Basic Equipment for photogenX DTS

Another question often asked is, what basic equipment do I need to participate in the school?

1. The basic requirement for the photogenX DTS is that you have a digital camera.

The recommended camera is a Canon Rebel or a similar SLR (Single Lens Reflex) camera (300D outside the
U.S.) The next higher model would be the Canon EOS-10D. Another option if you have a sizable investment already in Nikon lenses is the Nikon D70.

Just a word of advice, you will really want something like a Canon Rebel. You could get by with a cheaper point and shoot digital camera, however past students have expressed regret that they were not able to get as much out of the school as others. In the end students have often gone out and bought SLR cameras, but by then much of the school had already taken place.

2. You will need an assortment of lenses.
Try to buy the fastest lenses you can afford (faster meaning larger maximum aperture, like f2, f2.8, f3.5) and ones which
are Canon USM (Ultrasonic, making little or no noise when auto-focusing).

We recommend that you get a selection of lenses: for example a wide angle lens (17-55mm), a zoom lens (80-200mm) also get a standard macro lens.

3. Acessories

Things you should have:
Minimum 1 GB data chip (get 2 or more)
A battery charger with extra batteries
Travel bag

Things you would love to have especially on outreach:
Extra chips are always good!
A flash
Tripod
Enough storage for your pictures (think about an external hard drive)

3. Laptops are not a requirement, but would be very help to store you digital images as well as editing them. The new Mac Book put out by Apple is a nice piece of equipment.