The Mad Dogs camera equipment


The full size Canon digital SLR camera bodies
We use the digital Canon 20D & Canon 7D SLR camera bodies for most of our wildlife and scenery photos. With these digital Canon cameras we use several different Canon lenses and shoot mainly in "Raw" mode! (so should you)
● More information about the Canon 20D Digital SLR camera
● More information about the Canon 7D Digital SLR camera


The Canon lenses we use with our digital SLR cameras
● Canon Zoom lens (the EF 75-300mm with Image Stabilizer)
● Canon EF 70-200 mm Ultrasonic Telephoto-Zoom lens and the Canon Tele-Extender EF 2x II
● Canon Zoom lens (17-85) with Image Stabilizer this lens we use mostly with our Canon 20D
● Canon EF 24-70mm f-2.8L USM Telephoto Zoom Lens is the lens we use mostly with our Canon 7D camera


When diving, we use our Ikelite watertight case
We have chosen the Ikelite underwater camera housing for our Canon EOS 20D digital camera and are very happy with the Ikelite housing. We would also like to find a underwater housing for our smaller digital camera but we will be trading in our smaller Canon SX200 camera for a better unit and will look for a compatible housing at that time. View some of our photos made underwater


The small and portable digital cameras we use
Most of the time we carry our small and easy to stow Canon PowerShot SX200 IS digital camera for photos or small movie clips when we don't have our larger cameras with us. The Canon SX 200 replaces our great Canon PowerShot SD700 IS Digital camera because we dropped it in the water and therefore is no longer "active"


Our current video equipment
We use several video capable cameras to make our videos. The oldest video camera is the Sony TRV-203 video camera (soon to be replaced because it uses the good old fashioned tape system). The second and smaller video camera is the The Canon Elura 40 MC digital movie camera (also a tape system). We are also able to make very high quality movies with our Canon 7D SLR camera and the Canon SX 200 but we need to experiment with these cameras because of quality issues or operator issues. We will keep you informed of the testing.

Tips for making better photos
● Buying a digital camera
● Important: Why you should save digital photos in Raw format and NOT use the JPG setting