{"id":37206,"date":"2025-07-05T12:20:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T17:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=37206"},"modified":"2025-07-09T14:18:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T19:18:04","slug":"photo-gear-for-a-4th-of-july-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=37206","title":{"rendered":"Photo Gear for a Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Parade Gear<\/p><\/div>\n

This is the photo gear I used at yesterday’s 4th of July parade. This is pretty much my standard event photography kit. On the left is a Canon 5D Mark III with a Canon 24-105mm lens. On the right is a Canon 7D Mark II with a Canon 70-300mm DO IS lens. On the rare occasion that I need a longer lens, I take a 100-400mm lens instead of the 70-300mm lens.<\/p>\n

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Thanks to the smaller sensor in the Canon 7DII and the field of view crop<\/a>, the 35mm equivalent focal length of the 70-300 lens is 112-480mm. That gave me a total working focal length range of 24-480mm with a small and insignificant gap between 105-112mm.<\/p>\n

Why two cameras? Because with only one camera you can miss an important photo while you are changing lenses.\u00a0 If the cost of a second body is off-putting, you can look for a used, inexpensive camera body that works with your lenses for only a few hundred dollars. If you shoot Canon, look for a Canon “refurb”. More info here<\/a>.\u00a0 Or get an inexpensive point and shoot camera with a zoom lens as your second camera.<\/p>\n

For most parades the telephoto lens is the one I use the most. I created 48 photos with the 24-105mm lens, 83 photos with the 70-300mm lens and 2 photos with my iPhone for a total of 133 images. I will pick out 9-12 images to send to the local newspaper.<\/p>\n

Just in case I needed them, inside the backpack were a 17-40mm lens and a 15mm semi-fisheye lens. I did not need them for this event. The backpack also has a flash unit (which I did not use), spare camera batteries, extra memory cards, a lens cleaning cloth, and other assorted items.<\/p>\n

Several years ago during a parade my 24-105mm lens died. I put it in the backpack and used the 17-40mm lens instead. That left me with a big gap between 40 and 70mm (actually 40-112mm), but I managed to get by. For example, if I needed to shoot at about 60 mm, I just got closer to my subject with the 17-40mm lens, or I just cropped the photo later in my computer. As for the lens that died, a computer chip needed to be replaced and it was back in business.<\/p>\n

Links<\/strong><\/p>\n

Photos: 4th of July Parade<\/a><\/p>\n

Field of View Crop in Digital SLRs<\/a><\/p>\n

My Inexpensive, Featherweight \u201cToy\u201d Camera Kit <\/span><\/a>\u00a0– (Canon “refurbs”)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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