Equipment list
Required Basic Items:1 - 35mm DSLR camera with interchangeable lenses
1 - General purpose lens
1 - Accessory flash (not the built in flash)
1 - TTL or sync cord for off camera flash
1 - Remote shutter release (corded or wireless)
Spare batteries
Battery charger
USB cable
1 - Tripod (Preferably with capability of deploying in horizontal position)
Removable storage media for your camera system
1 - Clamp on flood light with a flood light bulb (standard socket with a clamp and aluminum reflector available from hardware store for $10.00 or $15.00)
Required Lens Accessories:
1 - Macro (close-up) lens or set of focal converters (screw on to normal lens to make it function like a macro lens)
1 - Circular polarizing filter
The following contrast control filters (either gel filters and filter holder or screw-on glass filters):
- #15 yellow
- #22 orange
- #25 red and/or #29 red
- #47 blue
- #58 green
1 - ABFO scale
1 - 6 inch forensic scale (preferably light on one side and dark on the other)
1 - 300mm bureau "L" shape scale
Suggested Materials:
Several items to be used as simulated evidence (anything from documents, beverage containers, small tools, or anything)
Try and bring some items that have different colors in them. If you have access please develop some fingerprints on some of the items. If you want to use soda cans you can actually cut them apart with a scissors so they lay flat to conserve space. Be creative - this is your training!
At least one item with either an embossed or engraved serial number
At least one item that is very reflective such as jewelry
Photo log materials - what ever you normally use for logging photographs or plain lined paper will work
1 - Laptop computer with your editing program of choice (a 30 day free trial of Adobe Photoshop can be downloaded from www.adobe.com if you don't have an editing program) and with your camera software installed.
