The Evolution of My Photography Kit (Condensed Version)

I've been seeing a lot of questions in my comments wondering what I shoot with, so I decided to make a post about it instead of answering every single comment the same way over and over. Besides, I just added some new additions to the family so I'll be happy to expand on it.

I will be the first to admit as a Travel Photographer, this is too much to carry. I'm always buying the latest technology while simultaneously trying to shrink my bag. It never happens. Whenever I try to slim it down I always have a hard time parting with stuff because I never want to be without it. I may not use something for months, but the minute I don't have it — I get presented with a time to use it.

As I get ready for long travel, I'm going to try and slim it down one more time, this time I will probably lose the GoPro case and most of the GoPros and just keep one or two in my bag. Aside from that, I've been trying to talk myself into getting rid of my a7Rii and lenses so I can travel even lighter with just the RX100 MK V. Whether or not that will happen is to be determined.

Photography is an expensive hobby and it's not travel efficient. The amount of worry that comes with making sure you didn't lose anything, misplace anything, making sure it's safe where you put it + the weight that comes with carrying it, etc. — it's just not worth a few extra megapixels in the long run.

I started off, 5 years ago with this kit:

3 years later, this was my kit:

Then there was this:

Today I'm down to this:

Main Camera: SONY a7Rii

Lenses: SONY Zeiss 35mm f/1.4, SONY Zeiss 16-35 f/4, SONY G-Master 24-70 f/2.8!

Second Camera: SONY RX100 MKV

Stabilizer: Zhiyun Crane M Series

Additional Cameras: 3 GoPro Hero 5s, 1 GoPro Hero 4 (and a BUNCH of mounts, batteries and memory cards)

Drone: DJI Mavic Pro w/ Polar Pro ND Filters

What do you travel with? Do you prefer to go all out or travel light?