Camera and lenses are not all you need

If you are into serious photography, the first things you need are a camera body and one or more lenses. But in addition to these there are many things that are needed or come handy. Here are non-conclusive lists of things that I use or have used.

• lens hoods for all my lenses (I use lens hoods on all lenses all the time)
• protection filters for all lenses for the sake of lens front element protection and easier cleaning
• the equipment bags: Lowepro Stealth Reporter D650 AW, Lowepro Nature Trekker AW II and Lowepro Magnum AW
• Canon Ec-S for my Canon EOS 1D Mark III
• lens pen and microfiber lens cleaning cloths
• the sensor cleaning set for sensor cleaning at home: Sensor Swap, Pec Pads, Eclipse fluid
• catza.net customized Marumi Digital Pro Aircell camera strap
• CF and SD cards and a reliable boxes to store them safely
• spare batteries to keep the camera going all weekend (although this is pretty much not needed with Canon EOS 1D Mark III)
• a car to get to the shooting locations (the current version is Honda Jazz 1.4i Comfort)
• a powerful desktop computer with a quality flat screen for post-processing purposes
• Spyder 3 monitor calibration tool
• photo editing software

• Canon Angle Finder C
• Manfrotto tripod and Manfrotto monopod with plate attachment and tilt head
• a natural density filter and a polarization filter
• a laptop to browse the photos while on tour (I really can't work with photos with a small low quality display, without serious processing power and without all the software I have installed on my desktop computer
• Kenko EF Extension Tubes for macro work (those with EF electronics coupling)</li>
• grey cards

• Seculine Zigview S2
• Sigma EF-500 DG Super with sets of rechargeable AAs and a charger
• some flash bouncers and softboxes
• a portable photo bank having a card reader and a 40 GB hard drive

One more thing to consider is an insurance. Is a nice thing to know that if your equipment gets stolen you will get a full refund. My photography equipment set has a purchase price of many thousands euros so I have decided to have an special insurance to ensure that my hobby can go on even after such an unfortunate event.