Yes there are some traditional kinds of photographic gear associated with specific kinds of jobs dependent upon the year and setting. It may proove usefull to those who wish to answere your question if you were to explain a little about your photographer. Is this person working alone or with a crew. Each photograher who I have met has tailered there gear by what they can afford. So we need to know if your character has the kind of bucks to be running a nice quality outfit or can only afford to piece together a basic kit.
Some pros use very expensive collectable style gear.
If you can fill in some of these things for us I am willing to bet there are more than a few gear savvy folks out there who may be able to outfit your fictional photographer with exactly the right outfit. But as I said earlier a skillfull photographer can be found in a wide variety of situations, regardless of gear. That in itself can be the basis for some great fictional material.