performance" though. Thank you so much again for the suggestion with the B&H links. I've applied to their program and should hear back in about a week or so. If I get approved, I'll definitely have links updated in this video and in future videos.

[@ohnoflicks]

@ I still have the GFX 50 megapixel model. I bought in because I heard early on that native tilt shift lenses were in the pipeline. My plan was to continue to do some product work (I’ve retired from that) so a TS lens would be good to have. But decided to can all of that and start to try some fine art portrait work. For portrait work, the Hasselblad sings with great skin tones. And the color renderings outdoors are the best I’ve seen. The last thing I want to do these days is sit there massaging a photo for 3 hrs in post. Also, I just really missed leaf shutter lenses. Overall the GFX is a fine tool. Have used it for a couple of small architecture jobs. It works fine for product work. Outdoors I find the color can be a little sterile depending on the light. I also don’t like the EVF on the camera. There’s something quirky about it to me that’s hard to define. But it’s the best buy out there right now in medium format (if buying new) and the lenses generally run less than Hasselblad, the $2k-$3k range for lenses being more prevalent than $5k like for some of the Blad stuff😀 B&H - will be rounding out some gear here as well as buying some drone stuff. Time to try some new things 😀

[@PavornocPhotography]

@ohnoflicks Thank you again for the B&H link recommendation. I was approved for their affiliate program and my next video will have B&H links to my gear. If there's something you don't see there you have your eye on, let me know in the comments of that video and I'll reply back with a link!