We use only the highest quality professional broadcast equipment. None of our regular kit listed below is hired - so we know it's going to have been treated with care! If you need to know exact specifications, then please contact us with your details and we shall be happy to discuss your requirements!
Cameras
• Panasonic AJ-HPX3000 Full size broadcast 1080p high definition P2 (solid state) camera, shoot in worldwide standards 1080/576, 50i/60i,24p/25p, and in various quality from the full AVCIntra 100 HD, DVCPRO HD, DVCPRO 50 SD, DV.
• 5x Panasonic 64GB P2 Cards (70mins Full HD footage per card)
• HD-SDI input for pool feeding straight into the camera in HD and SD
• Proxy card for low res (upto 1500kbps mpeg4) simultaneous recording (with or without burnt in timecode) onto SD cards
• Sony DVW-790WSP Standard definition 4:3/16:9 digibeta camera in PAL 576 50i.
Lenses
• Canon HJ22x7.6 (High Definition Broadcast) 22x zoom (and doubler to 44x) in crystal clear high definition
• Canon HJ11x4.7 (High Definition Broadcast) Wide angle lens for the widest shots
• Canon J16x8 (Standard Definition Broadcast) 16x zoom (and doubler to 32x) for use on the digibeta only
Audio
• Sennheiser 416 boom mic
• Sony ECM 77 / 88 tie clip mics
• Electrovoice handheld reporter mic
• Sennheiser Radiomics
• Coles lipmic
• In-vision reporter headset/mic
• Prospect talkback box for in-ear live link sound.
• 2-way Radios
Lighting
• 2x 5600K Daylight dimmable large LED Lighting Panel (mains or battery) with softbox.
• 2x 5600K Daylight dimmable small LED Lighting Panel (battery) for camera light or discreet placement
• 3x 3200K Dimmable 150watt Dedolights with projection gobos
• 2x 3200K 1000watt Starlights with softboxes or 500watt Daylight bulb arrangement
• 5600K Daylight fluorescent strip light
• 5600K LED camera light on hydrostatic arm
• Reflectors, diffusers, etc.
Matte Box
• Vocas MB350 on 15mm rails for use with optical HD filters for polariser, ND, Grads etc.
Tripod
• Sachtler tripod head and carbon fiber quicklock legs and mid spreader
Power
• 4x 190 watt hour v-lock Li-Ion batteries for continuous whole day shooting
• Simultaneous 4 channel v-lock charger
• Mains power supply
Monitoring
• 8" On camera HD LCD screen with HD-SDI and HDMI inputs
• 9" Sony CRT with composite inputs
Misc
• Panasonic AG-HPG20 viewer/recorder for playback, external recording and feeding. (HD-SDI in/out, Firewire, composite)
• 500GB Hard disk for on-site footage backup
• Pop-up black/white backdrops.
• Pop-up blue/greenscreen for chromakeying.
Stills Photos
• Canon EOS 500 with various lenses (50mm prime, 18-270mm zoom, 18-55mm zoom) available for stills and creative work.
The list is by no means comprehensive, and HDCAM, XDCAM, DVCAM are all available if needed, as are grip equipment such as dolly, jib, glidecam. Very experienced in High Definition video links including optical fiber cable Telecast Copperhead 3200 and Gigawave HD wireless.
Do you need a 2 camera shoot? For example, reverse angle lit interviewee with unmanned camera? We can help you out! Contact to discuss your needs! Maybe you can't attend the interview because you're an overseas broadcaster? You can ask the questions by phone and hear 2 way audio while we record the footage and then send you the footage by post, broadcast feed point or utilise FTP (internet) compressed methods.