Often I get asked what equipment I’m using by colleagues and friends so I created this page for ease of access, plus if you do buy something from a link you click on the page I get a small percentage from my guys at Adorama, so win win?
CAMERAS
Sony PXW-FX9 (I own two)
Lovely color science, crazy autofocus, dual ISO…what’s not to like?Sony A7SIII
A great 3rd cam for gimbal, lockout etc, 10 bit XAVC S-I codec makes it so usable in log.
CAMERA ACCESSORIES
Vocas USBP-15 MkII Adjustable Baseplate (Lovely design, uses it on my F5 and it’s now on my FX9)
Atomos Shogun 7 7" HDR Pro/Cinema Monitor-Recorder (I have one on each camera as a backup recorder.)
SONY PRIME LENSES
Sigma 105mm f/1.4 DG ART E-Mount (Sony don’t make a 105, som this fills the gap, it’s a huge heavy lens though.)
Sony GM 135mm f/1.8 E-Mount
I have two of these and sometimes use them side by side one in S35, one in FF) - Crazy sharp, excellent contras, wise to use diffusion I reckon..
CANON CN-E PRIME LENSES
Canon Cinema Prime CN-E 24mm T1.5 EF Mount (Lovely, warm lenses that balance cost and performance.)
ZOOMS
Tamron 35-150mm f/2-2.8 Di III VXD Lens for Sony E (A lovely lens, amazing for shoot fast broll with a great focal range and low f-stop, really pretty lens).
Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS II G Full-Frame FE-Mount Lens (v2 has an iris ring, finally!)
Sony FE 16-35mm f2.8 GM E-mount (Use this for broll and on the gimbal.)
Sigma 24-70 f/2.8 DG DN Art E-Mount (Better focus ring than the Sony version)
Sony FE 24-105mm f/4 OSS E-Mount (Sharp, good for quick broll)
Sony 1.4x Teleconverter for Sony FE 70-200 GM & FE 100-400 GM Lenses
LIGHTING
Kino Flow Snapbag for Freestyle
Kino Flo Snapgrid for Freestyle
Lupo Superpanel 1x1 Dual Color LED Panel (Huge output 21,000 lux@3ft and great color accuracy)
Dedolight DLED4.1 Daylight spot (yes, they’re expensive, but so easy to cut and control the light and very small.)
Aputure Light Storm 600d Pro Daylight LED Light, Gold Mount (Love it, it’s a monster and dims down to 1%.)
Aputure 60D LED spot (The new kid on the block, bigger than the Dedo’s, but handy to have as additional lights.)
Aputure Spotlight Mini Zoom for LS 60d and 60x LED Lights (Game changer, project/control light without flags and extra stands etc)
Nanlite Pavotube II 6C 10” 6W RGBWW Led tube. (Handy little buggers to place in shots and anything else you can think of!)
Intellytech Mega-LiteCloth 3x4.5’ foldable. (Not available as yet at Adorama.) A large and thin high output light great for pushing through silks. I often use them instead of a book light setup these days.)
Matthews 8x8 Silent Grid Cloth (Love pushing light through it for the softest key.)
GIMBAL
DJI RSC 2 Pro Combo (Light weight, very smooth but I recommend using is with the Tilta to make it two handed.)
Tilta Dual Handle Power Supply Bracket for RS2 (Makes a flat base so you can sit the gimbal down and adds handles.)
DJI Ronin Tethered Control Handle for RS2 (Put this on the right side of the Tilta bracket and you have full control.)
Blackmagic Design Video Assist 5” 12G-SDI HDMI Recorder/Monitor (1,500nit, takes LUTS, you can use a Samsung T5 as media. I put this on the left handle.)
DRONE
DJI Air 2S 4K Drone Fly More Combo (Great drone, compact and shoots h265 10bit D-log)
DJI Mini 3 Pro Drone with RC Remote Controller and Fly More Kit Plus (Shoots h265 10bit D-Cine, not log and is below 250gm so has less restrictions for flying in non-US countries.)
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