For the "Sense of Time, Sense of Place" project I'm using Olympus E-System equipment.  The original proof-of-concept project (Lincoln Memorial) was shot with a Nikon D1X, but the Olympus equipment weighs less and the uncropped aspect ratio is 4:3.  This matches the aspect ratio of most computer monitors better than the Nikon's (and other digital SLRs) 3:2.  With each project using from 25 to 60 images final images, you don't want to be fiddling around with cropping.  The 4:3 ratio will also work better if I decide to use a vertical orientation, resulting in less dead space on the viewer's computer screen.

The camera is an Olympus E-1.  While the 5 megapixel image is not large by current retail standards, it is more than adequate for web-based applications.  Attached to the bottom of the camera is the HLD-2 battery holder/grip.  It's main contribution to this effort is being the host for a battery with twice the capacity of the normal battery used in Olympus DSLRs -- an advantage if the camera is sitting "hot" for hours at a time.

The mounted lens in this picture is the Olympus Zuiko Digital (ZD) 11-22mm.  Because of the E-1's sensor size, this lens has about the same field of view as a 22-44mm lens on a 35mm camera.  Sitting in front of the camera in the photo is the ZD 14-54 lens.  Both these lenses and the camera are weather-sealed and splash resistant.

The camera sits atop a slightly modified Manfrotto table tripod, with a Manfrotto 484RC2 compact ball head.  The slight modification involves the legs...The little cork feet were removed and the legs were given two dunks in red "tool dip", followed by two dunks in yellow .  This ensures that there will be no metal in contact with whatever surface the tripod is sitting on, and also provides a bit more visibility.  The way this shooting process works is that the camera can't move during the shoot.  If somebody accidentally nudges the camera, my shoot is over.

The handle for the electrical remote release is resting on one of the legs.  Also shown are four Hoya multi-coated neutral density (ND) filters.  These each provide three f-stops worth of light reduction, essential to ensure blurred figures (slow shutter speeds) in the photos.  For outdoor shots, I often need to stack two of them to get the light levels down.

The Olympus E-1 is a very well designed camera.  The shutter is VERY quiet compared to Canon and Nikon professional DLSRs.  Some of this probably has to do with sensor size -- a smaller mirror and smaller shutter means less metal, plastic, and glass flying around.  The E-1 has a very simple and direct method of creating and storing custom white balance information...Which brings me to the disk in back.  This is white on one side and 18% gray on the other.  It collapses down into the little blue pouch, which is actually small enough to fit into a trouser pocket.  Pull it out, pop it open, take your reading, and then pack into the pouch.

On top of the camera, in the flash shoe, is a Linhoff two-axis spirit level.  This helps me keep a level horizon.  A bulls eye spirit level won't work for this kind of shooting.  (There is a small label on the level that says "Viewfinder Shutter".  This is to remind me to close shutter so that light coming in from the viewfinder doesn't foul up the exposures.)

Peeking from the rear of camera is a custom-built IR-QA 45-degree finder.  These are built for Olympus E-System cameras by Mr, Ireneusz Błaszczuk, a professional photographer in Zamość, Poland who also happens to be a pretty good machinist.

Audio for the project is captured in the field using an Edirol R-09 digital stereo recorder and a Sony ECM-MS957 stereo microphone.  These photos show the microphone with the included folding stand and a holder for hand-held use that I fabricated out of a bicycle handlebar grip, the tube from a desktop microphone stand, and a rubber microphone holder.  The blue cord (4-feet) is one I adapted from a stereo patch cord and the black cord to the right is the 6-foot cord that comes with the mic.  The photo on the left shows the microphone head uncovered, showing the thumb wheel that is used to adjust the direction of the center element.  The photo on the right shows the mic with the furry Rycote Mini Windjammer Special 105 mounted.  This is placed over the foam wind screen that comes with the microphone -- which is fine since that makes it easier to take off and put on when you turn on the microphone or make adjustments to the coverage.