| These are examples of the ShootFirst
equipment which can be supplied according to your requirements. Additional
gear and personnel can be hired in as needed. Email
for
a quote or call 01273 772990 (from outside UK +44 1273 772990).
All bookings accepted according to ShootFirst terms
and conditions. |
If you found this page
via a search engine and you haven't seen my home page,
please read this. I'm a freelance cameraman
in Sussex, and this is camera gear which I own and can bring when you hire
me. I generally don't sell or dry-hire equipment. |
|
DVCAM,
DVCPRO and Betacam SP kits
Four cameras, three formats, your choice |
Most of my broadcast work
for the BBC and ITV is on DVCAM - I have three broadcast-quality
DVCAM camera kits, including the latest Sony DSR-450P and an Ikegami
HL-DV7W for really high-quality pictures in 16:9 widescreen
or 4:3. I can also do other formats. My daily rate includes
the following equipment as required:
| Fujinon AT (15x8) and Canon (20x8)*
broadcast zoom lenses with doublers. Zoom demands. |
Fujinon wide angle (10x4.8) broadcast zoom lens
with doubler |
| Sachtler or Vinten tripod with tall and
short* legs and rolling base*, Cinesaddle, high hat |
Super-portable Teletest widescreen LCD monitor |
Lighting:
| Light |
Qty |
 |
| 70w fluorescent softlights (daylight or tungsten) |
3 |
| 300w fluorescent softlights (daylight) |
2 |
| 100w Dedolights |
2 |
| 650w Arrilites with 1 x Chimera |
3 |
| 300w mizars |
2 |
| Strand spotlight with gobos |
1 |
| 800w redheads |
3 |
| 300w Sachtler Reporter |
1 |
| 2000w blondes |
2 |
|
| Matte box* and flag, Promists and grads |
Fast-deploying CSO chromakey blue or green
screens* |
There are lots
of accessories; do ask if you need anything in particular. Rates.
* Some items
aren't carried in the car all the time, so be sure to discuss your equipment
requirements. |
| I
have a JIB ARM and a TRACK & DOLLY - arty shots for not much money!
See below. |
About
DVCAM:
DVCAM camera tapes can run for over 3 hours, which
could be useful for continuous recording, and can be edited in DVCAM
or DVCPRO edit suites. If you want to shoot on small (40min)
DVCAM tapes then for an additional £40 a day I can supply a field
player with 5" LCD screen which displays time code. I also have an
editing laptop PC - click on the Shoot & Edit icon. |
| TWO-CAMERA
SHOOTS? Not a problem. |
| How about a mini two-camera
OB? I have small vision mixer for basic cost-effective OBs either
on tape or live to your conference projection screens. Ask
for a quote. |
| |
| Digital
Betacam (16:9 or 4:3) |
|
I can come equipped with a camcorder to shoot on any available broadcast
format. Other than the camera, the equipment is as listed above.
Rates. |
| |
| What
about the sound? |
| Sound is extremely
important, and for quality and reliability I'd rather have a sound
recordist on any shoot. If you're employing me on my own then I'll
bring microphones for basic sound, but should your plans include complex
recording (such as musical performance, several participants in a scene,
a round-table discussion or anything remotely fly-on-the-wall-ish) then
a proper recordist is essential - I can supply one. |
Available either as a second camera or as a back-up is a Sony three-chip
mini-DVCAM camera. It comes complete with a wide-angle lens adapter,
tripod, mains light and microphones. This camera is really handy
for unobtrusive filming, posing as a tourist, video diaries and the like
and, unusually for a camera of this type, it can shoot in native 16:9 anamorphic
widescreen. Rates.
More
about mini-dv.
Take a look at my
edit suite and voice-over booth.
Also available is dubbing between Betacam SP, DVCAM, mini-DV and, by arrangement,
other formats. I can do firewire clones of DV or DVCAM tapes with
no loss of quality. You need DVD or VHS viewing copies of the camera
rushes with burnt-in timecode? No problem. I can dub Video8,
Hi8 and Digital8 tapes to DV, DVD or VHS. Soundtracks can be dubbed
to audio CD or audio cassettefor transcribing, too.
