December 15, 2021
I’m bringing all my photography equipment for this trip:
Canon EOS 6D Mark II camera body
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L III USM Lens
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM Telephoto Zoom Lens
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM Lens
Insta360 ONE R plus a 10 foot extension pole
2 TB SSD External Hard Drive
MacBook Pro
Lightweight Tripod
iPhone 13 Pro
I chose the Wandrd Prvke waterproof backpack, with the photography bundle, to carry all my gear.
Looking back, I mostly used the 16-35mm wide angle lens because of the beautiful landscape. I chose one lens for each excursion, because I didn’t want to be changing lens outside given the harsh conditions. For example, one Zodiac tour I brought the 200m zoom lens and focused on penguins. Another Zodiac tour I brought wide angle and considered the landscape. Same thing for landings where I usually brought the 24-70 mm lens because the penguins come straight up to you and I also took photos of people.
We had a couple good use cases for the (borrowed, thanks Adam!) insta360 camera that provided us with a unique, 360 degree arial perspective.
I never setup the tripod or used the neutral density filters. There never seemed to be enough time and the weather conditions were too extreme for me to want to be fussing around with equipment. I had to remove my waterproof gloves to operate the camera and my hands got cold very quickly. I also never used the 50mm prime lens.
Matt took mostly videos on his iPhone 13 Pro and we agree those really tell the story of what we were experiencing.