We have one main checked baggage between us which we use for our clothes and other essential items. The Osprey Sojourn 80 litre backpack is well made, very durable and has more than enough room for both our clothes. The backpack has a number of handles for different ways to carry it and the backpack straps fold away into their own compartment at the back. There is also has a pull up handle so it can be wheeled around, just like a suitcase.

We have two of these bags which we use when hiking and occasionally in the city, we carry our drones and some camera equipment in them. The bag packs up into its own, tiny carry case which can be easily carried in a pocket or bag compartment. There are a couple of helpful zips, one the inside for security and one on the outside for easy access, there is also a mesh side pocket for a bottle of water. The bag can carry up to 18 litres.

We have a Microsoft Surface and a Lenovo Ideapad. Both have SSD hard drives as we rely on external memory devices and it means they are much faster than laptops with HDD hard drives. We use both of them to work on the website, but if you were only going to buy one we would highly recommend the Microsoft Surface. It has a 12.3-inch PixelSense display touchscreen with a fantastic resolution, microSD card reader and an incredibly thin detachable keyboard, which means you can also use it as a tablet.

We also have a DJI Spark which we generally use with our phones as it’s super quick and easy to set up, it has some great preset flying modes and is good for flying in tight spaces. Although this can be used with just the smartphone app, we also have the controller as this allows you to use the drone to its full potential. When flying the drone without the controller the maximum distance you can fly is 100 m (328 ft) with a height restriction of 50 m (164 ft). When flying with the controller you can fly as far as 1.2 miles (2 km) and fly as high as 152 m (500 ft). It takes 12 MP photos and records in 1080p. 

This camera takes stunning 42.2 megapixel high detail images, yet it is small and easy to carry around while travelling. It also features a 5 Axis Stabiliser system built into the sensor which is great for shooting in low light at lower shutter speeds. You will also be able to shoot in 4K on this incredible camera or at 1080p you can shoot at up to 100 fps. The only downside is that being a full frame camera the lenses tend to be bigger, heavier and more expensive than crop sensor lenses adding some bulk and extra weight to our luggage. For the lenses we use this isn’t too bad though and we feel the trade off is worth the stunning pictures we get on this camera.

This is another fantastic mirror-less camera and great for travelling, it’s even smaller than the full frame A7 or A7rii and has an excellent range of lenses. The camera has a super fast auto focus and is excellent for wildlife photography especially when equipped with a telephoto lens.

Travelling with a lot of electronics, we’re always looking for ways to keep our devices topped up on juice! This is a solar powered charging device, it outputs 15 watts and has two USB ports, it’s great charging our phones, cameras or laptops while we’re on the go. The only downfall is it doesn’t store the energy but it is lightweight and very portable. It can also be used to charge up other portable chargers that can store energy so they can be used when there isn’t any sunlight.

This is small enough to fit in our pocket and we can get two full mobile phone charges out of each use, it also has two charging ports so we can charge two devices at the same time. We find this device so useful when we are out for a full day and are taking lots of photos or using Google maps on our phones as these tend to drain the batteries super quick!

This is another handy item we pack, especially for those long road trips. It fits into the lighter port on any vehicle and allows us to charge our mobile devices and laptops, it also features two USB ports and is a smart charging device with built in safety protection.

These headlamps are really handy and we use them when we’re camping, setting up tents at night or trying to find stuff in or around a campsite at night.

We pack this bag in our main luggage and it folds up really well, taking up minimal room. The bag is fully waterproof and we use it when we’re camping or hiking in harsh weather, boating, kayaking or rafting. We also use this to protect our mobile phones, cameras and lenses when we’re in the desert or coastal areas.

Essential item for the outdoors, it always comes in handy when we’re camping or hiking, it has all the things you would usually need including a can opener, knife, wood saw, and bottle opener, sewing awl and a Phillips screwdriver to name a few.

An essential item for travelling photographers, it’s lightweight, durable and doesn’t take up much room. It has a built in ballhead and bubble level, the maximum load weight is around 1 kg. We usually pack it into our day-pack and use it when we’re travelling around cities or hiking. It’s flexible wrapping legs mean it can easily grip around things such as lampposts, railings, branches, sty’s and fence posts.   

This is a fantastic tripod and great value, it weighs around 1.1 kg, fits easily into a rucksack and comes with its very own carrying case. The lightweight carbon fibre design means it’s perfect for travel but it’s still sturdier than most aluminium tripods and it folds down to 12″. The maximum load weight is around 3.6 kg and its fully extended height is 52″.

This is a great value Sony Lens for the A7, its wide F/1.8 aperture makes it excellent for low-light conditions and it’s also a great lens for portrait shots. We use the lens typically when we’re around the city and taking photographs with a subject in them, or of us. The AF can be a little on the slow side and a bit noisy but it produces impressive, sharp pictures with an attractive background blur (bokeh).   

We use this lens as a fast normal prime on the A7 and for taking photos of wide landscapes and other scenery. We generally keep this lens on our A7 for everyday use as when travelling size and weight can be an issue for us, the lens is great for outdoor shooting and wide-angle shots, if we’re photographing with a subject in it also gives a nice soft background blur. Any barrel distortion can be fixed in post-processing. 

This is a crop-sensor lens which we use on our Sony A 6000, it’s a fantastic lens, great for night time photography, wide-angle shots and shooting the night sky. The only downside is it’s a manual focus lens, but you can use the focus peaking setting on the camera, we usually have it on medium – this works by highlighting the areas which are in focus. We also recommend using a tripod with this lens for landscape photos especially because the sharpest aperture is around F/5.6 so you would have to have a slower shutter speed and higher ISO to compensate for loss of light.

Note: bright daytime use at F/2 will often result in having to use a shutter speed of 1/4000 at ISO 100. Some cameras however start at ISO 200, you can counter this by using a neutral density filter to get the proper exposure. 

This lens is for our Sony A 6000, it’s a short–medium ranged telephoto lens and we use it for outdoor wildlife photography and unobtrusive portraits of people. The lens has built in image stabilisation and with a fast shutter speed we can freeze fast moving objects and animals. Another good point of this lens is it’s not too big or heavy, the only downside is that the aperture starts at f/4.5 and goes up to f/6.3 when fully zoomed — the lens is best used outside and where there’s plenty of light.    

This is the lens that came bundled with our Sony A 6000, it’s not a bad lens and still produces some fairly descent images. We use this lens mainly as a point and shoot and when we’re out and about in a city as it keeps the size and weight of the camera to a minimum.

We chose this telephoto lens as it’s a good quality zoom lens and even with the adaptor we had to buy it works out half the price of similar lenses in that range. The lens produces good quality images and we use it for wildlife photography. The lens has built in image stabilisation and a near silent focusing ring, there’s also a manual focus ring with manual override. 

We bought this adaptor for mounting the Sigma telephoto lens to the Sony A7 camera body but it also works with the Sony A 6000 camera. Using this adaptor also allows us to mount any A-mount lenses on our E-mount cameras. The adaptor is full frame, has a built in AF motor and a second motor to control the aperture. The only downside is you lose a third stop of exposure.