This is Len's gear list that he takes on winter photography tours. You can use this to figure out what you should bring on a tour to such places as: The Blue Mountains, Cradle Mountain, Tarkine and the Snowy Mountains.

Len's winter gear list

This is what Len will be taking with him on his winter / wet trips. You may not need everything on this list if you are going on a tour with him, but if you're going alone you may need some more. Use this list and modify it to your own needs.

Wearing on the plane

  1. Walking boots / solid wet weather shoes

  2. Warm heavy weight jeans

  3. Dress shirt

  4. Woolen t-shirt / thermal top

  5. Wind stopper jacket

  6. Down or insulated coat

  7. Socks & underwear

Carry on luggage

  1. Wallet

  2. Air ticket

  3. Camera + spare camera

  4. Lenses

  5. Lap top with Lightroom installed (photoshop & silver efx)

  6. Hard drive 1

  7. Tablet computer

  8. Note book & pen

  9. Phone

  10. Reading glasses

  11. Sun glasses

  12. Medications (all likely and regularly used medications that I personally use)

  13. Reading material

Hiking day pack

  1. Rain jacket - Gortex or equivalent 3/4 length for wet conditions (replaced with ultra light one for dry trips)

  2. Over pants - waterproof over pants

  3. Warm jacket - polarplus or insulated thermal

  4. Warm hat - polarplus or woollen

  5. Warm gloves - thick ones - polarplus or woollen

  6. Warm gloves - thin fingerless ones - polypropylene or silk

  7. Scarf - polarplus / fleece or woollen

  8. Sun hat

  9. First aid kit

  10. PLB - Personal location beacon

  11. Map, compass & GPS

  12. Sunglasses

  13. Sunscreen

  14. Lip balm

  15. Insect repellent

  16. Water bottle or bladder

  17. One cup thermos

  18. Ultra light weight carbon fibre walking pole

  19. Comfortable day pack

  20. Waterproof lining - silnylon dry bags

note: many items in my pack I carry because I am looking after the safety of other people

 

Camera bag

  1. Camera back pack

  2. Pea less emergency whistle (Len will supply)

  3. Ultra light head torch

  4. Camera

  5. Lenses

  6. Spare memory

  7. Neutral density filters

  8. Polarising filter

  9. Spare batteries

  10. Lens cleaners (tissues, cleaning fluid & micro fiber cloth)

  11. Cable release or remote control for camera

  12. Lens shades

  13. Reading glasses

  14. Camera manual

  15. Camera bag to put it all in

  16. Light weight umbrella

Luggage

  1. Duffel bag or suitcase or back pack

  2. Tripod in tripod bag (quick release & plates on cameras)

  3. Battery chargers for camera

  4. Power cord for laptop

  5. Charger for tablet

  6. 2nd hard drive and cables

  7. Card reader (if not included in lap top)

  8. Laptop to tv cable

  9. Light weight dress or dry shoes

  10. Socks - woollen & nylon blend hiking socks (1 pair per day)

  11. Underwear - woollen / thermal / Lycra

  12. Warm travel / outdoor pants - Windstopper or Softshell

  13. Travel / outdoor pants

  14. Thermal long johns / wool or polypropylene

  15. Woollen / thermal short sleeve and long sleeve tops

  16. Travel dress shirts

  17. Toiletries - toothbrush, hair brush, tooth paste, shampoo etc.

  18. Pyjamas / night clothes

  19. Back support

Digital camera specifics

  1. OM Systems OM1

  2. 7.5mm f3.5 Samyung lens (15mm equivalent)

  3. 25 mm f0.95 Voitlander lens (50mm equivalent)

  4. 300mm Olympus lens

  5. Olympus spare batteries for OM1

  6. memory cards

  7. Olympus OM-D EM-5 body as spare camera & lens

  8. Olympus battery charger for OMD

  9. BW circular polariser

  10. BW 10, 6 & 3 stop neutral density filters

  11. Kodak lens tissues

  12. Lens cleaning fluid

  13. Micro fiber lens cloths

  14. 2 x Lacie rugged external hard drives

  15. Laptop

  16. Laptop power cable

Tripod and camera supports

  1. Tripod

  2. Ball head

  3. Quick release - plates are on cameras

Camera repair kit

  1. Filter wrenches

  2. Tweezers

  3. Magnifying glass

  4. Tape

  5. Sensor cleaning kit

  6. Screw drivers

  7. Pliers

  8. File / metal saw

  9. Lens cleaning supplies

  10. Giottos pocket rocket

First aid kit

  1. Bandages

  2. Splints

  3. Dressings - non stick and absorbent

  4. Tape

  5. Antiseptic

  6. Calendula cream

  7. Arnica ointment

  8. Tweezers

  9. Scissors

  10. Band aids

  11. Saline solution

  12. Thermometer

  13. Tampons & pads

  14. Panadol

  15. Ifobrofen

  16. Imodium

  17. Mylanta

  18. Antihistamines

  19. Gastrolight

  20. Aspro clear

  21. Mylanta

  22. Glycogen

  23. Laxative

  24. Codral

  25. Gastro pain relief - donnatab

  26. Gastro stop

  27. Kwells

  28. Ventolin

  29. Strepsils

Note: if you're anaphylactic then we require you bring two epi-pens.