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My Kit<br />
Professional photographers reveal their top six<br />
tools of the trade they couldn’t shoot without<br />
I need to minimize weight<br />
and take kit that’s reliable in<br />
any conditions<br />
What do I do?<br />
Markus Rohrbacher<br />
Outdoor pro Markus needs kit to be hardy and reliable when shooting epic<br />
sports and landscapes. Discover the gear he uses for scaling mountains<br />
As an outdoor<br />
photographer,<br />
I can’t avoid long<br />
hikes and climbs<br />
to get to locations.<br />
This makes me consider which<br />
gear is really necessary and<br />
what can stay at home. I need<br />
to minimize weight and take<br />
kit that’s reliable in any<br />
conditions. My main workhorse<br />
is a Canon EOS 5D Mark III,<br />
combined with the Canon EF<br />
24-70mm f/2.8L II USM and<br />
EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM<br />
lenses. I shoot 80% of my<br />
photos with this combination.<br />
When it comes to sport, I often<br />
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take a Fisheye 10-17mm from<br />
Tokina with me as well. It’s<br />
affordable, produces a decent<br />
quality and fits on crop and<br />
full-frame cameras. I have<br />
a couple of other lenses for<br />
low-light situations, a wideangle,<br />
converters, and a<br />
backup camera, but I only add<br />
this equipment when I’ve got<br />
easy, short access to locations.<br />
I still carry some Lee Filters<br />
with me. Obviously you can<br />
edit in graduations, but by<br />
using a real filter your Raw file<br />
becomes richer. A grey full ND<br />
filter is powerful for shooting<br />
water or moving clouds.<br />
Last year, I also jumped<br />
onto the drone game with the<br />
DJI Phantom 4. It offers so<br />
many possibilities for new<br />
perspectives, and now there’s<br />
no need to rent a helicopter<br />
or a plane. I also use it for<br />
scouting tricky areas. In the<br />
winter, it’s hard to move<br />
around in deep snow; I can<br />
use a drone to have a look<br />
around the next mountain<br />
ridge. Beside this hi-tech gear,<br />
I still carry my old Polaroid<br />
SX-70 (it’s just fun to play<br />
around with). The F-Stop<br />
backpack is just the best for<br />
any outdoor photographer.<br />
Markus<br />
Rohrbacher<br />
I’m a self-taught freelancer<br />
based in the Austrian Alps. After<br />
graduating as an architect, I took<br />
a year off and focused on action<br />
photography. The mountains near<br />
my house became my playground<br />
and resulted in a quick<br />
progression of my skills. In 2011<br />
I turned my interest into a career<br />
as a staff photographer at Nitro<br />
Snowboards and was a finalist in<br />
the Red Bull Illume contest.<br />
Photography gives me the chance<br />
to travel the globe, discover new<br />
genres and keep life challenging.<br />
www.markusrohrbacher.com<br />
www.digitalcameraworld.com
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