Cinema-grade full-frame body. The workhorse for documentary and narrative video. Shoots in Sony S-Log3 — wide dynamic range for grading in post.

Fixed 28mm f/1.7 lens. Rangefinder-style stills body for street and documentary photography. Razor-sharp images with Leica's distinctive optical character.

Versatile hybrid stills and video camera. 33MP full-frame sensor. Used as a photography-first backup body and second angle on documentary setups.

The do-everything workhorse zoom. Covers wide environmental shots to tight portraits in a single lens. One paired to each FX3 so both cameras are always ready.

Ultrawide zoom for immersive environmental coverage. Used when you need to show scale and context — protests, landscapes, tight interiors. Fast f/2.8 for low-light work.

Fast prime for portraits and low-light shooting. The f/1.4 aperture lets in twice the light of the zoom lenses — critical when you can't add lights and can't use flash.

Soviet-era manual lens from the 1960s. Produces a distinctive swirling bokeh that modern lenses can't replicate. Adds texture and character to portraits and narrative setups.

Variable neutral density filter. Screws onto the lens front to reduce incoming light outdoors — essential for maintaining cinematic shutter speeds without overexposing the frame.

Adds a soft organic glow to bright highlights. Gives footage a more filmic, less clinical look — the visual equivalent of shooting on film rather than a digital sensor.

Camera-mounted directional mic. Captures audio pointed toward the subject while strongly rejecting sound from the sides and rear. The primary camera audio solution.

Compact on-camera mic for fast-moving situations. Smaller and lighter than the 600 when discretion or speed matters more than maximum isolation.

Two-transmitter wireless system. Frees interview subjects from the camera entirely. Each transmitter records internally as a failsafe — backup audio even if the signal drops.

Industry-standard clip-on mic used in nearly every film and documentary production. Hides invisibly under clothing. Regarded as one of the cleanest, most reliable lavs ever made.

Adds two professional XLR audio inputs directly to the FX3. Enables phantom-powered condenser mics and balanced audio connections — the broadcast standard for clean audio.

Sub-250g foldable drone shooting 4K. Folds to the size of a large smartphone. Used for aerial coverage of protests, conflict scenes, or any situation needing an elevated angle.

Smart screen remote for the Mini Pro 4. Built-in display means no phone required. Compact enough to operate one-handed while managing other equipment.

Rugged waterproof 4K action camera. Goes anywhere a cinema camera can't — vehicle mounts, body-worn, in rain or hazardous conditions. The "get it no matter what" camera.

5-inch on-camera monitor. Provides a bright, calibrated screen for accurate focus and exposure judgment in outdoor conditions where the built-in display is unreadable.

3-axis motorized stabilizer. Counteracts hand movement electronically so walking and moving shots look smooth and controlled rather than shaky.

Fast-collapsing travel tripod that folds to half the size of a traditional tripod. Used for static interview setups and any shot that needs a locked-off, stable frame.

Lightweight wrist and shoulder camera strap. Built for fast access and all-day carry without the bulk of traditional straps. Clips and unclips in seconds.

Essential hardware kit for assembling and maintaining camera rigs. Various screw sizes and thread types for all mounting configurations — the on-set fix-it kit.

Swiss Army knife for camera rigs. Has hex keys and wrenches sized for all common rig hardware. Stays in the bag at all times.

Hypoallergenic tape used to hold lavalier mics flat against skin under clothing. Skin-safe for extended wear — the standard method for hiding lavs in documentary work.

Wired in-ear monitors for checking audio levels on set. Small and discreet enough to wear while conducting interviews without drawing attention.

Closed-back over-ear headphones for critical listening. Accurate flat response for mixing and audio quality review. Isolates from room noise in the edit suite.

Compact on-camera flash for supplementing natural light in stills photography. Small enough to live on the camera without adding significant bulk to the rig.

Braided USB-C cables for charging all gear. Enough to run every device simultaneously from a single power strip without hunting for cables on deadline.

High-bandwidth cables for transferring footage from field SSDs to the editing workstation at maximum speed. Distinct from the charge cables.

High-capacity portable battery. Charges cameras, phones, and accessories via USB-C in the field when wall power is unavailable or inaccessible.

Multi-socket hub for running multiple devices simultaneously. Used at base camp, hotels, and in the studio to charge everything overnight.

100W GaN laptop charger. Small enough for a bag side pocket. Also charges cameras via USB-C in a pinch when a dedicated battery charger isn't available.

Multi-voltage international adapter. Works with wall outlets in any country. An essential item for any international assignment where domestic plugs won't cut it.

Four-slot simultaneous charger for NP-FZ100 batteries. Charges all FX3 batteries overnight so the kit is always full-capacity by morning.

High-capacity FX3 batteries. Combined with the two OEM batteries, provides a full day of heavy shooting without hunting for outlets.

Charges Mini Pro 4 batteries two at a time. Approximately 80 minutes per cycle from flat to full. Two-way charging lets the drone also top off batteries via the controller.

Provides approximately 34 minutes of flight per charge. Two spares ensures extended aerial operations without returning to base mid-shoot.

Additional FX3-compatible batteries for redundancy on extended shoot days. The backup to the backup — because power failure on an assignment isn't recoverable.

Broadcast-standard power brick. Mounts to a V-lock plate on the camera rig and powers it continuously — eliminating the constant battery-swap problem on long shoot days.

Hard-shell wallet holding up to 12 memory cards. All cards organized, labeled, and protected in a single weatherproof case that fits in a jacket pocket.

Primary FX3 recording media. The fastest, most reliable format available for cinema cameras. Rated for all temperatures. 160GB each — enough for a full day of 4K shooting per card.

SD cards for the FX3's second slot. Simultaneous backup recording ensures no single point of failure — if a CFexpress card fails, the SD has a complete copy of everything.

Memory cards for the drone and Osmo Action camera. Rated for sustained 4K video recording at high data rates under field conditions.

Rugged portable drives for field backup. Footage gets cloned immediately after each card fills. Shock and water resistant. 2TB per drive — several full days of 4K shooting.

Pulls footage from CFexpress cards to the editing workstation at full card speed. No transfer bottleneck between the day's shoot and the first assembly cut.

Credit-card-sized RGBWW LED. Runs on USB-C power. Dials to any color temperature and produces full-color creative lighting. Small enough to hide anywhere on a set.

220W bi-color LED panel. The primary large light source for controlled interview setups. Pairs with softbox modifiers for a clean, professional studio look in any location.

Globe-shaped diffuser mounted to a light stand. Produces a soft, omnidirectional wrap of light — effective for environmental portraits where the source should feel natural and invisible.

24-inch octagonal diffuser creating a large, shaped soft source — the standard key light modifier for interview setups. The honeycomb grid controls spill onto backgrounds.

Large check-in flight case. Watertight, pressure-equalizing, nearly indestructible. Holds the full kit in foam-lined custom inserts. The gold standard in protective transport.

Sized to fit in the overhead bin of any commercial aircraft. Carry-on approved so cameras never have to go into checked baggage when the mission doesn't require it.

Modular fabric packing cubes in multiple sizes. Keeps everything sorted, protected, and quickly accessible without digging to the bottom of a bag mid-assignment.

Primary field-deployable bag. Holds a full camera kit, laptop, and personal gear. Fits carry-on on any airline. Clamshell opening provides full access without unpacking everything.

The standard broadcast dynamic microphone. Found in radio stations and podcast studios worldwide. Warm, full voice capture with strong background noise rejection. Two for two-person conversations.

Multi-channel podcast recorder. Records each microphone to its own independent track and operates completely without a computer — critical for remote recording sessions.

Balanced analog cables carrying microphone signal from the SM7Bs to the Zoom recorder. The professional standard connector for all studio audio equipment.

120Gbps Thunderbolt 5 dock. Provides the bandwidth to stream 4K RAW footage from external SSDs without latency — the core bottleneck in high-end video editing rigs.

Powered near-field studio monitors. Clear, accurate audio reproduction for mixing and quality review. The reference point for all audio decisions in the edit suite.

Factory-calibrated 4K display for color grading. Accurate rendering across DCI-P3 and sRGB — essential when editorial color decisions need to hold across all screens and platforms.

Dynamic studio microphone for desk-side recording. Used when field mobility isn't needed and clean desk audio quality is the priority — calls, narration, studio podcasting.

USB-C audio interface. Converts XLR microphone signal to digital audio for any recording software. Tap-to-mute with a physical button for live call situations.

Portable 5G/LTE-A mobile router. Field-fallback internet when fixed infrastructure is unavailable or isn't safe to use. Creates its own secure WiFi network anywhere with cell signal.

DOCSIS 3.1 cable modem. Supports multi-gigabit download speeds. The entry point for the studio's wired network — handles the heavy upstream loads of large file transfers.

WiFi 7 router with 10G wired ports. Handles all studio devices simultaneously without congestion — multiple 4K streams, VPN tunneling, and video calls at the same time.

40Gbps rated ethernet cable. The wired backbone connecting the NAS, router, and workstation. Wired connections remove any WiFi variability from critical file transfers.

4-bay NAS enclosure with full RAID management, Docker support, and remote access. The central archive hub for all footage and project files — owned, controlled, never a subscription.

Enterprise-grade drives rated for 24/7 continuous operation. Configured in RAID 5 — one drive can fail completely and no footage is lost. 64TB raw capacity across four drives.

Upgraded system memory for the NAS. Increases throughput and caching performance for serving multiple simultaneous data streams to the editing workstation.

NVMe SSD installed as a high-speed cache tier. Accelerates frequently accessed files and active project folders — bridging the speed gap between spinning drives and the editing workstation.

Keeps the NAS running through brief power outages. Prevents file corruption from a sudden power cut mid-write — which can destroy an entire RAID array in the worst case.

Dedicated high-speed ethernet from NAS to router. Saturates the NAS's maximum read/write bandwidth for the fastest possible file access from the editing workstation.

Connects the MacBook Pro to the 10-gigabit network port. Enables full-speed NAS access for editing directly from the archive without copying files locally first.