Boone SpeedInterview
Photographer, climber
Adapted from Boone Speed's interview on Uses This, published 8 August 2011. The kit is drawn from their answers and each reason is an excerpt, lightly edited. Shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full interview ↗
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EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM+ 5 others
I rely on a 24-70 2.8L for the bulk of what I do.
EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM+ 2 others
I also have a 16-35 2.8 L II but I don't like it.
That and my 90mm 2.8 Tilt/Shift.
I shoot most of my portraiture with a 50mm 1.2L.
I also routinely carry a 17mm f4 Tilt Shift lens which is incredible.
And finally, I have a 70-200 2.8L II Lens but it's too heavy to carry much of the time.
I put as much of this gear as I need for any given gig in my Lowepro CompuPrimus AW pack.
My first choice is my Profoto D1 500 Air strobes which can't be beat, unless video is being shot simultaneously (which is often the case these days).
That's when we bust out the Ikan 500 LED lights.
And whether I'm powering my Profotos or the LED's I use Vagabond Mini batteries by Paul C.
Because most of my work is on the road, I rely mostly on my iPhone 4 to keep me in the loop and organized.
For all heavy lifting I have an Apple MBP 17" i7 loaded to the max.
When traveling I back everything up on external Lacie eSATA drives which I carry with me at all times.