Sony D30WS Betacam package

• The D30 is one of the best choices for standard definition shooting, combining excellent low-light sensitivity with beautiful 16x9 or 4x3 picture quality. The Beta deck on my camera had a complete overhaul in 2008, with all belts, rollers, and other rubber parts replaced.  

• D30WS Camera Head  16x9 or 4x3
• PVV-3 dockable deck for Betacam SP recording 
• Fujinon A15x8DEVM broadcast lens with 2x and 16x9 converter
• Chrosziel matte box, sunshade,  and filters
• Sachtler V-20 III fluid head with carbon-fiber  heavy duty Quicklock sticks
• Century Double Asphere wide angle adapter (gives 4.8mm effective focal length)
• VariZoom remote zoom control
• Sony 8044Q High Resolution 8" monitor
• Anton Bauer Hytron and Dionic batteries
• Audio package
• Lighting kit

Panasonic HVX200 

• 720P or 1080i HD. 
• Five 8-gig P2 cards for 1 hour 40 minutes of 720 24PN HD before transferring
• Bebob Zoe remote zoomer
• Century .6x adapter gives 20mm wide angle equivalent
• Panasonic LH1700W HD LCD monitor 

Panasonic DVX-100A 24P DV Camera

Still the best SD DV camera

• Century .6x adapter gives 20mm wide angle
• Vari-Zoom remote zoomer
• SteadiCam JR 
• Bogen heavy duty tripod with Bogen 3063 fluid head.  (Sachtler head/tripod available)

Lighting

"Half-ton" package with lots of extras

• ARRI 1200 HMI PAR with Medium (4' x 3') Chimera.
• 3 ETC Source Four elipsoidal spotlights with numerous gobo patterns and drop-in iris.
• 7 Chimera lightbanks, Medium to Extra Small, with 7 Speed Rings and spill-saving fabric grids.
• 2 Kino-Flo 4-foot 4-bank tungsten and daylight tubes
• 2 Kino-Flo 2-foot 4-bank tungsten and daylight tubes
•  Mole Richardson lights:
  • 1  2K Junior fresnel
  • 2  2K Mighty Moles
  • 2  1K Baby fresnels
  • 2  1K Nook-lites
  • 1  750-watt Zip soft lite
  • 2  600-watt Tweenie fresnels
  • 1  300 Betweenie fresnel
  • 2  200-watt Mini Mole fresnels
  • 1  200-watt Midget fresnel
• A small herd of Lowell, Arri and LTM lights
• Stands for everything
• C-stands, flags, bags, boxes, Flex-Fills, diffusion frames, and many other grip items
• Massive gel pack -- color correction, diffusion, and party gels

Just Enough Audio (included with Betacam package):

• Sound Devices 302 mixer
• Lectrosonics 185 wireless
• 2 Sennheiser G2 wireless's
• Neumann KMR-81 short shotgun mic
• 2 Tram hardwire lavs
• PSC carbon fiber boom pole

McWilliams Eyeliner

Although it resembles a standard prompter, the Eyeliner has no electrical or moving parts, and can be used in any lighting situation, from full sun to darkened stage.
 

Any subject will be more at ease talking to you than to a camera lens.  It works equally well with children, animals, non-actors, corporate execs, etc.  The interviewer, or point of interest, can be the director, client, parent, or anyone the subject feels at ease with.  

This allows a natural look straight into the lens, which in many cases is more effective than the traditional off-camera interview look.  The Eyeliner unites the camera and the director in the subject's mind for a natural and highly engaging look. 

That's me  in the picture, a face sure to terrify any child, animal or corporate exec.  The Eyeliner is guaranteed to work better with your face.

The Eyeliner is part of my Betacam package, or can be rented separately.