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2 HARDWARE FOR THE OUTDOOR PHOTOGRAPHER

Mohammed Hammad, Jebel Khazali, Wadi Rum, Jordan (Jon) A wide-angle lens (27mm equivalent) makes the most of light and texture in the foreground

First Thoughts

There is no such thing as the perfect camera. There may not even be such a thing as the perfect camera for any one individual. What seems ideal when you’re shooting exquisite landscapes during a leisurely walk may be far less so on a spindrift-haunted winter climb or a wild mountain bike ride. Only if you specialise exclusively in one type of photography are you likely to get close to finding one camera that suits you perfectly all the time.

If you had limitless money you might think that owning lots of different cameras would be the answer, but actually it probably isn’t (we can’t say for sure as neither of us are in that position!). The more cameras you have, the more you might struggle to choose the right one for any given outing – the more, too, you might be tempted to take two or three to cover every eventuality and end up hating it because you’re so overloaded. And the harder it would be to feel really familiar and at ease with every camera.