Equipment

The equipment we use is very varied and does change from person to person. bellow is a list of the essential equipment to operate in high level photography. Bellow that is a more detailed list of equipment that will be subject to change depending on your individual circumstances. Equipment is bought outright, you will own your equipment and will be responsible of its upkeep. We are flexible and allow a wide range of equipment to be used, however there will be some equipment that will be compulsory. All the equipment is sourced for you and is purchased in packages from us. The equipment prices vary greatly, some people may have some of the equipment in their possession already, others may need to purchase more.

A few myths that we would like to expel before we start.

MegaPixels: 1gazzillion megapixles does not equal perfect image quality. In fact the more megapixels you have, depending on your sensor, image quality will actually decrease with an increase in pixel count. Compact camera best image quality is achieved at 6million pixels. On an CMOS sensor used in DSLR with a DIGIC or DIGIC II processor 8million pixels. With DIGIC III around 10million pixels. Most cameras used in mast photography are overloaded with pixels.

Height: In mast photography you can always go lower, but never higher than the max height of your mast. 50ft is often enough height, however people that say all photography looks best from 30ft - 40ft are just plain wrong! It depends completely on your subject, we have shot Saisburys stores that have had to be at 100ft and fashion shows that look there best at 10ft.

With that said, these are the essentials:

- Mast

- Canon Camera (We use Canon for compatibility reasons)

- Laptop

- Vehicle

- Driving Licence

- Internet Connection

 

One of our standard equipment packages:

Cameras:

Canon 1000d

Sigma 10-20 HSM

Canon 18-55 with IS USM

Canon Battery Pack

2x Spare batteries

Canon G9

Memory Card

Pan and Tilt:

Hague Pan and Tilt

Pan and Tilt ball joint tilt head

Mast adaptor

Laptop:

Laptop (Your choice but we will make recommendations near the time of purchase.)

Mast:

Clark QTM Mast

Clamps

Tripod

4x Pegs

6x Weights

6x Guy Ropes

Cones

Wiring

Wheeled tool box

Software:

Canon Remote Capture Software

FTP client

Email Client

Canon Easy Print

Adobe Light Room

Expedition electric P+T controller

 

Recommended:

3x Canon 430ex

Pocket Wizard Triggers x3