My Current Kit:

My bodies of choice, weather sealed and 40fps is the X-H2s. I carry 2 of these, both with battery grips. Additionally, I bring my Fuji X100F along.

My lens selection will vary. I am writing this (June ‘24) in South Africa, on safari. My lenses for this trip are:

8-16mm f2.8

16-80mm f4.0

50-150mm f2.8

100-400mm f4.5-5.6

200mm f2.0

1.4x & 2.0x tele-convertors

Fuji for wildlife??

The story has always been that the Fuji-X system is ill-equipped to handle the needs of a wildlife photographer. Let’s prove that wrong.

I’ve have various Fuji-X cameras and lens in blizzards at 40 deg below zero, as well as the opposite end of the thermometer, 110 deg above zero. I’ve never had an issue with the FujiX system. I love the light wight, sturdy build and those world renown FujiFilm colors.

Fuji sends out firmware updates on an irregular basis, as they carefully tweak the system towards perfection, embracing the Japanese concept of Kaizen. I really appreciate their commitment to me.

All my gear gets comfortably packed into a Gura Gear 30l backpack. I bring a Benro Cyanbird TCBC15 tripod, quite a mouthful for a lightweight carbon-fiber tripod. I’ve got a ball head as well as a Benro video head. Lots of memory cards & 3 extra batteries for each body. I could definitely leave the extra batteries at home. I’ve shot all day without having to change batteries. So much for the issue of Fuji batteries not lasting for a day. If it’s a slow night or 2 in a hide, the batteries have plenty of juice to skip recharging or swapping batteries for the next day.