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Me with VARICAM & MICRODOLLY

GoPro Hero HD mounted on Land Rover

Me with my Canon XH-G1 doing an aerial shoot from a helicopter.
Photo: Laurie Gilbert

Canon flash with umbrella

My 7D shooting time-lapse (attached to superstructure with super clamp!)

Me with XF300, hard hat & assistant Nick Talbot.
Photo: Laurie Gilbert

CAMERA kit

	Panasonic HPX2700 Varicam DVCProHD/AVCIntra P2 camcorder With the best HD codec in it's class, excellent film-like gamma settings and superb slow-motion capabilities, this camera cannot be beaten! The Varicam is particularly known to render the best skin tones of all cameras in its class.
The camera comes with the gorgeous super-wide Canon HJ14ex4.3B IRSE wide angle lens as well as 5 Anton Bauer batteries, & 5 x 64GB P2 cards. I also have a Nikon/B4 adapter to attach Nikon stills lenses to the camera - a very handy & cost-effective tool! Plus mattebox & ND grad & polarizer filters, Vinten Vision 11 tripod head with carbon fibre legs & baby legs.

Canon XF300 HD camcorder An amazing camera - with full broadcast spec HD recording onto CF cards. The first camera in its class to be accepted by the BBC for 100% acquistion! The camera records full 1080 at 50mbps/4:2:2. I also have a Century 1.6x adapter for this camera.
	Canon XH G1 HDV/DV camcorder An excellent camera for low-budget corporates and NGO films. Comes with a Century .6x wide angle adapter. Pictured here with my PIX240
The XF and G1 cameras can come with either the Manfrotto 503HDV or 702HDV head with 525MVB legs or 755B MDEVE legs.

Sound Devices PIX240
External HD Recorder
The latest and most anticipated device of its kind, the PIX240 is a superbly built recorder, accepting both SDI and HDMI sources, and recording in Apple ProRes and Avid DNxHD.
The 5 inch LCD screen works as a great monitor and allows for instand play-back.
The PIX240 records onto CF cards and SSDs.

GoPro Hero HD
Mini HD camera
One of the most popular mini cameras - for mounting on anything from vehicle windscreens to your head! The camera comes with waterproof housing, a suction cup, head band and various other fixtures.

It can record slomo (with sound) at 720p or normal speed at 1080p. The amazingly wide lens, together with super depth of field, means framing is a breeze, even when you can't see the viewfinder.

Canon 5DmkII & 7D
21 & 18 Megapixel (respectively) digital stills cameras, with full HD video recording capability
The 5D has made an amazing impact due to the quality and aesthetics of it's HD video recording... so I had to buy one! It also takes great stills too. The 7D makes for a superb second camera, whether shooting stills or video.

Lenses are as follows: 16-35mm f2.8; 15-85mm f3.5-5.6 (for 7D only); 35mm f2; 50mm f1.4, 70-200mm f2.8, as well as the Speedlight 430 flash unit, together with umbrella for off-camera flash photography.

I have a modular camera rig with Zacuto LCD view-finder, Mashall 5 inch monitor, follow-focus & multi-voltage power supply to run camera, monitor and camera light.

Another useful accessory for the 5D & 7D is my mattebox with polarizer, .9ND & .6 grad ND filters.

Both cameras have remote intervalometers for shooting time lapse.

CAMERA accessories

Hollywood Microdolly with straight & curve track
Hollywood Microdolly Jib
MXGlide Slider (26 inch)
Steadicam Merlin (for XH-G1, 5D & 7D)
Panasonic 8 inch HD/SD LCD monitor
Marshall 5 inch HD LCD HDMI monitor
Colorspace UDMA CF card backup for XF300, 5D & 7D
The XF300 and XH G1 can also be fitted with the mattebox and polarizer/grad ND filters
Shoulder rig with Anton Bauer multi-voltage power adapter

SOUND kit

Gun Mic: Sennheiser ME66/K6 with Rycote softie & boom pole. Radio Mic set: 2 x Sennheiser EW 100G2 receiver w/ ME2 wireless lapel mics, plus 1 x EW 100G2 radio hand mic. Optional SKP100G2 plug-on transmitter for hand mic, remote placing of gun mic etc. Wired lapel mics: 2 x Audio Technica AT8357 & Sony ECM 44b.
Field mixer: Sound Devices 302, 3 channel mixer - a reliable & solid unit. Zoom H4n: The H4n has become a very popular stand-alone recorder, particularly when alongside the Canon 7D or 5DII. The H4n has stereo mics as well as line and mic inputs - with 4 channels in total. A versatile piece of kit that's handy for anything from intimate interviews to music performances.

LIGHTING kit

Bambino 1KW

My lighting kit consists of:

2 x Lowel SoftCore Flo-X5 flourescent soft lights - each equivalent to 1.5KW tungsten light output, (which is comparable or better than Kino Flo Divalite 401);

2 x Coollights LED600 (similar to 1x1 Lite Panels but with stronger output) powered by battery or mains;

Strand 'Bambino' fresnel tungsten lights: 1 x 1KW, 2 x 650W and 1 x 500W;

2 x 150W Dedo lights;

2 x 800W Totas, and

2 x 800W red heads.

These high quality versatile lights are very flexible in their application and are well suited for interviews and small sets/interior shoots (whether moving image or stills).

If you like the soft look, I also have Chimera soft boxes that attach to my fresnels, Totas, redheads or SoftCores.

I have a good range of accessories, including:

A comprehensive set of gels (ND, scrim, diffuser, CTO/CTB, cosmetics, coloured gels & black wrap);

Grip equipment such as super clamps, magic arms, extension arms, gaffer clamps, flags etc;

I also have reflectors; background drapes (black, grey & stippled brown) & black outs;

And of course lighting stands, including the Manfrotto boom arm stand (right) - very useful for back lights or boom mics.