Video and Audio Equipment
Berkshire Productions' uses professional, state-of-the-art video and audio equipment for all our productions. We have first-class gear to ensure your project looks and sounds its best, but also match the technology to the requirements of the job.
- High-Definition Video: Two Sony XDCAM EX1R High-Def cameras
- Tripods: Sachtler and Libec with Fluid Heads
- Audio Mixers: Sound Devices 302 and Presonus FP10
- Digital Sound Recording: TASCAM DR-680 and MacBook Pro/Cubase
- Microphones: Rode NTG-2 shotgun, NT5 (SCM) stereo-pair, AMT M-40 (the Utimate Piano Mic), Rode NTK tube mic, multiple Shure SM57, Shure PG48, Samson C03 (LCM)
- Wireless lav: Sennheiser Evolution G3
- Location lighting: Lowel Rifa, Omni, Pro and Tota lights, gels, diffusers
- Portable backdrop
- Booms:Handheld (K-Tec) and Fixed (Manfrotto)
High-Definition Video Package
- Sony PMW EX1R Camera
- Sachtler tripod (FSB-4 Fluid Head)
- Remote variable-speed zoom control
- Lowel light kit
- Rode NTG-2 shotgun mic and Audio-Technica wired lav
Data storage:
2 SxS memory cards for 48GB total capacity (1-32GB, 1-16GB)
Recording time (HD): 150 min.(HQ-35Mbs), 210 min. (SP-25Mbs)
Formats and Specifications:
XDCAM EX, NTSC and PAL
Resolutions from 1920x1080 (HD HQ) to 720x480 (SD), 1080p, 1080i, 720p, SD
Frames per sec (fps): from 1 to 60
Integrates with workflows from XDCAM HD Professional, HDV and DVCAM (NTSC or PAL)
Fujinon 14x Optical Zoom with Image Stabilization (5.8-81.2mm, f/1.9)
3 – ½” CMOS sensors
Pro-Audio Package
- Rode NTG-2 shotgun or Rode NT5 Hyper-Cardioid with boom
- Sennheiser Wireless Lav Package
- Sound Devices 302 field mixer with Extreme Isolation headphones
- Assorted additional microphones
- Dedicated sound operator