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HD Sony HDW-F900R

  • 3 x FIT 2/3" CCDs - 12 bit Digital Camera Head 
  • 1080p - Progressive@ 23.98Psf/24Psf/25P/29.97Psf/30Psf1080i - Interlaced @ 59.94i/50i
  • 2"B/W HD viewfinder (colour LCD viewfinder available on option)
  • Picture cache board and slow shutter board
  • Inbuilt downconverter board

Weight: 8kg (operational)

Dimensions: 140 x 265 x 380mm (body only)

Accessories: Remote Control RM-B150 

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HD Panasonic AJ-HPX3000

  • Native 1920 x 1080 imagers for 4:2:2 10-bit, master quality recording with built in AVC-Intra codec
  • Selectable AVC-Intra & DVCPRO HD/50 codecs
  • 24p, 25p, 30p, 50i and 60i formats
  • High sensitivity of F10 at 1000 lux in 1080i and a minimum illumination of .064lx (at +56db gain-up)
  • Ultra versatility of P2 HD recording, including instant recording startup
  • Four channels 48-kHz/16bit digital audio
  • Flip-out, 3.5 inch colour LCD monitor
  • Optional HD/SD-SDI input for external line recording 

Weight: approx. 4.8kg

Dimensions: 137 x 209 x 318mm (body only)

Accessories: Four 64GB P2 cards 

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HD Panasonic Varicam AJHDC27FE

  • 3 x FIT 2/3" CCDs - 1280 x 720p
  • 4-60 progressive fps selectable in 1 fps increments
  • 59.94/6-Hz operation (60 for PAL @ 25fps, 59.94 for 'NTSC' sync @ 23.98, 29.97 or 59.94fps)
  • CineGamma ™
  • Image Inverter
  • 2" B/W HD CRT viewfinder

Weight: <3.5kg 

Accessories: Four 16GB SxS cards. Two 32GB SxS cards

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HD Sony PMW-EX1 XDCAM EX

 

  •  1/2-inch type Three 'Exmor' CMOS Sensors
  • Wide-abgle Fujinon 14x Zoom Lens
  • New nonlinear recording media, SxS PRO - greater efficiency, operability and reliability
  • 1920 x 1080 HD recording using the 'MPEG-2 Long GOP' Codec
  • Selectable bit rates - 25Mb.s (HQ mode) or 25 Mb/s (SP mode)

Weight: <3kg

Accessories: Four 16GB SxS cards. Two 32GB SxS cards 

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HD Sony HVR-V1P 3 chip HDV

  • 2 x 1/4" CMOS 1080-50i/25p - 16:9
  • Inbuilt fixed 4.5-50 Zeiss Zoom with optical Stabilisation
  • HD/SD Recording/Playback
  • HD-SD down conversion
  • Aspect ratio conversion
  •  FireWire 400 - HD component out - SD Composite Out

Weight: 1.5kg (camcorder only) 

back to top Standard Definition Cameras
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Digital Betacam - Sony DVW790

  • 16:9/4:3 switchable camera head with 12-bit FIT DSP for pristine image quality
  • MKDW 702 SDI output and BKDW 703 8 second picture cache installed
  • Full colour playback with stereo audio output
  • Powerful image adjustment features to get the best in any situation
  • Available with remote (RM-B150) and 1.5" colour viewfinder 

 Weight: approx. 7kg

Accompanying lens: Fujinon superwide 10 x 4.8

Accessories: Remote control RM-B150

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DVCPRO50: Panasonic AJ-D910W

  • 16:9/4:3 switchable camera head with 10-bit DSP
  • Switchable between PRO50 and PRO25 

Weight: approx 7kg

Accompanying lens: Fujinon 19 x 8.7 

back to top Specialised Cameras
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Iconix HD camera head & control unit - HD-RH1

  •  3 x 1/3" 16:9 CCDs inside a compact camera head - standard C-mount
  • 720p Progressive frame rates supported include 24, 25, 30, 50 and 60
  • 1080psf progressive frame rates 24, 25, 30 and 1080p/60 with dual link
  • 525-60i / 625-50i Standard Definition
  • Outputs include SDI, DVI-D and analog out, plus genlock capability

Weight: 71 grams without lens, 1.91kg (controller)

Dimensions: 33.5 x 38 x 49.8mm

Kit Includes: 2.8mm and 4mm Fujinon lenses, 3m head to CCU cable

Accessories: Sony EX HD field recorder PMW-30, Iconix BluFish HD underwater housing

                      

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Optronis High Speed HD camera - CamRecord600

  •  Resolution of 1280 x 1024 pxels, 500 fps with full resolution, (1024 x 720) 650 fps with reduced resolutions up to 150.000 fps
  • Free adjustable exposure times down to 1 microsecond, freely independent from the frame rate
  • Large camera memory - upto 4GB for extremely long recording times
  • CMOS sensor with high sensitivity
  • F-mount lens support
  • Extended trigger possibilities (intern, extern, automatic image trigger)
  • Camera control with CamControl user software for Windows

Weight: 1.7kg (without lens)

Dimensions: 250mm x 100mm x 131.5mm

Accessories: with laptop 

back to top 35mm Equipment
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Aaton 35 III

 A compact 35mm film camera with five quick change magazines

Weight: 7kg (operating)

back to top Still Camera Equipment
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Nikon D300

  •  12.3megapixel DX format CMOS sensor
  • ISO 200-3200 (6400 with boost)
  • Super fast operation (power-up 13ms, shutter lag 45ms, black out 100ms)
  • Six fps continuos shooting (8fps with battery pack)
  • Compact Flash UDMA support
  • 3.0" 922, 000 pixel LCD monitor

Weight: 825g

Dimensions: 147 x 114 x 74mm

Accessories: 4GB card, Ultra basic lens for time lapse 

back to top Lens Options
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Standard and Superwide Lenses

A number of HD and SD lenses are available, including Fujinon Superwide 13 x 4.5HD, Fujinon 22 x 7.8 HD, Canon 40x HD zoom lens, Fujinon SD Superwide 10 x 4.8 and Fujinon 19 x 8.7 

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Innovision HD Probe Lens

 Specially designed for High Definition systems, this lens unit is highly verstaile and with the 90° periscope attachment, low shots are made easy. The unit is waterproof.

Includes: 90° module, 5, 8, 12 and 17mm lenses

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Innovision Probe Lens

The long barrel of the Probe II lens allows the user to move over, under, around or through objects. 

 Includes 5mm lens

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Innovision Endoscope 6000

 This lens allows for high quality images in impossible places - small crevices, under and around objects. The lens can also be immersed in water. A fibre optic light source built into the barrel provides ample light for low light conditions.

Includes: fibre optic light source 

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Astroscope 9323B - Night Vision Module

This specialist lens transforms dark scenes, such as moonlit or dark skies, into bright, high resolution images able to be captured by the camera. Images are differing shades of green, depending on the level of reflectance of the objects in the visible and invisible near infrared light.

Weight: 539g

Dimensions: 76 x 127mm

2.3" Bayonet mount 

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Field Monitor: Sony PVM-9044QM

 A high resolution field monitor with a 9" screen

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Field Monitor: Panasonic 5" LCD (camera mountable)

 SD widescreen LCD monitor

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Iconix BluFish mini HD housing

 This aluminium housing provides reliable protection for the Iconix mini HD camera in extreme weather, dangerous situations and underwater. With the housing, the camera can be mounted onto a pole, grip arms and other devices.

 Weight: <825g

Dimensions: 114 x 114 x 250mm

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Camera Support

 A number of camera support systems, including Jimmy Jib, Miller Pro Jib arm and Wally Dolly.

back to top Sound
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Sound recording equipment and microphones

 A wide range of sound recording equipment and microphones, from radio mics to shot gun mics.

back to top Accessories
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Field Monitor: ASTRO HD DM3003

 HD LCD field monitor

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Field Monitor: Panasonic 7" TC-7WMS1

 HD LCD monitor. Built in waveform monitor

Weight: <600g 

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Field Recorder: Sony PMW-EX30

  • Nonlinear recording media, SxS PRO - greater efficiency, operability and reliability
  • 1920 x 1080 HD recording using the "MPEG-2 Long GOP" codec
  • Selectable bit rates - 35Mb/s (HQ mode) or 25 Mb/s (SP mode) 

Weight: 2.0kg

Accompanies the Iconix HD camera head & control unit - HD-RH1 

back to top Underwater Kits
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Underwater Housing for HDCAM

Custom built for HDCAM, with remote control. Rated to 60m. 

Weight: 60kg

Dimensions: 800 x 400 x 400mm 

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Amphibico "Endeavour" Underwater Housing for Sony HVR-V1P

The Endeavour housing for the Sony HDR-FX7 and HVR-V1-3CMOS HDV camcorders. All the important features such as white balance, gain, shutter speed, iris and manual focus are available.

Weight: 9.07kg with camera and battery

Dimensions: 388 x 327 x 231mm

Rated to 100m 

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Gates Underwater Housing for Sony EX1

 Designed to suit the tapeless Sony EX1 camera, this aluminium housing uses mechanical controls to access over 20 camera functions.

 Weight: 10.5kg (no camera)

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Underwater Lighting Kit - OMD 200W CMU

 The OMD CMU (Camera Mounted Unit) 200 is the largest and most powerful battery-powered 200 HMI unit available in the OMD range. Up to 2 hours of possible burn time and 200 watts of daylight balanced light.

Weight: 12kg

Colour temperature: 5600ºK

Rated to 55m

Accessories: Ultra lite arms, battery pack. 

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Underwater Lighting - Light & Motion Sunray 2000

 The Sunray 21W runs on battery power without compromising on power and endurance. With 21W of daylight balanced light and 45mins of burn time, this light provides the much needed flexibility for remote location shoots and difficult to power circumstances.

Weight: 2.7kg (operational)

Colour temperature: 6500ºK

Rated to 91m

Accessories: Arms, charger. 

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