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Photographic and Off Road Gear

At Africa Imagery we have been involved in professional wildlife, travel and cultural photography for over 25 years. We know what works and what doesn't in the way of equipment and as a result now offer our services to anyone who needs photographic equipment advice. We sell products that we know and use and can therefore recommend with confidence.

In time we will e-commerce enable this part of the site but in the mean time please Contact Us so that we can custom equip you for your photographic safaris.
Camera Tests:

Nikon:
D3x
D7000
P300

Fuji:
Lens Tests:

Nikkor:
Software:

Adobe Lightroom
Adobe Photoshop
Nik Viveza 2
Topaz Suite

Camera Gear

We use Nikon cameras (D3x and D7000) and Nikkor lenses (14mm to 600mm). Why? They're very good - superb lenses (remember bad lens equals bad image - buy the best you can) and the D3x has the highest pixel count of any  "35mm" digital camera. This combination makes for really fine images
 Nikon D3x
Memory Devices
Lexar Cards
 There's little point in shooting a bunch of really fine images only to have your memory cards fail you, either through slow write speeds or through memory failure resulting in corrupt files. We use Lexar cards and we also are argents for Sandisk.
Camera Bags and Cases
   
Life in the African bush is harsh for cameras and computer equipment. The dust can be incredible and dust and digital cameras just don't get on well together! We've solved the problem. Tamrac and LowePro bags and Pelican Cases. Lowepro Camera Bags
Mobile computing
Macbook Pro
 In the age of digital imaging a fast reliable computer is essential. We regularly deal with files in excess of 50Mb and find that the MacBook Pro 15" with 2 X 500gig USB drives works very well in the field.
Computing Software
There is a huge difference between using film and going digital: With film your involvement generally finishes when you send the film to the lab (with some exceptions of course) but with digital your involvement only begins when you press the shutter release button. To get great images you need great software and with Adobe there's no shortage of that.  We use Adobe Lightroom  3, and Adobe Photoshop CS4, to great effect! Adobe Lightroom


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