Note the gap in the histogram toward the highlights. I’d rather lug the weight and know that I’m holding the best tools for the job than carry a slightly lighter load and always wonder if I could be getting cleaner originals.Ģ. You’ll notice those are mostly prime lenses I do that for sharpness. That’s a lot to add to a mountaineering pack that already weighs 60 pounds, so I just train harder. I take two extra batteries and a Brunton solar charger, an Induro carbon-fiber tripod with a ballhead (the ideal combination of light and sturdy), a Kata rain cover that will accommodate all the lenses, an OP/TECH chest harness and wrist strap, a remote timer, almost 200 gigabytes of SanDisk Extreme III CF cards, Pelican waterproof CF card holders and a Brunton trek pole that doubles as a monopod with a Joby ballhead. Here’s what I carry: a Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Sigma 15mm fisheye, Canon 14mm, 24mm, 50mm prime lenses and the 70-200mm ƒ/4 IS zoom. It’s especially important to choose gear wisely when mountaineering. The RAW stitched panorama in the Autopano Giga panorama editor…looking a little dull. Here’s how it all comes together, in his own words.ġ. He consistently chooses quality over compromise-from the gear he buys to the way he shoots.

His work, above all, is meticulous and precise. That pretty much sums up Brandon Riza’s theory about high-resolution landscape panorama photographs. Looking northeast toward Little Tahoma and the Ingraham Glacier from Cathedral Rocks, Mount Rainier, Cascade Range, Washington.

Photo panorama stitcher