Production Gear for Turnip
Here's an overview of the basic equipment I work with. Unless your project presents a special situation, rental gear should rarely be needed.
- Blackmagic "Pocket Cinema" 6K Pro: Professional digital cinema camera, DCI 4K capable, ProRes, EF lenses
- Panasonic UX180: camcorder format, DCI 4K capable, zoom: 24mm to 480mm equivalent! XLR inputs.
- Canon Compatible Lenses: Rokinon Cinema: 24mm, 35mm, 50mm, 85mm. Plus 100mm Macro for those extreme close-ups, Nikkor 17mm to 35mm wide-angle, Canon 24mm - 105mm L series, Sigma 70mm to 200mm telephoto
- Camera Support
- Multiple tripods for multicam shoots or special situations (extreme height needed)
- Six foot slider & stands
- Eight foot jib crane
- Skateboard dolly and 10 feet of track, expandable. (I once had a setup that used 80 feet of track)
- Lighting - The most important tool is an eye that understands the feeling of light.
- Three 1K Tungsten focusable (Arri + Lowel)
- Assorted smaller tungsten lights: Two 300w spots, 500w broad light
- 600w PAR with three lenses / very bright!
- Three LED 1x1 panels, bi-color, can be run on V-mount
- Aputure 60D, bi-color, can be run on V-mount
- 4 x 4 Scrim with black, 1-stop / 2-stop fabric
- Bounce cards / Flags / C-stands / CTO, CTB, ND, Assorted color gels
- Sound Equipment - You should really hire a sound professional, but I can cover you in most situations if needed.
- Sennheiser MK60 shotgun / short and long, with boom poles
- Three AudioTechnica Lav, corded
- More than 100 feet of XLR cables: 6 feet, 25 feet, 50 feet, and more.
- Two channels Sennheiser wireless with Countryman B6 microphones (very small to hide on talent)
- Zoom6 Recorder
- Sound blankets