FILM 3301 Documentary Video Gear Shortlist

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Last updated: Aug 30, 2024 by Shawn Green
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Shooting a doc often requires on-the-go shooting, handheld setups, and knowing your gear in and out. We hope this shortlist helps when you are selecting items for your next doc shoot.



We have hundreds of items - reach out to the Equipment Room team for help navigating our inventory. View the comprehensive list by tapping the button below or scroll down for a summarized list and links for reservation/check-out.

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This is not an exhaustive list, but is a great place to understand what is available to you.

We recommend that you are either signed in to Cheqroom in your browser or have installed the Cheqroom app before opening any links to equipment.

CAMERAS

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CANON

6D

60D

T5i
#1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | #7 | #8

SONY

A7S II #1 | #2

A7 III #1 | #2

BLACKMAGIC

Pocket Cinema Camera 4k
#1 | #2 | #3 | #4

Pocket Cinema Camera 6k
#1 | #2

Ursa G2 4.6k
#1 | #2

 

PANASONIC

GH5
#1 | #2

GH5S
#1 | #2

HMC150
#1 | #2

JVC-GRHD1U

SPECIALTY

Insta360 ONE X2

GoPro Hero 10

SLIDERS, GIMBALS, & MORE

SLIDERS & DOLLYS

iFootage Shark Slider Kits are great for a b camera in a sit-down interview to achieve subtle motion or B-roll footage
#1 | #2 | #3

The Mathews Duti Dolly is a compact, rail mountable dolly system for extra long dolly and trucking shots where a slider is simply not enough.

GIMBALS

Versatile 3 axis gimbals suited for stabilizing all types of motion and tracking shots

Ronin S | Ronin M

Our Glidecam HD-4000 is a full body mounted camera manual stabilizer designed for motion.

SHOULDER RIGS

Our shoulder rigs are made to work with DSLR's and mirrorless cameras for on-the-go shooting.

Tilta Shoulder Rig

Portkeys EVF

 

MONOPODS

iFootage Monopods enable you to move around a location quicker than a tripod

#1 | #2 | #3

MONITORING

 

 

MONITORS

7" On camera monitors (HDMI A Only)
#1 | #2

 

19" Atlas Field Monitor (HDMI A, SDI)

 

 

WIRELESS AC KIT

The Wireless AC Kit provides wireless focus pulling and monitoring. Useful for AC's and directors for remote monitoring. (HDMI, SDI)

 

 

SDI-HDMI CONVERTER

The Cross Converter is a useful tool for live converting an SDI signal to HDMI and vice-versa, though rarely needed.

LIGHTING AND MODIFIERS

HOT LIGHTS

Arri Kit #1
2x 150w, 300w, 650w

Arri Kit #2
2x 300w, 650w, 1k

Arri Kit #3
2x 150w, 300w, 650w

Single Arri T1 1k
#1 | #2

Norman Light Kit
#1 | #2

Lowel DP Light Kit
#1 | #2

Lowel Omni Light Kit
#1 | #2

Dimmers available for these lights up to 1000w.
NOT usable for LEDS.
#1 | #2 | #3

 

LED LIGHTS

Aputure 120D Kit
#1 | #2

Aputure AL-MX Mini 3-light KIT #1 | #2

Aputure Tri-8 3-Light LED Panel Kit

Zabo Z1 1X1 LED Panel Kit

Kinoflo Celeb (Fluorescent Soft Tube Light Kit)

 

MODIFIERS

Large and Small Light Domes for Aputure 120Ds

Softboxes for Tri-8 Kit

Fresnel adapter for Aputure 120Ds

Large & Small Collapsing Flag Kits

Party Gels
#1 | #2 | #3

Color Correcting Gels
#1 | #2 | #3| #4 | #5

AUDIO

ZOOM

H4n

H4n Pro
#1 | #2 | #3 | #4

TASCAM

DR-40
#1 | #2 | #3 | #4

FIELD MIXER

Sound Devices Mixpre 6 II

Includes Tentacle Timecode generators and support for 4 XLR inputs

LAVALIER MICS

Saramonic WIRED TRS Lavs
#1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6

Rodelink Wireless Lav Kits
#1 | #2 | #3 | #4

SHOTGUN MICS

RODE NTG2
#1 | #2 | #3 | #4

Saramonic SoundBird V1
#1 | #2

OTHER MICS

RODE NTG On Camera Mics
#1 | #2 | #3

RODE-NT USB Mics
#1 | #2 | #3

Shure VP64AL Stick Mics
#1 | #2 | #3 | #4

 

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Questions?

sgreen@ccad.edu

 

 

Questions?

sgreen@ccad.edu

 

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