Men’s Kit

Simms Freestone Stockingfoot Waders ($280)

The is tough enough for scrambling through bushes on the approach but sufficiently breathable for midsummer heat.

Hatch Outdoors 9 Plus Gen 2 ­Finatic Reel ($800)

The nightmare of all saltwater anglers: equipment failure just when you’re about to land a lunker. can run heavier lines and has a water-­resistant drag system, so it won’t let you down.

Sage Spectrum LT Reel ($375)

’s aerospace-grade aluminum frame and sealed-carbon drag system are strong enough to stop anything in fresh water, while its large knob makes for easy handling.

Howler Brothers Aguacero Jacket ($199)

If the forecast looks questionable, reach for the . This 2.5-layer shell takes up minimal space in your pack but will keep you dry in a deluge.

Gerber Magniplier Salt Pliers ($85)

can help with everything from rigging rods to releasing fish, thanks to carbide cutters and an offset design.

Tacky Fly Fishing Flydrophobic SD Box ($35)

What’s more annoying than having your flies rust? Lined with an eVent membrane, the keeps water out but lets vapor escape, so flies dry inside.

Smith Comeback Sunglasses ($169)

The polarized cut glare coming off the water, and the lightweight frames go unnoticed during long days on the boat.

Fishpond Thunderhead Submersible Pouch ($100)

When you need only a little storage, hook to your belt or waders and you’re good to go.

Korkers Devil’s Canyon Boots ($200)

have interchangeable soles that let you match your traction to the terrain: use rubber for the hike in, then switch to felt for wading.

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Tools to capture your most cinematic adventures.

Sony a7r III ($3,200)

Best for the pro

Sony is the new tornado of the industry, tearing profes­sional photographers away from their Canons and Nikons. Astonishingly, small cameras like this one are how the company has managed it. The a7r III captures massive RAW images (up to 42.4 mega­pixels) at blistering speeds (ten frames per second)—stats never before seen in such a small package. Add niceties like 425 autofocus points, dual SD-card slots, 4K video, and days-long battery life, and you’ve got a finely tuned picture-making machine.

Fujifilm X-E3 ($900)

Best for the obsessive 

The midlevel mirrorless mar­ket is a competitive one. Most of the cameras are light, fast, and capable of producing noticeably better images than your smart­phone. The three-quarter-pound Fuji X-E3 rose to the top of the heap for a few reasons. The old-school looks belie a raft of modern features, including a touch screen, superfast auto­focus, and a shutter-speed wheel that lets you dial in set­tings like a far more expen­sive camera would. Bonus: the lens options here are insane.  

Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark III ($1,299)

Best for the wanderer 

Want the power of a DSLR without the bulk? This is your camera. The PowerShot combines a 24.2-megapixel sensor with Canon’s latest processor to produce big, clear images at a nimble nine frames per second. Up front, the equivalent of a 24–72mm zoom handles everything from wide-angle landscapes to tight portraits.

Parrot Mambo FPV ($180)

Best for the novice pilot

If you just want to dip your toes into the whole crazy drone thing, get a Mambo. The seven-inch, smartphone-controlled craft, complete with camera and POV goggles, is the best tool for learning how to fly. It isn’t super powerful, and it can remain aloft for only about ten minutes—just enough time to hone your piloting skills. The removable propel­ler guards are like training wheels: you’ll be grateful for them when you crash.

Apple iPhone X ($999)

Best for the street shooter 

When it comes to resolution, the tenth-gen iPhone doesn’t boast the eye-popping numbers of the other cameras on these pages, but it’s undoubtedly the best shooter-in-a-handset we’ve ever tested. The 12-megapixel wide-angle and telephoto cameras embedded in the back both include image stabilization to produce crisp photos and smooth video. And don’t forget the seven-megapixel selfie camera up front, which senses depth and adjusts light modes automatically. You’ve never looked so good.

Rylo ($499)

Best for the action junkie

On the surface, the Rylo is a slick bar capable of shooting 360-degree video. But we’re more excited about the editing app. The software pulls together your footage, then lets you rotate through it all to select the angles and frames you want. Start with a shot over your handlebars, then pivot to show your buddies giving chase behind—all from the same camera. Stabilization turns vomit-inducing shake into smooth footage.

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Carter Cutlery Kajiki ($455)

Best For: Doing It All

The compact —forged by Murray Carter, an Oregon-based master smith (the black-belt level of cutlers)—is less than eight inches long, but its curved handle and durable edge lend it ample power for serious cutting duty in the field.

BootHill Blades 9-inch Chef’s ($450)

Best For: Kitchen Tasks

Jared Thatcher left his job in finance in 2013 to launch BootHill and make knives full-time. Good thing, too, since he’s got a knack for it. , formed from an old sawmill blade, deftly dices tomatoes and carves steak.

WESN Titanium Micro ($49)

Best For: Saving Space

Less than four inches long when open and a mere two inches closed, the is made for the trail. Don’t be fooled by the size: its easily sharpened AUS8 steel and hardy titanium handle make it adept as an everyday slicer, whether you keep it on a key chain or in your pocket.

Wilburn Forge Utility ($700)

Best For: Looking Good

The name hints at the proficiency around camp but not its styling. The functional art is on full display in the stacked-leather handle, designed with nickel-silver trim, stag antler, and a wrought-iron hand guard.

Kizer Laconico Gemini Flipper ($170)

Best For: Ease of Use

A collaboration between renowned California knife-maker Ray Laconico and China’s reputable Kizer Cutlery, the matches beauty with performance but skips the astronomical price tag. This folder belongs in your hand, thanks to an ergonomically contoured titanium handle and a smooth bearing-pivot system that easily flips open the stonewashed blade.

The James Brand Folsom Serrated ($99)

Best For: Dirty Jobs

The James Brand, based in Ore­gon, has gained a reputation for its finely honed folders. The is no exception, with a composite handle and a stainless-steel blade that resists rust and corrosion.

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For all of the people out in the wild taking pictures and bringing their cameras along with them, there are surprisingly few capable camera bags. Lowepro makes one we tested and like, but it lacked some versatility and storage capacity. We've spent the last few months testing a new pack  and it might just be the best camera bag ever made.

Camera bags often focus so much on holding cameras that they overlook crucial features like water bottle pockets, comfortable straps for all-day wear, or waterproofing to protect from rain and snow. But after a couple weeks of testing these Shimoda Explore packs, we can’t find a single thing missing.

Launched on Kickstarter, Shimoda Designs debuts with 40 and 60-liter backpacks, a carry-on roller, and a number of accessories. All the products are built around a lightweight and impressively water-resistant nylon material. I tested the 40-liter bag while fishing in Colorado over a couple weekends and was impressed with both the durability and waterproofness. The inside and outside of these packs can be configured in dozens of ways with generously-sized pockets, detached internal units for camera organization and protection, heavy duty straps, and access zippers everywhere you look.

Beyond the obvious stuff, it’s the little things—like the overall weight, phone pocket, compression molding shoulder straps, side handle, tripod pouch, and splashguard zippers—that show you these packs were made from experience and a need for something better.

Behind all of that innovation is Ian Millar, a photographer, graphic designer, and former editor-in-chief of Mountain Biking magazine who has lived in Whistler, British Columbia, and now calls Japan home. “I know what it’s like to be on a cold, windy winter summit and to have a zipper break,” says Millar. “I know how painful side release buckles are when your fingers are frozen numb. I know that the more you have to take your pack off to access food, drinks, and layers, the less you are going to take your pack off to take photos.”

Millar’s experience shows in the packs. Whether you are a pro taking multiple camera setups in the field or an aspiring shooter, these packs are some of the best you can buy.

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Tools that make it impossible to take a bad picture.

Pentax KP ($1,100)

Stop shooting vacation photos on your iPhone and use this lightweight 1.5-pound box instead. The 24.3-megapixel APS-C sensor captures bigger, richer files than your cell, making for better prints. Plus, the KP has a massive ISO range—up to 819,200—for crisp low-light shots. It can snap seven frames per second and has a weather seal to keep you firing in rain and snow. You’ll need a fast lens to get the most out of this Pentax, but it’s a setup worth building out.

Canon EOS M6 ($779)

At 4.4 inches wide, this camera is too small and too powerful to not pack along on every trip—be that an evening hike or an all-day ride. You get a robust 24.2-megapixel sensor that snaps seven frames per second, plus an autofocus system that’s whip fast. It doesn’t come with a viewfinder, so we recommend adding Canon’s EVF-DC2 ($250) so you’re never stuck trying to use the LCD screen in variable light.

Nikon D7500 ($1,250)

If you like the feel of a DSLR, the D7500 is a great deal for the price. The 20.9-megapixel sensor performs exceptionally well in low light, and the camera borrows some subject-recognition autofocus features from the company’s flagship D5, so action shots are always crisp. Bonus: after you’ve linked the camera to your mobile device to share photos on Instagram, the D7500 has a low-power Bluetooth setting that keeps the two devices permanently connected.

Sony a9 ($4,500)

Sony just launched its campaign to take over the sports-photography world. The a9 shoots a mind-blowing 20 frames per second, or a half-dozen more than any Nikon or Canon. The camera also comes with a lightning-fast auto-focus that makes 60 adjustments per second to ensure you stay locked on your subject, whether he’s launching off a cliff or carving up singletrack. All that power comes in a package that weighs only 1.8 pounds—nearly half as much as you’d expect from a DSLR with similar chops.

Lumix GH5 ($2,000)

Built for moviemakers, Panasonic’s flagship camera houses a 20.3-megapixel four-thirds sensor, which is smaller than a full-frame sensor and easy to squeeze into a compact body. Designed to handle dust, rain, and even freezing temperatures, the GH5 shoots beautifully smooth 4K footage at 60 frames per second, thanks to five-axis image stabilization. For the real video junkies, options like shooting in 4:2:2, ten-bit video, and Vlog Gamma give this camera more color range than anything in its class.

DJI Phantom 4 Advanced ($1,199)

Up until now, DJI’s lower-end drones have been fun and easy to fly but strapped with low-grade cameras. The new Phantom 4, however, gets a 20-megapixel camera with a large one-inch sensor that shoots 4K video at 60 fps and high-res photos that look good on a screen and as prints. The camera comes with sweet additional features like full aperture control and a mechanical shutter. As for the drone, well, it’s still totally fun and easy to fly.

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Nail the shot, anywhere, anytime. 

Sony a99 II ($3,199)

Gear of the Year

The best image makers feature some combination of high resolution, great low-light sensitivity, and smart focusing tools that help you document the action. Sitting at the very top of the heap is the Sony a99 II, which excels in all these categories and folds them into a highly portable package. rocks a giant 42-megapixel full-frame sensor that allows you to crop in tiny or print huge (think bus advertisement). The wicked-fast autofocus tracking system has 79 points you can use to lock onto your subject, and the ability to shoot 12 frames per second means you’ll get crisp photos of your buddies ripping singletrack every time. It gets better: the ISO goes to an absurd 102,400, and the whole sensor floats on a five-axis stabilizer—features that help keep the image sharp even as light fades. Moviemakers can shoot 4K at 30 frames per second and, just like still photographers, benefit from Sony’s A-mount lenses, many of which feature Zeiss glass. Simply put: if you can’t make great-looking pictures or video with this thing, it ain’t the camera’s fault.

Fuji X-T2 ($1,599)

Best For: The aspiring pro.

The Test: If the and the are too much camera but you still need more than a point-and-shoot, nails the middle ground. Its respectable 24-megapixel APS-C sensor captures crisp portraits and landscape shots so detailed that you can pick out individual needles on evergreen trees hundreds of feet away. It logs 4K video, but more importantly, the footage looks great right out of the camera—no post-processing necessary in most cases. We appreciate its small details, like intuitive menus and buttons. The rear LCD is mounted to a dual hinge, twisting and turning to accommodate any view.  

The Verdict: The most capable pro-sumer camera you can buy.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS100 ($700)

Best For: Punching above its weight.

The Test: Think of as a point-and-shoot on steroids. The 25–250mm focal range is massive for this pocket-size camera, allowing you to capture print-­worthy images even if you’re a football field away from someone tip-toeing across an alpine ridge. The autofocus performs a neat trick: simply tap your subject on the LCD to lock the focus as it moves through the frame, then fire away. Like the other cameras on this page, the DMC-ZS100 shoots 4K video that also produces eight-megapixel stills. And it’s easy to send images directly to your smartphone, thanks to the well-designed Panasonic app (free).

The Verdict: Way more powerful—and just slightly bigger—than your phone. 

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV ($3,499)

Best For: Magazine-quality shots.

The Test: The original , introduced back in 2005, was the benchmark for photojournalists: it stuffed the features you normally saw in bulky DSLRs into a body nearly half the size. As a result, the 5D immediately became the go-to for adventure shooters who wanted something lighter to haul up mountains. Twelve years later, the fourth version is still a photographer favor­­ite that makes detail-rich 30.4-­megapixel 
­images. And, of course, it puts Canon’s giant ecosystem of pristine lenses at your dis­posal—everything from fast, tack-sharp wide-angle lenses ideal for landscape shots to the longer zoom lenses needed to capture BASE jumpers hucking off cliffs.

The Verdict: The best gets better. 

DJI Mavic Pro ($999)

Best For: Nailing creative shots.

The Test: When it comes to consumer drones, the occupies an airspace all its own. It’s tiny—just over 1.5 pounds and about the size of a Nalgene—and is loaded with top-shelf features, including a four-mile range, 4K video at 30 frames per second, and 12-megapixel stills. It can automatically follow a predetermined subject that you tag via the included controller, and it will take a picture (or “dronie”) when you stand in front of it and make a rectangle with your fingers. Set the route and it will fly itself to the location specified, leaving you free to work the camera via the controller or DJI’s free smartphone app.

The Verdict: 5Point şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř Film Festival, here you come.

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Here’s some simplified buying advice for those in search of a : if you want to shoot high-quality footage but don’t want to invest in an , get the new . It costs a semireasonable $1,000, folds down small enough to fit in your coat pocket, produces crisp 4K video, takes 12-megapixel RAW stills, and is super easy to fly.

built the Mavic Pro to address the demand for portability with pro-like specs. Its packable design allows the rotors and prop arms to fold back into the body, leaving you with a clean, hoagie-size brick.

, the Mavic Pro has a range of more than four miles—significantly longer than any drone in this class—and new technology to avoid obstacles. Using a collection of built-in cameras and ultrasonic radar-like sensors, the Mavic creates what amounts to a 3D rendering of its environment, allowing it to stop in front of or move around any obstacles it encounters.

DJI drones have always been good at hovering and holding position, and the Mavic is no exception. The drone uses an obstacle-avoidance system and satellite communication to stay in the same place, indoors or out. This makes it much easier to lock the frame for a mountain biker to rip through or capture a super-sharp landscape shot.

New features also include a tracking mode that will keep your subject in the frame for follow shots (there’s no need for the subject to have a transmitter or GPS bracelet, like other drones) and something called Gesture Mode, which triggers the camera to take a picture when you wave at it from the ground. You can set a flight path with a simple tap on the app’s map. Just tell the drone where to go, and it will fly itself to that location, leaving you to focus on the camera controls.

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