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I nthe One of Rob’s images
taken in the Kruger
National Park,
South Africa
bag

Wildlife
photographer
Rob Cottle, who
contributed to
© ROB COTTLE
the book Remembering
Rhinos, takes us through
the kit bag he took on
a recent trip to the Kruger
National Park in South
Africa. To see more of his
images, visit www.
robcottleimages.co.uk.

Canon EOS 7D Mark II
When I bought this camera, it
1 was the number one APS-C for 6
autofocus speed and the best compromise
in terms of weight and quality. I love using
its joystick to shuffle through focus arrays
and I use the three custom settings on the
mode dial all the time.
Canon EF 100-400mm
f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM
This is a great wildlife lens. It’s
2 sharp at the long end where it’s
wanted and versatile enough to zoom
back when I want to include more of
the environment.

Canon EF 1.4x III extender
This makes the 100-400mm lens a
3 140-560mm lens (in 35mm terms
224-896mm). Unfortunately, it means 3
I can only use the 7D Mark II’s centre
point to compose, but sometimes that’s
better than cropping and losing pixels.
5
Olympus OM-D E-M1
This is my go-to camera for
4 everything non-wildlife related, 1 2 4
but also my second camera for wide,
macro and fisheye shots while on safari.
It’s unobtrusive and light for travel, yet
offers great quality and functionality.
Panasonic Leica DG Summilux Grappler bean bag
25mm f/1.4 ASPH The ‘saddle bag’ design allows the
This incredibly sharp lens has 6 sides to form around a car-door
5 a human’s eye view of the world, window or lie flat in a hide. But don’t fill
with fantastic bokeh for a Micro Four it before you travel otherwise the only List of kit Canon EOS 7D Mark II, Canon EF 100-400mm IS II USM f/4.5-5.6L, Canon EF 1.4x III extender, Olympus OM-D E-M1,
Panasonic Leica DG Summilux 25mm f/1.4 ASPH, Grappler bean bag, Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM, M.Zuiko digital ED
Thirds lens and it works great for travel item in your luggage will be a bean bag! 9-18mm f/4-5.6, M.Zuiko digital ED 60mm f/2.8 Macro, Samyang 7.5mm f/3.5 UMC fisheye, batteries, SD and CF card case,
Transcend 2TB StoreJet portable hard drive, various cloths and Lenspen, Matin neoprene camera straps, Energizer head torch,
portraits of people or wildlife. It takes around 10kg of dry rice. LED Lenser TT torch. All items fit snugly into a Think Tank Airport 4-Sight camera case (not pictured).
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