Grizzly Smith Media has a 2-ton grip & electric package, as well as different 4K camera, sound, and camera support/movement packages available for hire. Read the details for each package below. You can download a PDF of our gear list here.
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2-Ton Lighting and Grip Package
Our grip/electric package includes everything you need to shoot a commercial, short film, or TV episode, loaded onto a high-roof Ram Promaster 3500 with a Tommy Gate liftgate. Everything rolls off the truck on professional carts by Studio Carts. Download the equipment list here.
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Godox KNOWLED MG1200bi Bi-Color LED
This light has a tunable color temperature range between 2800k and 6500k, but still manages to be brighter than an Aputure 1200D.
Our MG1200bi comes with a full compliment of reflectors: 15-, 30-, 45-, and 60-degree. The wider reflectors allow for a broad wash of light while the narrower ones concentrate the light for greater output. Compared to Aputure's 1200d, when set to 5600k, this light outputs nearly a full stop more light with each respective comparable reflector.
This kit also includes a 59-inch parabolic soft box with an egg crate and magic cloth and 1/2 grid diffusion.
The MG1200bi is IP54 rated for water and dust resistance which means, in part, that it can be left out in the rain with no problems.
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2 x Prolycht Orion 675 FS RGBACL COB Lights
The Prolycht Orion 675 is a full-color, full spectrum cob light. It's the Swiss Army Knife of professional lighting. It can produce white light at any temperature from 1,800k to 20,000k, and any color of light you can imagine. Unlike most RGB fixtures, The Orion uses an RGBACL array (red, green, blue, amber, cyan, lime) to create color. As a result, colors are far more saturated than with normal RGB lights. White light is created using the full spectrum, so skin tones are far more pleasing and natural looking.
Because of the way the light engine works, using all the colors to make light, the Orion loses very little output when changing color temperatures. As a result, it outputs greater intensity than any bi-color light in the same wattage range, and can even rival daylight-only fixtures.
In addition to all that, it can simulate Lee and Rosco gels and create lighting effects like fire, police lights and so forth. Unlike other cob lights, the Orion doesn't have a separate power box that you need to attach to your light stand. Everything is contained in the head.
Our kit includes 2 Orion 675s, Prolycht's 10-inch fresnel and barn doors, and an assortment of reflectors and soft boxes, including the Prolycht 60-inch dome and 35-inch lantern.
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Godox Knowled M600Bi Bi-color COB Light
This Bowens mount bi-color light manages to defy conventional wisdom in that it is as bright or brighter than similar COB lights made by its competitors, even when those lights are daylight only. It comes with a 30° reflector and a 10° to 35° 10-inch FLS10 fresnel lens with barn doors. And of course it works with all of our Bowens mount soft boxes, domes, lanterns, and so forth.
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Nanlite Forza 500B II Bi-color COB Light
This is a bowens mount, bi-color COB light. It has a color temperature range from 2700K-6500K, and includes magenta and green tint adjustment if you need to match another, less precise source. The kit includes a 55° reflector, and the light works with our many other Bowens-mount accessories, including a 5-foot and 4-foot dome soft box, a 3-foot lantern, several rectangular soft boxes, and a 10-inch fresnel with barn doors. The light can be operated using V-mount batteries for remote shoots.
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Nanlite Forza 500 Daylight COB Light
The Nanlite Forza 500 is a daylight balanced COB light. The head is very compact and only weighs about 5 pounds, but it still outputs as much light as some 1200 watt HMIs. It's perfect for rigging out on a menace arm or some other place where weight and size are an issue.
Includes a 10-inch fresnel with barn doors.
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2 x Godox KNOWLED F400Bi 4x2 Flexible Bi-color LED Mats
These very light, very bright LED mats from Godox make great 2-person interview key lights. They weigh very little and can be boomed out over your subject without getting in your shot, but with their 4ft by 2ft surface area, still provide a very big, soft source.
Each mat comes with a soft box, diffusion, a 40° egg crate, an 80° egg crate, and a nifty mount that holds the four corners taut while giving you a baby spud to attach to. Each runs at 400 watts, so you won't want for brightness, and they can be tuned from 2700K to 8500K so you can dial in just the color temperature you need.
The kit is rated IP65 for dust and water resistance, so it can survive a fair bit of mistreatment from the elements. These lights are slightly bigger, slightly brighter, and weigh slightly less than the comparable instrument from LiteMat.
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4 x Nanlite PavoTube 30C - 4ft RGBW LED Tubes
These 4-foot RGB tubes from Nanlite each contain their own internal battery and can run for hours, depending on the intensity they are set to, without being plugged into the wall. They can be mounted on tube clamps and attached to a c-stand or just taped to the wall or hand-held depending on the situation. If the battery does run out, they can be plugged in and go all day.
We have 2 egg crate grids for these tubes, as well as single- and double-tube clamps with baby pins for mounting. These lights are incredibly versatile and mobile, and we use them on virtually every shoot.
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4 x Nanlite PavoTube 15C - 2ft RGBW LED Tubes
Each of these 2-foot tubes can be tuned to any color of RGB light or any temperature of white light from 2700K-6500K. They can run off of internal batteries or wall power.
We 2-ft egg crates for each of the tubes, and several different mounting options.
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2 x Nanlite PavoTube II 6C 10" RGBWW LEDs
These tiny tube lights have internal batteries and can also run off of house power or off a standard USB-C power bank. They have magnetic ends and can therefore just stick to a steel surface. They also come with small screw in tripods that make them stand upright. Each one has a removable egg-crate to control spill. They can emit white light from 2700K to 6500K, and are fully RBG tunable.
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2 x Aputure B7c RGB Light Bulbs
These RGB bulbs can run off of their own internal batteries or be plugged into a standard Edison light socket to run off mains and recharge. We have cabled light sockets with each of them so that they can be charged or rigged according to your needs.
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6 x Quasar Crossfade 4ft 6-bank
Each of these fixtures contain six 4-foot Quasar Crossfade self-ballasted LED tubes. They are mounted in a Kino Flo 4ft/4bank fixture, but have been customized to be able to hold 6 tubes instead of the customary 4. Each tube can have its color temperature dialed in from 2000 Kelvin up to 6000.
Each tube can be removed from the fixture to be used individually for smaller lighting tasks. Each of these tubes has only 1/3 of a stop less output than a full Kino 4ft 4bank, so they are useful alone, and produce a massive amount of light when used together. Furthermore, they are dimmable, so they can be fine-tuned to the exact amount of output needed.
Each tube only consumes 50 watts of power at full output, so the whole fixture at maximum power only requires 300 watts, the same as an old fluorescent Kino Flo 4ft 4bank.
Kit includes 2 dopChoice SnapGrids for Kino Flo 4ft 4-banks.
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3 x Quasar Crossfade 2ft 6-bank
Just like the 4-foot banks above, these 2-foot fixtures consist of a Kino Flo shell customized to hold 6 Quasar Crossfade tubes. Each tube can be removed from the fixture and used independently, each can have their color temperature dialed in from 2000 to 6000 Kelvin, and each is dimmable.
2-foot Quasar Crossfades only require 25 watts of power per tube at full power, so the whole fixture with 6 tubes inside only requires 150 watts.
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2 x Intellytech Light Canon Pro LED Fresnel
These 5600K daylight balanced fresnels have an output similar to a 2K tungsten light. Unlike tungsten, however, they do not run hot, they are fully dimmable without any change in color, and they only require about 400 watts each to power.
Each fixture includes a standard set of barn doors and a soft box.
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4 x Intellytech F-165 LED Fresnel
These 5600K daylight balanced fresnels consume only 165 watts at full power, yet have output comparable to a 1K tungsten fixture. They produce no heat and are fully dimmable without color shift. Each includes a set of barn doors.
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Nanlite Forza 60 II Daylight
This compact cob fixture can be powered by a pair of Sony L batteries and comes with a hand grip for using on the run. Despite it's small size, it packs a punch.
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Dracast 2000 LED Fresnel
This 5600K fresnel is comparable in output to maybe a 1.25K tungsten light. Available upon request.
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9 x Topfotos LED Fresnels
This assortment of smaller 5600K fresnels provides a lot of options for shaping light and adding accents to your scene. It includes the following fixtures:
- 2 x 200 watts (available on request)
- 4 x 100 watts (2 on truck, 2 available on request)
- 1 x 50 watts
- 2 x 20 watts
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4 x Bestlight 900 LED Panels
These generic, daylight-balanced panels require only 50 watts of power, and have a small footprint.
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23 x Stingers
- 1 x 100 ft
- 1 x 75 ft
- 5 x 50 ft
- 10 x 25 ft
- 6 x 50ft 14-gauge extension cords
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19 x Squeezers
- 7 x 1,000 watt
- 6 x 1,000 watt (fan speed controller type)
- 3 x 600 watt
- 3 x 300 watt lamp dimmer
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Electrical Accessories
Items include:
- Cube taps
- Pig noses
- Power strips
- Edison socket to Edison plug adapters
- 2 x 75-ft zips
- 4 x lamp cords
- 12- and 15-ft 14-gauge power cords
- 300-watt inverter with cigarette lighter plug
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11 x Combo Stands
- 5 x Modern Mombo Combo (2 on the truck, 3 more available on request)
- 2 x Matthews Hollywood 3-rise Combo
- 2 x Matthews 2-rise Combo
- 2 x Low Boy
- 3 x Lolly Pops (1 Center Head)
- 6 x sets of casters
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18 x C-Stands
- 14 x 40"
- 4 x 20" (Gary Coleman)
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5 x Baby Stands
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7 x Light Stands
Lightweight photography stands. Various sizes.
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12x12 Overhead
1 1/4-inch speed rail frame with Norm's hardware.
Included rags:
- Silk
- Ultrabounce
- Solid
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8x8 Breakdown Frame
1-inch square tube breakdown frame with Norms and Matthews hardware.
Included rags:
- 1/2 Silent Grid
- 1/4 Silent Grid
- Magic Cloth
- 2 x Ultrabounce
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6x6 Overhead
3/4-inch square tube frame and hardware from Modern.
Included rags:
- Silk
- Ultrabounce
- 1/4 Silent Grid
- 1/4 Silk
- Magic Cloth
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15 x 4x4 Scrims
- 2 x Floppy
- 3 x Water Solid (2 on truck, 1 more available on request)
- 2 x Single
- 2 x Double
- 2 x Silk
- 4 x gel frame (2 on truck, 2 more available on request)
- 4x4 40° Soft Grid / LCD / Egg crate
- 4 x Slip-ons
- 1/2 Silent Grid
- 1/4 Silent Grid
- 2 x Ultraflop
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16 x 24x36 Scrims
- 3 x Solid
- 2 x Single
- 2 x Double
- 3 x Silk
- 6 x gel frames
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5 x 18x24 Scims
- 2 x Solid
- 3 x Silk
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Gelly Roll
Orange and blue correction. Plus and minus green. Small cuts off diffusion. Party gels.
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70+ x Clamps
- 14 x Cardellini
- 11 x Mafer
- 2 x Duck-bill
- 5 x C-Clamp
- 4 x Scissor
- 5 x Furniture
- 3 x Gag
- 3 x Grip Head
- 16 x Single T12 Tube Light Clamp
- 2 x Double T12 Tube Light Clamps
- 2 x Baby Pipe
- Baby Grid Clamp
- 2 x Big Ben
- many grip clips
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2 x Triple Headers
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2 x Menace Arm Kits
- 1 x American Menace Arm Kit for 1-1/4" speed rail
- 1 x Modern Over-Under Menace Arm Kit for 1-1/4" speed rail
- Ratchet Straps
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16 x 1-1/4 Speed Rail
- 4 x 12-foot
- 2 x 8-foot
- 2 x 5-foot
- 2 x 4-foot
- 2 x 3-foot
- 2 x 2-foot
- 2 x 1-foot
- 2 x couplers
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3 x Tube Stretcher and Wall Spreaders
- Tube Stretcher for 1 1/4-inch speed rail
- 2 x Wall Spreaders
- 2 x 2x4 sliders with baby pin, junior receiver
- 2 x 2x4 sliders with ear
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Other Grip Equipment
- 5 x Baby Pins
- 3 x Butt Plugs
- Baby Extension
- 2 x baby plates
- Grid Clamp with Baby Double Riser Telescoping Arm
- Magic Finger with Camera Plate
- Safety Chain
- Tennis Balls
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2 x Ladders
- 4-step
- 9-step (telescoping, multi-position)
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11 x Apple Boxes
- 4 x Full
- 3 x Half
- one has an embedded 100mm bowl to be used as an ultra-low high hat
- 2 x Quarter
- 4 x Pancake
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5 x Furni Pads
2 have integrated curtain rod hangers
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24 x Sandbags
- 6 x 35-lbs
- 11 x 25-lbs
- 3 x 20-lbs
- 2 x 15-lbs
- 2 x 10-lb Boa
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6 x Rope
- 6 x 50-ft lengths of 3/8-inch multi-line
- Hanks of 1/8-inch sash cord and trick line
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8 x Stakes
- 4 x 2-ft straight steel stakes
- 4 x 2-ft GroundGrabba screw-in stakes
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Tools
- Crowbar
- Sledgehammer
- Tool Bag
- Power Drill
- Impact Driver
- Reciprocating Saw/Oscilating Tool
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6 x Professional Studio Carts
We have four carts by Studio Carts on the truck with all our gear loaded onto them:
- Studio Duz-All Cart
- Mini Kino Cart
- C-Stand Mini Quad Cart
- Mini Muscle Cart
We also have a camera cart for use by your camera department:
- Proaim Victor 36" Camera Cart
And we keep one utility cart on the truck for your convenience:
- RocknRoller MultiCart R18RT Mega Plus with 2 x GripNGaff stand and tripod utility bags
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Sony Mirrorless Two-Camera Kit
Our 2-camera Sony Mirrorless kit includes a Sony A7sIII and Sony A7III, as well as numerous Sony lenses and an adapter to use our Canon lenses. It permits us to shoot 4K video at up to 120 frames per second, and to run and gun on gimbals or set up on tripods or our jib. The kit can be rented out all together or as separate parts as your production needs.
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Sony A7sIII 4K Mirrorless Camera
The Sony A7sIII is a video-centric 4K mirrorless camera. It can shoot up to 120 frames per second at full 4K in 10-bit color. It pairs well with the FX6 or FX9, and is virtually the same camera as the FX3. Kit includes:
- 2 x Sony 160GB CFexpress Type A TOUGH Memory Cards
- Vertical/Portrait Orientation Rig
- SmallRig Half Cage w/top handle
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Sony A7III 4K Mirrorless Camera
The Sony A7III is an all-around fine camera for shooting stills and video. It can shoot 4K video up to 60 frames per second in 8-bit color. Kit includes 2 256GB SD cards.
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4 x Sony E-mount Lenses
- Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM
- Sony FE 28mm f/2
- Sony FE 50mm f/1.8
- Rokinon AF 14mm f/2.8
- Metabones EF to E Mount T Adapter
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DJI Ronin-S Gimbal
Allows smooth movement for hand-held shooting. The Ronin-S is a sturdy gimbal with powerful motors and can support either of our cameras with a 24-70mm lens, shotgun microphone, matte box, and 5-inch monitor. We have equipped ours with a nato rail collar, an extra side handle with more nato rail, and additional 1/4-20 and 3/8 tapped holes at the base of the handle above the tripod for extra rigging.
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24 x Batteries
- 10 x NP-FZ100 Batteries
- 2 x ZILR 74.37Wh L-Series Batteries with USB-C Output
- 4 x L-Series Batteries
- 8 x V-Mount Batteries (ranging from 155Wh to 65Wh)
- NP-FZ100 Chargers:
- Sony BC-QZ1 Charger
- Hähnel Procube2 Dual Battery-Charger
- Wasabi Power Dual-Battery Charger
- PowerExtra L-Series Dual Fast Charger
- Watson Pro C-VM-2E V-Mount Charger
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Tilta Mirage Matte Box with Variable Neutral Density Filter
This lightweight matte box contains a variable neutral density filter with an easy to access dial on the back that allows the shooter to adjust it on the fly. We love it for shooting outside in bright sunlight on our A7sIII and gimbal setup.
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Feelworld FW568 On-camera Monitor
This simple, lightweight monitor provides a larger screen than the one that is part of our A7sIII or A7III. It includes functions such as false color, zebra, and peaking to help with exposure and focus. It is powered by Sony L series batteries, 4 of which we provide in the kit along with a charger.
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FeelWorld ATEM156 4K 15-inch Quad-Split Monitor
This director's monitor can receive inputs from 4 different HDMI sources at once. Can be powered via DC wall adapter or V-mount batteries. Includes useful functions like peaking, false color, zoom, etc.
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Rode VideoMicro On-Camera Shotgun Microphone
This simple, lightweight microphone sits atop our cameras on the shoe mount and plugs directly into them via the 1/8" audio port. It provides much better scratch audio than the camera's internal mic, and can work in a pinch when the tracks from your boom or lavs have distortion or other unwanted noise.
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Camera Support/Movement
We have several 100mm bowl tripod systems, a speed rail slider, a skateboard dolly, and even a small jib.
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Cartoni Focus 22 Tripod System
The fluid head supports payloads from 7 to 55 pounds and +/- 90° tilt range. The counterbalance and fluid pan and tilt drag are stepless, allowing the operator to fine tune the head to perfection. The camera plate slides for further balance adjustment, and features a Euro-style quick release. The bubble level illuminates with the push of a button.
The aluminum EFP 100 tripod features two-stage legs with easy to open and lock levers. The mid-level spreaders are adjustable to permit low-mode. The spiked feet come with removable pivoting rubber feet for indoor shooting.
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Sachtler Video 18 Caddy Tripod System
The very smooth fluid head features 4 stops of counterbalance and 7 stops each pan and tilt drag. It has a quick release Euro-style plate and an iridescent leveling bubble.
The tripod has a 100mm bowl. The legs are made of light, durable carbon and feature spiked feet. Lockable, adjustable floor spreaders allow for low-mode shooting. 33lbs max payload. We include a SmallRig adjustable adapter tripod plate that can fit Manfrotto 501 plates and DJI Ronin plates.
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Benro H10 Tripod System
This fluid head features 5 steps of counterbalance and 4 steps each of pan and tilt drag. The aluminum legs have a 100mm bowl, mid spreaders, and spiked feet for shooting outdoors and removable rubber shoes for indoors.
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Slider
- Uses speed rail as a track, but can also be rigged to roll on any flat surface
- Cinemover Plus dolly
- Can be underslung
- Includes flat 100mm bowl and 8-inch riser 100mm bowl
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EZ Jib
EZ Jib is a small, portable Jib that can be operated by one person.
- 100mm Bowl
- 4ft arm, permits 7ft vertical camera move
- Can be rigged overslung, underslung, or with camera pointed straight down
- Includes EZ FX Handle for manual pan and tilt
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Skateboard Dolly
20ft of PVC track permits very rapid setup
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Manfrotto single stage tripod with 114MV Cine/Video Dolly
This doesn't provide the smoothest ride, as it's just a set of wheels that mounts right onto your spike-footed tripod. Nevertheless, it's rather nice when on a sound stage or at a location with a smooth, flat floor to have your jib sitting on top of it when it's time to move to the next setup.
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Sound Kit
This kit includes a Zoom F6 32-bit recorder, 2 boom mics and 2 wireless lav mics. It's everything you need for a 2-person interview.
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Zoom F6 Field Recorder
The Zoom F6 is a multi-channel recorder with 6 phantom power capable XLR inputs. It features 32-bit float recorder, which gives it massive dynamic range and makes it virtually impossible to clip from levels being set too high. Our recorder comes the following:
- 2 x 128GB SD cards
- Power bank power supply via USB-C for all-day recording
- 4 x backup AA batteries
- Zoom BTA-1 Bluetooth Adapter which allows wireless control by iOS device
- Apple iPad for wireless control
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2 x Audio Technica AT897 Shotgun Microphones
These shotgun microphones can operate on battery or phantom power. They have excellent narrow acceptance to only catch sound from what they are pointed toward, and are very light. We have two for interview setups. Each includes a shock mount and foam wind sock. The kit also includes a dead cat for extra wind protection
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2 x Sennheiser EW100 Wireless Microphones with Lavaliers
We have two belt pack transmitters with lavalier microphones and two corresponding receivers. Both sets operate in the A frequency range. Additionally, we have an XLR plug-on transmitter that can be used with our optional handheld microphone, a Sennheiser e835 omni mic.
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2 x Microphone Booms
We have two booms:
- K-Tek KE-110CCR Avalon with internal XLR Cable
- RODE Boompole
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Sennheiser HD 280 Pro Monitoring Headphones
Closed back professional monitoring headphones that limit outside noise with excellent frequency response.
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Orca OR-268 Mixer Bag for Zoom F6
This bag contains our Zoom F6, the receivers for both our Sennheiser EW100 wireless microphone systems, a substantial power bank, and numerous accessories. It can be worn integrated into a special harness, or it can just sit free depending on how mobile the sound operator needs to be.
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6 x XLR Cable
- 1 x 75ft
- 1 x 25ft
- 3 x 20ft
- 1 x 3ft
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Sony FS700 with Odyssey 7Q+
The Sony FS700 camera, combined with the Convergent Design Odyssey 7Q+ is a powerful 4K capable video recording system. With the two of them together, I can shoot 12-bit RAW 4K footage at 60 frames per second, or up to 120 frames per second for short bursts. I can also shoot 2K footage at up to 240 frames per second.
The FS700 uses Sony's proprietary S-Log 2 to capture footage with a substantial dynamic range of 14 stops. The Odyssey 7Q+ can record that footage in cinema DNG files, or in ProRes if limited hard drive space is a concern.
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Sony FS700
4K RAW-capable Super 35 sensor. E-Mount, easily adaptable to other lens mounts. Internal ND filters. 3G SDI and HDMI out.
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Convergent Design Odyssey 7Q+ Recording Monitor
7.7-inch OLED touchscreen with peaking, false color, zebra, histogram, and all the other monitoring tools you would expect on a professional monitor. Records to inexpensive Samsung SSDs, in RAW and Apple ProRes.
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4 x Canon EF Professional Lenses
- Canon 24-70mm f/2.8
- Canon 70-200mm f/2.8
- Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8
- Canon 50mm f/1.8
- Canon 70-300mm f/3.6-5.6
- Sony 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3
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2 x Metabones E to EF adapters
- One of our Metabones adapters is a speedbooster, which makes the lens .71x wider and increases the maximum aperture by one stop, while the other has no optical effect on the image.
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Zacuto Gratical HD Viewfinder
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Matte Box
4x4", swing away, 2 filter holders, 1 rotating.
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SmallRig VCT-14 Shoulder Plate
Allows moving from sticks to ones shoulder immediately.
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Tilta ES-T05 Camera Cage
Provides protection and top handle to camera rig.
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Tilta FF-T03 Follow Focus
Has 2 hard stops.
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12 x Sony L-series Batteries
- 4 x F970
- 2 x generic F970
- 2 x F770
- 2 x F570
- 2 x generic F570
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2 x Sony L-series Battery Chargers
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