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1) Who are you and what do you do?

I am a (US) west coast-based photographer with Image of Sport specializing in track and field.

2) What hardware do you use?

I use Nikon cameras and lenses most predominately Nikon D4 camera bodies and lenses ranging from10mm to 600mm. The lenses that I use depend on the event. For heats, I’ll use a bigger lens such as a400mm-600mm for a final, I might use a 200-400mm to give more flexibility to go wider in the event of a close finish.

I typically use at least three cameras at a track meet. For bigger meets, it may be four or five. There are usually two to three cameras on my body and others used in remote locations such as a finish line that are radio triggered. The radio transmitters that I used are the PocketWizard MultiMax and PocketWizard III Plus. Both are 32-channel units. The MultiMaxes have more range and features but the PocketWizard III Pluses are lighter and more compact. I can fit almost all the gear that I need to for a track meet into a ThinkTank Airport Security roller case which fits (just barely) into airplane overhead luggage compartments. The monopods that I use are Gitzo carbon fiber and Bogen.

I use an iPhone but I don’t really use it much more than for communication