Here's your chance to peek inside of Joe's Gear Bag I have been using Nikon cameras for 30 years, and their digital SLR's for the past 6 years or so... and they just keep getting better. And my Bogen tripods, I've had them since the early 1980's and they're still going strong. The old axiom "you get what you pay for" could not be truer when it comes to quality photgraphy.
Nikon D300 This is a camera that offers outstanding image quality and just feels good to use. 12.3-megapixel DX Format CMOS Sensor - UDMA-enabled - DX AF Nikkor Lenses		Nikon Multi-Power Battery Pack MB-D10 Enables high-speed continuous shooting at a rate of 8 fps for up to 100 consecutive shots.
Nikon D70S This is a backup camera with Professional Quality with Point-and-Shoot Simplicity. As you would expect from a 6-megapixel camera, the image quality is superb at all levels		Nikon D100 This is a backup camera with Professional Quality. As you would expect from a 6-megapixel camera, the image quality is superb at all levels.
Nikkor 18-200mm VR The 18-200mm VR just became the world's best event and portrait lens. Beyond the lens's incredible optical versatility is the benefit of Enhanced VR II Vibration Reduction, an innovation that makes it possible to take substantially sharper hand held pictures at slower shutter speeds than would otherwise be possible.		Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR I love this lens. This is most likely the best telephoto zoom ever made by Nikon at any price. For colisuems and dim locations I demand performance. The more light that gets to the AF sensors, the better, and that's one of the reasons why I opted for the f/2.8
Nikkor 50mm 1.8 D Sharpest Nikon lense ever A fixed focal length, large aperture portrait lens. This lens produces sharp pictures and great color and contrast for low light action/sport photography Its superb optics has impressed photographers since 1962		Tokina 500mm mirror lens Super Telephoto 500mm f/8 Mirror Manual Focus Lens with excellent sharpness. I don't use this often but when I do I get very sharp pictures.
Nikkor 17-55mm/f2.8 DX For a lens that's likely to be sitting on my camera most of the time, I wanted performance. The more light that gets to the AF sensors, the better, and that's one of the reasons why I opted for the f/2.8 over the f/3.5-4.5		Nikon TC-14E II I haven't bought this yet. I'm still evaluating it's usefullness. It should work great with my 2.8 lenses.
Nikon SB-800 Flash The SB-800 has a rated GN of 125' at ISO 100. Powerful, flexible and the color is natural		Nikon SD-8A Battery Pack Hi-Performance Battery Pack. Total flash capacity per round of batteries is doubled, and flash re cycling time will be cut by 60-75%
Gary Fong Flash Diffuser Studio quality lighting to create the warmest softest light possible from an on-camera flash.		Sandisk 8GB Extreme III              Lexar 8GB 300x UDMA Cards that are targeted primarily at professional photographers who require high-speed flash memory storage cards for their high-performance digital SLRs.
Sunpac 622 The 622 Super Pro is the most powerful handle mount dedicated flash system.		Novatron Strobes Most photographers use "flash" to refer to small battery operated flashes and "strobes" to refer to the large units plugged in the wall for power.
Canon GL2 Incorporating precision optics, superior digital processing, 3CCD professional camcorder		Professional camcorder Jib For the spectacular shots that are impossible to get from standing on the ground. We're serious about making good video, this is one of our best investments we made.
Bogen Professional 3192 Tripod w/ 316 Heavy Duty Pro Video Head Pro Video Tripod with heavy-duty pro head for cameras/DVCams weighing up to 35 lbs.		Bogen 3046 Tripod w 501HDV PRO video head Strong, sturdy and reliable, the Bogen tripod is the ideal studio tripod. The geared centre column has a non roll-back feature and has a threaded 3/8” mount on the bottom of the column to allow low angle shots.
Bogen Manfrotto Pro 055XPROB Tripod Built like a tank, weighs about as much also, these tripod legs are awesome! I can get just inches off the ground and maintain full stability. It is a great, sturdy tripod. The only down side is it is a little heavy. But this is what you pay for being sturdy.		Bogen Manfrotto 322RC2 Horizontal Grip Action Ball Head Take the versatility of a ball head, add true ergonomic control and you get the 322RC2 Horizontal Grip Action Ballhead!
BOGEN 3018 / 3016 Professional Monopods For image sharpness the Monopod is a single leg camera stand that goes where tripods fear to tread. The next best thing to a tripod.		Bogen 3063 Fluid Tripod Head I use this on the monopod when using the camcorder on it so I can get that hard to get footage that can't be gotten with a tripod.
Nodal Ninja 5 (NN5) Full Spherical Panoramic Tripod Head (Back-Ordered)		Background Support System Including 10.5' Stands 12' Background Support System that support seamless paper up to 11' in width, as well as accommodate the 12' width of any brand of muslin background. I also have a real canvas background
Century Optics 2X Tele-Converter Provides greater telephoto reach doubling of the indicated focal length (through the higher end of the zoom range) without light loss.		Canon WD-58H 58mm 0.7x Wide Angle I find that a wide angle lens is a must for the GL2 This aux lens is a great way to widen the focal length of the prime lens.
Sennheiser Microphones Sennheiser Camera Mountable UHF Lavalier Wireless Microphone System is optimized for video recording in just about any situation. The clip-on lavalier microphone is very low profile and we have the wireless module for conventional microphones.		RODE NTG2 Shotgun Condenser mic Designed for professional applications within the film, video, television and production industries,perfect choice for film, video engineering and voice-over work.
And much much more gear that's too much to list here