Made it to Vlog #4! I'm so grateful for all of the support, if you want to know exactly everything we purchased for our kit here's a link to the spreadsheet. docs.google.co...
Quick Tip- if you are shooting corporate vids, you will find a printer/copier at basically every single space you shoot in. Grab a piece of their paper, and use it as your white balance card. You don't need that impact thing.
You're right, I wouldn't say it's a key piece of my kit but I think it's better than asking the client for a piece of paper just gives off that impression that you aren't prepared. In a pinch or when locations change I'll white balance off a white wall., white clothing or a 5 in one reflector but I still like the fact that I have a dedicated white balance card.
Nice kit! I just traveled for a a wedding shoot in Arizona (I'm from PA) and was trying to keep everything into a carry on. I went with the Peak Design travel tripod and I was happy with its functionality. Like you I needed it just for some static shots and Timelapse's. It held my C70 just fine and can't complain. Look forward to what else you put out!
I find the TrekPak not that great, they bend after sometime. What I have done now, is buy 6mm Correx board and make up dividers with two sheets glued together. I don't bother with foam on the board either. So long as I don't want to move dividers constantly, the dividers are fixed to the case sides. Then I am now using semi-hard foam sheet, 50mm thick, that is cut out to fit whatever, like lens, bodies etc.I also invested in Sony plug on transmitter and reciever system, no cables required.
I actually already have a media badge from my last agency job that I'm still using lol. If I lose it or need to update it I agree, it's so easy to make one. Most people at check in for airlines dont know what they are really looking for, used to know a freelancer I would work with occasionally who had a QR code on his media badge link to a google image search result of an Orange, so yeah it's a totally underrated thing to have once travelling with gear becomes more frequent.
Definitely a nice starter kit, the kit will probably change depending on the frequency and different types of shoots we end up doing. But for now we have all of the basics for standard corporate interview work!
You do know you can print your own media badges with the company logo and all the info needed and it would be accepted by most airlines, they will just ask what your traveling to do.
yes! thats very true, I am actually still using my media badge from 2 years ago when I worked at my last agency, I just need to create some media badges for the other people who will travel with me. (Producer, editor, etc.)
Loved watching this! Most of us dream of $30k to spend on gear lmao alot of people being over opinionated here, no surprise from the filmmaking community haha. Looks great to me and I cant wait to see what you do with it!
Thanks for watching! It's a great kit for most one man brand productions, it's kinda of crazy how quick this gear adds up as in a perfect world I would have added combo stands, floppys, bounces and more accessories. Although we can easily scale up with the projects we end up doing later in the year and determine what else we might need!
You wont be able to put those lithium batts into the hold , cant be in checkin baggage . They will be taken out and you could be fined ! . Personally I would never transport the Sony fx3 with the handle on, I know it has the two screws ,but thats really tempting fate :)
Do you mean the Sony batteries or the Vmount batteries? The Vmount batteries are rated at 98wh so they are airline safe. Anything above that I think they limit you on the number of batteries you can bring. And yeah I agree the top handle for the FX3 is really flimsy, the problem is finding a good way to pack it since it’s such an awkward shape, been traveling with the FX3 top handle attached and had no problems yet!
@@Cinovamedia No lithium batts are allowed to be checked in . Yes 98WH you can have as many as the airline will allow, weight wise , 100WH up to 160WH you are allowed 2 , over 160WH cant take on the plane. But these limits are for cabin baggage , you cant put them in the hold ie check in baggage
@@robinprobyn1971 yes of course! Our Vmounts are being stored in the smaller carry on pelicans, our bigger pelicans that are gonna be checked in are only used for our lights/grip gear.
@@Cinovamedia Roger that , sorry , just wanted to advert a problem , alot of folk still don't know these rules and end up on location with no batteries ,cos they have been taken out ! Also potentially a big fine .
Yeah I understand there is a tiny bit of risk when travelling, I've been traveling with the lenses attached to the camera for years, if the Sony FX3 top handle wasn't such a weird shape I would travel without the top handle being attached as well. I didn't fully show how I packed the gimbal but I stripped it down completely for travel. If I was travelling with expensive camera packages such as an ARRI or RED I would obviously pack with more care but the sonys have been perfect for travel so far with top handle and lens attached.
I may do that eventually, I travel with the bags just cause it seems to really protect the light, someone else commented about it as well. I'll have to look into it as we do more of these travel shoots
If you’re traveling within the states you don’t need to keep it under fifty pounds if you’re media. Almost all airlines waive the overage fees for media. It just needs to be under 100lbs because that’s the limit no matter what.
Yeah, that’s true, whenever I can get the weight to 50lbs the better. I have a media badge but depending on how much we bring per shoot the other people traveling with me don’t have a media badge, or in case I’m running late etc someone can check a bag for me. Gonna have to make some media badges for the people who are gonna travel with me cause we also have a big tube for light stands and a rock-n-roller cart we use to travel with as well.
Welcome back! This is quite a kit - I would love $30K to throw together a package like this haha. Would it be beneficial to stuff one or two of the Pelicans with foam and cut custom inserts for the lighting? Or do you need the bags for the lights? I know I'm going to need to upgrade my lighting soon, which means I'll have to start checking gear so I am considering my options.
It's certainly a nice kit not perfect but for standard shoots it's pretty much got everything covered, I've seen a few people save some space by not using the aputure bag it comes with and packing the lights with foam inserts and cutouts, the main reason for now I'm not doing it is strictly because...the people at the airport do not care about your luggage at all, it gets thrown and banged around and the bag seems to protect the light pretty well inside of the pelican, I also like the freedom of being able to pack more things into the case as when you use a foam or trekpak insert you lose a little bit of space, atleast this way if I needed to I can pack this case really tightly with random accessories like stingers, grip heads etc. and not have to worry about rearranging inserts for different shoots, I'm very fluid with this system, especially as we figure out the range of shoots we will be doing the way I pack things could change, I'm always learning myself. Pro tip: get a media badge for travel! It will save you with overage fees or extra bag fees, super easy to make one in photoshop and then laminate it, I'm about to create some for the rest of the team that will travel with me to help with checking bags and other luggage.
@@Cinovamedia That makes a lot of sense! I'm always switching up the way my packs are depending on the job, so I might go the same route... And yes, I'm definitely going to be making a media badge for travel!
How does the autofocus perform with the Sigma zooms and fx3? If you get more budget for additional gear I would look into the Falcon eyes lights. They're great for traveling. Super lightweight. You could probably fit at least 3 mats in that pelican case.
After using the sigma 24-70 on the FX3 I can def notice it’s less accurate than my Sony Gmaster 24-70mm mk1 good for most scenarios but I notice sometimes it randomly loses focus, doesn’t happen all the time but I feel like I gotta babysit the camera more ready to hit touch focus when it focuses on other things. The 70-200mm seems to do good the autofocus is a lot faster than my personal 70-200mm mk1 on our shoot it did randomly lose focus in an interview setting, wasn’t the end of the world and I had the producer be the cam op so he was able to fix that very quick. I’ve never heard of the falcon eyes lights, are they bright? Big reason for bringing the aputure 300X is that it’s pretty bright and can work with soft boxes etc.
In our kit we added a pair of sennheiser MKE 600's, we use those as our main "boom" mics for interviews, if I need natural sound, I usually just use the onboard mics on the FX3 for audio, it's decent in a pinch and since alot of these projects require quick setup from gimbal to handheld to tripod most times I run the FX3 stripped down without any accessories to save on time. If we are using boom mics for like an interview we just plug it right into the XLR top handle so we dont waste time syncing audio.
In video production my mindset is to have a backup of every key item I will need, if a camera were to die on me or a light were to stop working I make sure to keep some sort of backup or other piece of gear to help make up for it. Sometimes I overpack but it’s all a learning process, it’s always better to overpack than underpack in my opinion.
OOfff... I've fired crew for packing like that. NEVER transport the FX3 wit the handle on like that (unless you have a specific case for it, and even then...) Throwing heavy objects in WITH the gimbal? nope. ...and if you have travelled before a couple things seem odd: 1) you are trying to pack the batteries in CHECKED bags, 2) media badges take 5 minutes to make (not an issue), 3) I get the Pelican cases, but there are SO many brands out now with same quality for what you need at half the price (and who doesn't buy foam when buying cases like these? 4) no big issue with packing a case in a case (ie, the lights), but you are wasting space AND weight here. If I saw someone packing $20k of gear like this, I would question their sanity. Please take better care of your equipment. Buuuuuttt...ending on a good note... you can't go wrong with the FX3 (may just be a little overkill for what you are doing, but still an amazing machine)
Haha, I didn’t realize how controversial my packing would be. I appreciate the feedback though, I am by no means an expert. I just do what has worked for me in the past. In an ideal situation I wouldn’t travel with the FX3 handle attached, but unfortunately it’s a weird shape and I can’t really find a better way to make it fit into a small carry on pelican. 1) I might have been unclear but the Vmount batteries are actually in our 1535 air cases so these are our carry ons, I would never put a Vmount in a checked bag. 2) I have my own media badge so I can check in 2 overweight bags, the rest of my team does not however so I do need to create some for them, for now I have them check the lighter underweight bags while I check the overweight bags. 3) I use pelican simply because it’s a brand I trust, they haven’t let me down and no point in experimenting with a new brand. I have gotten feedback about the way I pack the light, it does make sense to order some foam or trekpak to maybe have some more space in the case but I do it because checked bags especially don’t get treated well…better to protect the light very well so it still turns on by the time I reach my destination. I might get some additional foam. I didn’t show the “final” pack since I was still organizing some things until we actually left so I did throw in some foam to protect the more delicate objects such as boom poles and stuff. Yeah the grip head with the gimbal probably wasn’t the best idea, still works though! Although in the final pack we did pack a few More things such as a Vmount battery charge so it was a lot more of a tighter fit so I think it helped things from banging around. I really appreciate the feedback, I am very fluid on how and what I pack, once we get a few more shoots under our belt we can change the way we pack and even determine what gear doesn’t need to come with us next time. And yes the FX3 is pretty sweet, affordable, great image, travels well. I’ve packed like this for various shoots for big clients and it’s worked for me so far but you do have a good point in making sure the gear is protected. I might address this in a future video that goes more in-depth. I appreciate the feedback!
