Some of my current gear, roughly in order of affection:
The Lenspen will even remove marmot snot from the circular polarizer on your wide angle zoom, Ask me how I know. Glacier National Park, 2010.
X-Trans Sensor: Currently housed inside an XT-2 body, which I love, but really I’m all about the files I’m getting, and the grain structure of the high ISO settings. Check out my Iceland Through the Window Project for examples of grain at its best!
Fujinon XF10-24 mm f4 R OIS: My favorite lens, because I like wide and because it handles wonderfully. I much prefer internal-focus lenses that don’t extend, and well dampened rings, which this has.
Lenspens: Plural, because they are that handy and because I keep running them through the washing machine after hiking.
Peak Design Capture Camera Clip V3: I have 2 of these on my backpack, one on my left shoulder strap and one attached on the hip belt via the Peak Design Pro Pad V2, which I can take off in camp and attach to my regular belt. I also have the Peak Design Black Slide Camera Strap SL-BK-3 for when I want a strap, which is rarely, so the quick-detach is perfect. Yes, the PD stuff is stupid expensive, but it’s really that liberating.
Fujinon XF18-55 mm f2.8-4 R LM OIS: I was planning on trading it in as soon as the 16-80/f4 became available, but I’m keeping this one; it’s small, fast, light, compact, sharp, handles great, and…what else could I want? Oh yeah, it’s great for astro-photography too!
The Milky Way over Glacier Peak from Buck Creek Pass, August 2019. Fuji XT-2, Fujinon XF18-55mm F2.8-4 R LM OIS.
Acratech Ultimate Ballhead: In the 10 years I’ve been abusing this ballhead, It’s seen 4 DSLR bodies come and go and the Gitzo tripod it sits on has undergone two major repairs. It finally needed a tune up last year—I called the company, talked to the owner, and only paid to ship it down. It came back ready to rock a few weeks later—real people, great service, real happy!
ThinkTank Photo DSLR Battery Holder 2: Yeah, its just a battery pouch, but its hard to find ones that aren’t unnecessarily huge for my Fuji batteries—these are great!
Nik Collection Silver Efex Pro II: Editing black and white is exhilarating again, like it was in the chemical darkroom—I can’t wait to see my color images open in Silver Efex; its this Wow! feeling, like pulling a print out of the stop bath, but it smells better.