Carl works with all 35 mm equipment to help maintain flexibility and portability for traveling and photographing deep into the backcountry. His digital camera bodies are a Nikon D750, Nikon D300S, and a Coolpix P7700 - and he still owns an F100, N70, N2000, and an FM, and also has a Nikon SB-26 electronic TTL flash. A Sekonic L-408 light meter helped with choosing exposures for his panoramic equipment.

His FX full frame lenses include a 17-35 mm 2.8D zoom, a 35-70 mm 2.8D zoom, a 70-200 mm 2.8G VR zoom, and a 2x teleconverter. In addition he has a 10.5 mm and 16 mm 2.8D full frame fisheye, 20 mm 2.8D, 24 mm 2.8D, 28 mm 2.8D, 35 mm 2.0D, 50 mm 1.4D, 105 mm 2.8D macro, . While he used the fixed lenses a lot with film, he mostly uses his zoom lenses now for digital - a Tokina 11 - 17 mm f 2.8, a Sigma 10 - 20 mm, and a Nikon 18 - 200 mm G lens. He often uses a set of Kenko extension tubes and a Nikon PK11 for close-up photography along with his 105 macro lens.

Carl rarely uses filters when shooting digital, but does occasionally experiment with a Tiffen 2 - 8 stop ND filter and a 10 stop solid ND filter.Over the years to occasionally enhance the lighting of a scene, Carl has used various glass Singh-Ray filters with a Cokin P filter system. His filters included a color intensifier, a green intensifier, a warming filter, and a number of graduated neutral density filters.

In 1996, he became involved in panoramic photography with the purchase of a Noblex 135U panoramic camera. This camera uses a Zeiss 28 mm lens in a rotating drum to photograph 138° panoramas. The camera uses shutter speeds from 1 second to 1/500th of a second, and the lens aperture ranges from F4.5 to F16. The final transparency is a standard 35 mm height, by about twice the width of a normal 35 mm transparency.

In early 1998, Carl invested in a Seitz / Roundshot Super 35 panoramic camera for photographs for his new book on the Adirondacks. This state-of-the-art computerized camera has a rotating head, and will photograph any pre-programmed panoramic view, including multiple rotations of 360°. The Roundshot utilizes all of Carl's fixed focal length Nikon lenses and Singh-Ray filters for maximum versatility when photographing a panorama. This camera has a full lens shift both up and down, automatic exposure, exposure compensation, and can be set to bracket with variable exposures. It provides as much flexibility as possible for Carl's panoramic landscape work.

Practically all of Carl's photographs are taken with the camera on a tripod. He uses his #3540XLS and #2228 Explorer Gitzo Mountaineer carbon fiber tripods for most of his photography, and occasionally he'll still use his Benbo XL, or Benbo Trekker tripods for certain conditions. For carrying his gear into the backcountry, he uses a pair of LowePro Orion AW bags. One is for the Roundshot, and the other for his Nikon equipment. And there's nothing like either the Lost Pond or BlackJack superlight Hornbeck canoes for transporting all the gear on backcountry waterways.

Carl has used a variety of film for his photography. He often used Kodak Kodachrome in certain conditions, but prefers the color tones and saturation of some of the newer E6 process films for most of his photography. Fuji Velvia 100, and Kodak Ektachrome 100G work well to record the wide latitude of exposure of scenes in bright sun, as well as the subtle tones of an overcast day. They are also excellent films for nighttime photography. He often used Fuji Velvia 50 at those special times of day near dawn and dusk, and for really beautiful soft lighting conditions. He now shoots digital almost exclusively - only using film for occasional panoramiuc work.