From very beginner to absolute professional...
Sony F3L - fully rigged - with Nanoflash recorder.- Avid Symphony Nitris finishing system
- Sony HDCAM TV camera
- Canon C300 with Deity Mira viewfinder attached on simple rig
- Sony Z7 - small chip, mid level professional camera
- Camcorder - auto focus and exposure - very easy to use
- Range of stills cameras with HD video recording capabilities - inc mirrorless and HDSLR
- Range of lenses for both stills and video
- Final Cut Pro X - our main edit suite
- Da Vinci Resolve grading software
- Adobe Premiere edit suite
- External sound recorder for HDSLR
SOFTWARE
We are fully Mac based
- Avid Media Composer
- Avid Symphony Nitris
- Adobe Premiere
- Final Cut Pro X (main edit choice for students)
- Adobe After FX
- Final Draft
- Celtx
- Da Vinci Resolve
- Lightroom 5
- Photoshop CC - with wide choice of plugins
Photoshop Plugins
- NIK - full range
- Topaz - full range
- Magic Bullet Looks
- Photocopy art filters
- Tiffen DFX
- Kubota Actions
HARDWARE
Choice of hardware depends on the student's level of ability and progression
Computers are all Mac - iMac, Macbook Pro and Mac Pro
VIDEO
- Canon and Sony mini camcorders (fully auto functions for beginners)
- HDSLR - Nikon D800 and Panasonic GH2 (hacked)
- Mirrorless - Nikon J1, Sony NEX 5N
- GoPro and Muvi
- Canon C300
- Sony F3L
- Sony HDCAM HDW
- Full range of accessories - lighting, sound equipment, tripods, sliders, rigs, power etc
STILLS
- Nikon D800
- Nikon D90
- Fuji XE1
- Full range of pro lenses
- Full range of DX lenses
- Specialist lenses - inc Lensbaby, tilt/shift
- 35mm film - Nikon, Contax, Olympus
- Medium Format film - Bronica
- Large format film - Cambo
- Film processing equipment and scanners
- Studio Lighting - strobes and speedlights, remote triggers, softboxes and other modifiers