I am able to provide a wide range of services, from just me working with your equipment, to full crew and equipment packages on film or video.   I have access to a wide range of equipment from various suppliers and a list of crew members that I work with on a regular basis whom I can recommend.  Let me know your requirements and I can put together a package which suits your needs. I have the following kit in-house which is always available with my services:

Video Equipment

• JVC GYHD100E Camera which can shoot: HDV 720p HD25P, HDV 720p HDSD50P, MiniDV 50i, MiniDV 25P, HDV 720p HD24P, HDV 720p HD30P, HDV 720p SD60P.  With Fujinon 5.5mm – 88mm Zoom Lens (82mm diameter) Hawkwood Battery adapter DV-CF1 and wideangle adapter (redeye)
• Sony Z1E Camera which can shoot: HDV 1080i, DVCam or MiniDV 50i or 60i switchable with inbuilt 4.5mm – 54mm lens (72mm diameter)
• Canon EOS 550D Digital Camera which shoots 1920 X 1080 compressed using H264 format including 2 X 16GB SD cards (class 10) and 28-90mm & 75-300mm lenses (see below for details)
• Vinten Pro 5 Tripod with 75mm bowl
• Steadicam Merlin (Max weight 2.27kg)
• Comer 1800CM-LBPS1800 On-Camera LED Top Light (battery operated)
• Starchart Backfocus Chart & Focus Target Backfocus Chart
• Spiderbrace Hand-held Bracket (for use with cameras such as Sony Z1 to make them shoulder-mountable)

Sound Equipment

• Sennheiser HD25 Headphones
• Sennheiser Radio Mic kit EW-112-PG2
• Sennheiser K6/ME66 Gun Mic Kit with Ryote Softie, Mount and Pistol Grip
• Panamic 3 Stage Boom Pole and XLR cables
• Stagg Boom Mic Stand MIS 1022BK

Lighting Equipment

• 2 X 1K Fresnal Lights & Stands
• 2 X 650W Fresnal Lights & Stands
• 1 X 50W Frezzi Light with dichroic & diffusion filters & barndoors, modified to be mains powered
• 4 X Sandbags
• 2 X 250W Photoflood Lights
• 3 x 300w 13amp Dimmers
• 2 X 4-light DJ Sequencer Lights
• 2 X Backlight Stands
• 1 X Super Clamp and Spigot
• 1 X Hothoe Desktop Stand
• Sekonic L508 Cine Light Meter
• Lighting Gels including ND.3, ND.6 ND.9 ¼ CTB, ½ CTB, Full CTB, ¼ CTO, ½ CTO, Full CTO, ¼ Diff, ½ Diff, Full Diff.  Also a collection of Party Gels.
• Portaflash Reflector with White, Silver or Gold sleeves
• 2 X 15” White Chinese Lanterns
• 2 X 11 ½ ” White Chinese Lanterns
• 2 X Strip Lights
• Black Light
• Smoke Machine
• Ladder
• Blackout Blind
• 1 X 50 meter 13amp Extension Cable
• 1 X 25 meter 13amp Extension Cable
• 2 X 10 meter 13amp Extension Cables
• 1 X 5 meter 5amp Extension Cable
• 1 X 4-Way Mains Adapter
• Bluescreen Material 8ft 4” Wide (with eyelets) 19ft 8” Long
• White backdrop
• Backdrop Pole for Bluescreen
• Heavy Duty Sack Truck
• 10ft Blackout Umbrella
• Wooden Wedges & Spirit Level

Film Equipment

• 16mm Krasnogorsk Camera (takes single perf stock)
• 16mm Bolex Camera (takes single perf stock)
• 2 X S8mm S480 Braun Nizo cameras
• Harrison’s 35mm Changing Tent
• 2 x Panavision Clapper Boards Small & Large
• Hilti PD32 Laser Measurer
• Cloth and Metal Tape Measures
• Sam Cine Depth of Field Calculator Mk. II
• Spare Cans, Cores, Black bags 35mm and 16mm & neg report sheets
• Panavision Camera Assistants Belt and Pouch Large & Small
• Camera Tape – Various Colours
• Kit Bag (including gadgets to solve any situation including tools such as hirshman tweezers, jewellers screwdrivers, leatherman, cleaning equipment etc.
• Run Bag (for delicate equipment such as lenses etc.)
• Samulson Manual & American Cinematographers Manual
• Palm Pilot Tungsten T2 With P Cam & P Cine software

Stills Equipment

• Canon EOS 5 Film SLR Camera
• Canon EOS 550D Digital SLR Camera (also shoots video)
• Canon 75mm – 300mm lens F4 – 5.6
• Canon 28mm – 90mm lens F4 –5.6
• Wide-angle adapter
• Intervalometer – Canon Timer Remote Controller TC-80N3 – good for timelapses
• Flash and offset bracket
• Manfrotto Tripod with 410 Junior Geared Head
• Gorillapod SLR Zoom (max 3Kg)

Digitising

• Digitising JVC HDV 720p rushes, Sony HDV 1080i, DVCam or MiniDV rushes onto a portable hard-drive using a Mac Book Pro and Final Cut Pro 5.1.2

Full UK Passport, Travel Insurance, Fully inoculated for Tetanus, Polio, Hepatitis A, Typhoid and Yellow Fever, allowing short notice assignments to most areas including Africa and Asia. Bectu Member with Public Liability Insurance.  Recently CRB checked.
Astra Estate Car with Business Insurance, AA Breakdown Cover & Satellite Navigation System.