Crime Scene Photography Kit

1. Camera
   
   
2. Normal lens (a 50mm lens is considered a normal lens for a 35mm camera)
   
   
3. Wide angle lens (28mm or similar for a 35mm camera)
   
   
4. Close-up lenses or accessories (e.g., macro lens, 1:1 adapter, extension tubes, bellows, reversing ring, or close up filters)
   
   
5. Filters (red, orange, yellow, blue, and green)
   
   
6. Electronic flash
   
   
7. Remote sync cord for electronic flash (to operate flash when not mounted on camera)
   
   
8. Extra camera and flash batteries
   
   
9. Locking cable release
   
   
10. Tripod
    
    
11. Film (color and black and white print film)
    
    
12. Owner’s manuals for camera and flash
    
    
13. Notebook and pen
    
    
14. Scales
    
    
15. Gray card (to aid in getting accurate exposures)
    
    
16. Index cards and felt pen
    
    
17. Flashlight
    
    

Other equipment that should be considered

1. Telephoto lenses (135mm, telephoto zoom lens for surveillance photography)
   
   
2. Supplementary light meter for low light level readings
   
   
3. Small tools for emergency camera repairs
   
   
4. Blocks of wood, clothespins, and other devices for positioning evidence for close-up photography
   
   
5. White handkerchief or other flash diffusion material
   
   
6. Levels
   
   
7. Tape measure
   
   
8. Color chart or color control patches (injury photography)
   
   
9. ABFO #2 scale (injury photography)