Because i was also travelling in india and working primarily alone, apart from some assistance from the students this limited the amount of equipment i could take. i also had to work out whether i should go for a simpler dv tape based system or should i film or should i go for my HDSLR which involved bring a laptop and backup harddrives.
This is the basic equipment list i put together for my trip:
It is good to be prepared for any eventuallity such as bringing more memory cards than you think you will need as you never know. A good way of getting prepared is thinking what the worst case scenario could be during shooting.
This is the basic equipment list i put together for my trip:
- Canon 600d
- Nikon v1. i used this as a light weight secondary camera
- a nikon v1 to M42 converter. this means you can use high quality M42 lenses with this camera.
- 50mm old M42 lens. These are significantly cheaper and stronger than the Canon lenses and give a vintage look i was looking for.
- 24mm old M42 lens.
- Canon to M42 adaptor.
- 70mm-300mm Canon 1:4-5.6 iii lens
- Old Boots tripod CEB-s
- Vanguard tripod
- Monopod. If you attach a camera strap to this it can be used like a
- lens cloths wet and dry
- batteries x 4 (Hahnel produce good quality batteries at lower prices)
- rugged hard drives x2
- Asus x401a capable of usb 3 speeds and got quite a sizeable hard drive.
- Zoom H1, and a few spare cards.
- White balance card. Grey and light blue paint sample cards, cheap and effective.
- Headphones (over the ear).
- Notebook and pen.
- Polarising filter
- 16gb sandisc memory cards. x10. It is good to have a surpless.
- Tin foil. This is really useful as a reflector.
- The documentary filmmakers handbook
- Photoguard insurance. reasonably priced insurance for expensive equipment.
It is good to be prepared for any eventuallity such as bringing more memory cards than you think you will need as you never know. A good way of getting prepared is thinking what the worst case scenario could be during shooting.