My camera gear and gadgets

This powerhouse of a mirrorless camera has everything that I need to create outstanding landscape photos - with its full-frame 45 megapixels sensor it creates razor-sharp images, has an excellent low-light performance with a maximum ISO 51.200 and handles high dynamic ranges without problems.

Canon’s first mirrorless camera is a cheaper alternative to the EOS R5 and still offers great image quality - thanks to its full-frame 30.3 megapixels sensor. It used to be my everyday camera before I upgraded to the R5 and I find it to be a great camera for beginners.

This ultra-wide-angle lens with its powerful maximum aperture F/2.8 is perfect when shooting in low-light like starlit skies or northern lights. It delivers razor-sharp photos even in the most difficult light conditions.

This midrange lens is my everyday lens and extremely useful for many situations in landscape photography. I really like the relatively wide angle and still having the option to zoom in on a certain level of detail. It delivers extremely high resolution and with the constant maximum aperture of F/2.8 it is extremely powerful even in low light conditions.

Excellent telezoom lens with fantastic image quality and a very good image stabilizer. I mainly use this lens when I want to highlight details in a wide-open landscape and create a nice depth of field.

This Manfrotto model is one of the lightest and at the same time most stable and rigid tripods on the market. For me as landscape photographer this is a perfect combination since I often go on hikes or longer walks to get the perfect shot. The carbon fiber legs can easily be set to three angle as well as height positions, reaching a maximum height of 150cm, which is sufficient for most situations! The tripod comes with an aluminium center ball head that allows quick and precise camera movements.

I recently bought my first drone and I was surprised how easy it is to fly for me as beginner. I am completely satisfied with the high quality of photos (48 MP) and videos (4K). The drone is super light (249g) and therefore doesn’t require any registration or license, so you can start your flying experience right away!

With the fly more combo you will get two additional batteries incl. charging station, which is good to have considering a flight time of approx. 38 minutes.

I love shooting long exposures to blur and create mystical effects in waterfalls, rivers, clouds or the ocean. This is why neutral density (ND) filters for landscape photography are indispensable for me! I really like the LEE100 filter system since it is very versatile no matter what lens you are using. If you change your lens to one with a different diameter, you don’t need to exchange the ND filter itself. Instead you just need to change the adaptor ring that fits on the lens. The LEE100 filter holder offers slots to hold up to three filters at the same time, no matter if it is regular ND filters or graduated ND filters.

The Lee100 ND filters are of high-quality optical glass and come in three different densities.

The Little Stopper reduces the exposure time by 6 stops and is perfect to use in lower light e.g. cloudy days. The effect of slow shutter speeds is that everything that moves becomes "blurry" and "spooky", such as clouds, waterfalls, rivers, the sea.

The Big Stopper reduces your exposure by 10 stops and is very useful in brighter conditions or if you want to smoothen moving water even more.

The Super Stopper lengthens the exposure time by 15 stops and can be used to flatten out moving water even on bright daylight.

In high-contrast situations, e.g. in a scene with bright sky and dark foreground, graduated ND filters allow you to achieve the ideally exposed image in camera in a single exposure, rather than correcting it later in post production. Those filters are partially darkened and placed in front of the lens. The purpose of the darkened part is to allow less light to reach the camera's sensor.

LEE offers a wide range of graduated filters with different transitions (from soft to very hard) and densities (from 1 stop to 4 stops).

The LEE100 circular polarising filter helps to reduce glare and reflections on surfaces like water. I would for example use it to enhance interesting looking stones at the bottom of a lake. The filter also increases contrast in the skies and is ideal for removing haze. The polariser can easily be clipped on to the front of the LEE100 filter holder.

This high-performance backpack is designed to carry your photo gear in the most practical and comfortable way! It has 4-Point access so you can reach your gear quickly and easily.

With it’s shell design this backpack is extremely robust and comfortable to wear even on longer walks and hikes. I really like the flexible compartments that you can create in the backpack depending how spacious your gear is. Another feature that I really like is that you can attach strings to wherever you want on the outside of the backpack. That gives you the possibility to attach your tripod either on the side or frontal on the backpack.

This clamping device is my favorite gadget for carrying my camera safely and comfortably with a fast access at the same time. It can be easily attached to most backpack shoulder straps, so you can carry your camera on your chest and have instant access with a quick release button.

This remote control has an incredible range of 80m and offers various shooting modes like timer, bulb, continuous, and interval shutter. With the right connecting cable, the remote control is compatible with the most common camera brands.

The ability of safe storage and easy access of large amounts of data is crucial for every photographer. This is why Synology’s NAS server is the solution of my choice. With this solution, I can store, sync and access all my photos from anywhere without using the internal storage on my notebook. The Disk Station DS220+ can be equipped with two interchangeable hard drives with a maximum capacity of 16 TB each. Through a seamless Wifi connection I can connect the Disk Station as an external drive with direct access from my notebook. The powerful processing unit makes sure that I can edit my photos directly on the server from anywhere in my home.

There are two things that are important for me when it comes to memory cards: high speed and reliability. And SanDisk delivers both aspects in full satisfaction and has never disappointed me (so far). For my type of photography, the writing and reading speed of 200MB/s is sufficient enough.

This powerbank might be a bit bulkier than smaller powerbanks, but it has enough power to charge my camera several times. Beside this, the Anker powerbanks are charging in a very high speed.

The Air Blaster is one of the cleaning devices that I use the most. This small compressed air cleaner very helpful to remove smaller and larger dust spots from the lens or filters. The big advantage of using the Air Blaster is that you remove the particles contactless without touching the surface (and potentially just moving around the particles). You can even use the Air Blaster to remove dust from the camera sensor (inside the camera). But be careful, use the Air Blaster gently to not damage the sensor!

A Lenspen is a very handy tool both for removing dust and fingerprints from the camera lens. Most Lenspens on the market come with a round cleaning tip on one side of the pen and a retractable dust removal brush on the opposite side.

I like to use the cleaning tip to remove dirt that you can’t remove with the Air Blaster, for example fingerprints. The brush has basically the same function as the bellow and easily removes dust from the lens.

I use the Lenspen made by Hama, but there are plenty of other providers that work just as well.

If neither Air Blaster nor Lenspen work to remove the dirt on the camera lens (or filter), then I would use microfiber cleaning cloth that is designed for high-precision optical instruments like lenses and filters. The K&F microfiber cloth comes in single vacuum packaging to make sure that each single cloth is clean and dust-free before using. It can even be washed and reused!