Equipment

Camera, Lighting & Grip Equipment

I own a core package of camera, lighting, grip and monitoring equipment suitable for small to mid-scale narrative, commercial and documentary productions. For larger or more specialised shoots, I work closely with established New Zealand rental houses and trusted crew, allowing equipment and teams to scale appropriately to the project.

Camera

• Sony FX6
• Sony PZ 28-135mm F4
• DZO Vespid Prime lenses (PL mount): 25mm, 40mm, 75mm
• Sony E to PL adapter
• SmallHD 7″ on-camera monitor
• Matte box and filter system, including:
  • Tiffen GlimmerGlass
  • Formatt Hitech IRND full set (1-10 stops)
  • Schneider TruPol
  • BPM, clear and custom-made filters
  • Refraction and specialty filter kit
• 77mm and 49mm filter sets for gimbal and drone work (Tiffen, Hoya)

Media:

• 1x 1TB CFexpress card
• 2x 256GB
• 2x 160GB
• 2x 128GB

Monitoring & Wireless

• Flanders Scientific 17″ reference monitor
• Hollyland 4K wireless video system (1x TX, 2x RX)
• Monitor cart

Camera Support & Movement

• Miller CX6 fluid head
• Sachtler Flowtech tripod legs
• Hi-hat
• ErgoRig with underslung support
• Apple box set with apple box dolly
• RS2 Pro gimbal
• Rexy Wheels and wireless transmission
• Gimbal rigging kit
• Various handheld support accessories

Focus Control

• Tilta Nucleus-M single motor FIZ kit

Power

• 5x 200Wh V-lock cube batteries
• 3x 150Wh V-lock cube batteries
• 4x 99Wh SWIT V-lock travel batteries
• SWIT 4-bay rapid charger
• 2-bay charger

Lighting (Small Practical Package)

• Aputure MC Pro
• Aputure PB6 Infinibar with egg crate and softbox
• Collapsible diffusion, negative fill and bounce

Sound (Scratch and Reference)

• RODE Wireless GO II kit with lav
• Sanken COS-11D lavalier
• Rycote HC-15 shotgun microphone

Measurement & Tools

• Spectra Cine light meter
• Minolta colour meter

Transport

• Custom-outfitted Toyota station wagon with permanently installed steel shelving, designed for fast access and efficient location work.

Equipment is selected in service of the project, and I regularly integrate additional camera, lighting and grip packages through rental partners as required.