Toolkit

Shadowmeld Photography leverages a variety of budget equipment with the goal of understanding and improving techniques for taking good photos; hardware may eventually be replaced with professional quality equipment as ability improves over time and as funds become available for upgrades. Here is a list of items in the current toolkit:

Camera Body
  • Nikon D3000
Lens
  • Sigma 70-300mm AF DG
  • Nikon Nikkor 55-300mm AF-S VR DX 
  • Nikon Nikkor 35mm Prime AF-S DX 
  • Nikon Nikkor 18-55mm AF-S VR DX 
  • Tamron XR 28-200mm MF
Filters
  • Tiffen Circular Polarizer 58mm
  • Hoya Alpha CIR-PL 52mm
  • Polaroid Circular PL 52mm
  • Zeikos CPL 58mm
  • Hoya HMC 58mm NDX400
  • Polaroid Fluorescent 52mm
  • Polaroid UV 52mm
  • Vivitar 55mm Close-up No. 1
  • Vivitar 55mm Close-up No. 2
  • Vivitar 55mm Close-up No. 4
  • Vivitar 62mm UV-HAZE
  • Kenko 62mm Red R1 SR-60
  • Cokin Square Filter Set
Hoods
  • HB-57 Clip
  • HB-46 Bayonet
  • Polaroid Studio Petal
Accessories
  • Step-up/down Ring Adapters 
  • Nikon ML-L3 Remote Trigger
  • MeFoto A0350 Aluminum Tripod
  • GorillaPod
  • Spare batteries
Telescope
  • Celestron 127EQ Powerseeker
  • Celestron T-Adapter 1.25" (93625)
Software
  • File Format: NEF
  • Nikon ViewNX 2
  • Adobe Camera RAW
  • Adobe Photoshop

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