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Any camera model is welcome, but for some of the sessions utilizing computational technologies you will place your SD card into a loaner OM SYSTEM camera.

Required and Highly Recommended Equipment 📸 for the Macro Retreat

• MACRO LENS (Required) 🐸

  • A dedicated prime macro lens is required for macro and nature retreats

  • 90mm (https://tinyurl.com/lisatom-OM90mm) or 60mm https://tinyurl.com/LisatomOM60 OM SYSTEM macro lens

  • Other useful lenses: 12-100, 40-150, 100-400 II

  • While all camera models and all macro lenses can be used for some sessions, participants will use an OM SYSTEM loaner for in-camera focus-stacking (and for live compisute and other computational technologies).

• For Birding retreats: 100-400 II, 150-600, or the 150-400

• Camera Equipment (Required)

  • Extra camera batteries, battery charger, memory cards (You will be taking a LOT when using focus bracketing and focus stacking! so bring ALL of your cards)

• Photography Gear 📸

  • Required (can share with a friend) Light Diffuser (see below)

  • Required for retreats that have a light painting session (can share with a friend):

    • Nitecore Flashlight (remember ti’s is being used duirn the day) with Flashlight Snoot (see below) required for retreats that have a light painting session

  • Required for macro retreats

    • Flash (Best = OM FL700WR, Good = OM 900 or Godox V860III) https://tinyurl.com/lisatom700) with a Flash diffuser (AK diffuser or Cygnustech)

      • AK Diffuser:

        • 90mm https://tinyl.io/BrgC

        • 60mm https://tinyl.io/Brg8

        • Other macro lenses https://tinyl.io/BrgE

      • Cygnustech

  • Recommended:

    • For light painting Platypod Extreme https://amzn.to/4j6WBf1 (Definitely this model, much improved over older models)

    • Plamp

    • Remote

      • For the OM1/OM1 mark II, the wireless https://tinyurl.com/LisaTomOMWR2 is awesome but the less expensive cable remote https://amzn.to/3Re9mZq is fine.

      • The remote cable for other Olympus/OM SYSTEM camera models https://amzn.to/3Re9mZq

• CAMERA: 📸

  • While all camera makes/models can be used for some sessions, please note that you will place your SD card into a loaner OM SYSTEM camera for some sessions utilizing computational technologies.

  • BEST📸📸

    • OM1 Mark II https://tinyurl.com/OMRetreat-OM2

    • OM1 https://tinyurl.com/OMRetreat-OM1

    • OM3 https://tinyurl.com/LisaTom-OM3

    • OM5 https://tinyurl.com/OMRetreat-OM5

  • GOOD📸

    • EM1 mark III, EM1X https://tinyurl.com/OMRetreat-OMgear

    • EM1 mark II, EM5 mark II/III https://tinyurl.com/OMRetreat-OMgear

$$ Best for daylight light painting 

AK Diffuser for the

• 90mm macro lens https://tinyl.io/BrgC

• 60mm macro lens https://tinyl.io/Brg8

• Other macro lenses https://tinyl.io/BrgE