My Videography Kit List for India
I will very shortly be on my travels to India as a videographer with Raleigh International. I’ll be away over the summer for over 10 weeks and will no doubt face a number of physical, technological and emotional challenges. Eeeeek! It will be monsoon season for a start and I’m not entirely sure what to expect.
To help me embrace everything India has to offer I’ve invested in a few new bits of camera gear. First and foremost a new camera. I recently purchased the Panasonic Lumix GH1 a video DSLR which I hope will offer plenty of versatility whilst being super light weight. I struggled to decide whether to purchase a DSLR shoulder mount or a steadicam to compliment my camera and contrary to popular opinion I’ve plumped for the steadicam and more specifically the Black Bird Stabiliser after reading many positive reviews. Scarily it still hasn’t arrived in the post yet and I have very little experience using camera stabalisers so that will definitely be a steep learning curve.
I’m also a little concerned about how I will charge up my batteries and back-up my footage since I will primarily be living in tents either in a remote Indian village or in the middle of a national park. I’ve been told I’ll have access to car chargers and I suppose I’ll be making the most of any trips into town to borrow the use of plug sockets from local shops or cafes. I considered solar panel options but for heavy duty batteries they’re well out of my price range although I may well take our Powermonkey eXplorer to boost the battery life of any gadgets. I’ll also be carrying around a laptop (although not my own so lets hope it’s suitable) and a 5oo GB rugged Lacie hard drive.
Check out my full video kit list below;
My Video Kit List
- Panasonic Lumix GH1 with kit lens
- Manfroto 745xb Tripod & video head
- Spare Manfroto video tripod head
- Standard Glidetrack (and silicon spray)
- Blackbird Stabaliser
- Lumix DMC-LX3
- 4 16gb cards 3 4gb cards
- 5 GH1 batteries
- 4 DMC-LX3 batteries
- 1 Lacie Rugged 500gb drives
- Zoom H4N sound recorder
- Sennheiser wireless lav mics
- TC-252 timer remote control
- 1 Lowe Pro Explorer camera bag
- Kata E-690 waterproof camera cover
- SLR Gorillapod
- Hoodman Loop D300
- UV filters
- Pen & paper
My Video Wish List
- Panasonic H-F007014 lens
- Zacuto Tactical Shooter
- Z-Finder
Fingers crossed I have enough video kit for India but no doubt I will return home wanting and ‘needing’ more.
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