May 2005

The camera I use to take photographs is a large format 4X5 Swiss made Sinar P2. It satisfies my requirements to capture the highest quality image that can be reproduced as a print up to 100 inches (2.5 metres) wide at 300 dpi (dots per inch). (I also use a Canon EOS 20D digital to get a quick copy of whatever I am photographing).

UPDATE: May 2006

I have traded in the Sinar P2 for a Sinar F2, instead of aluminium construction it is made from a very hard polymer. This means it is lighter AND it breaks down into pieces that fit into a custom made foam/rubber compartment inside my Caribee (that's Australian Made) 85 litre backpack.

Plus, I have purchased a second telephoto lens (a Schneider - Kreuznach 5.6/250 Tele Arton; in addition to my Schneider KREUZNACH Super-Angulon 8/90 lens for wide angle shots)

I have succesfully taken my Sinar F2 in the backpack and climbed one of the highest mountains in Australia and photographed from the top of that mountain.

It just gets better and better....