Feria Wedding Cinematography Gear
Of all the questions via email or twitter (FOLLOW US @feriacinematic) regarding our wedding cinematography work, this is by far the most frequent we receive:
What gear do you use???
Over time, through working on a range of projects, we have figured out an effective assortment of tools for us to capture what we need to make the movies that we want to make.
We will make a series of comprehensive posts in the near future about all the gear we use, with shoutouts to all of the manufacturers (Canon, RedRockMicro, Manfrotto, LowePro, etc.), but for now, here is a list of everything we used for our last wedding for Brianna and Seth:
Camera bodies:
(4) Canon EOS 5D Mark II Digital SLR
Canon EOS 7D Digital SLR
Lenses:
Canon EF 24mm f/1.4 L II
Canon EF 35mm f/1.4 L
Canon EF 50mm f/1.2 L
Canon EF 85mm f/1.2 L II
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro
Canon EF 135mm f/2.0 L
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS II
Support:
Redrock Micro rails support with follow focus
Glidecam Steadicam
(2) Custom made sliders
Video Heads:
(2) Manfrotto 504HD
(2) Manfrotto 503
Tripods/Monopods:
(2) Bogen 535 tripod
(2) Bogen 190xb tripod
(2) Bogen 685B monopod
Accessories:
Lexar Professional 233-300x 16gb and 32gb CF cards
Pelican and LowePro Cases
Pelican Compact Flash Card Memory Cases
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Over the past year we’ve gone back and forth and tried different arrangements of support systems and lenses and other video gear. In upcoming posts we’ll show you some of the new techniques we’ve developed, some extra gear we decided to strip away to move faster (more gear doesn’t always equal better), and the upgrades we’ve made and whether that has helped or hurt us. And of course, the gadgets us dslr tech geeks couldn’t resist trying!
More videos to come!
And please, comment away on your fave gear or latest upgrades that you love! We learn a ton about effective products from our great network of video professionals.
October 1st, 2010 at 7:35 am
F,
I love your work! I heard that we go to the same church: FBC. Question: which stedicam would be best equipped to handle a 5Dmii with a 24-70 or a 70-200 or 16-35mm? I would also mount a rebel T2i with the same lenses. Maybe a GlideCam 2000? Thanks for your insight! -Mark
October 1st, 2010 at 12:18 pm
Hey Mark, that’s awesome! We should get together after church sometime.
The GC 2000HD would be perfect for the 5D MkII and fine with a 24-70 or the 16-35 however, would not use the 70-200 as that lens is way too heavy and would not let you get wide enough to use the steadicam effectively.
Right now I’m using the 5D with a 24L prime because I found that I never zoom in while using it and the best uses of the GC is wide shots anyway. I’m also toying with the 7D coupled with the 14L but the one shoot I used it I found it a little too fish-eye for me even with the 1.6 crop from the 7D.
Hope that helps!
October 25th, 2010 at 6:38 pm
Marko…
Thanks for the GlideCam tip! Now, I’m on to buying a new computer for editing. Do you think a MacBook Pro with an i5 processor and the NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M vid card could handle editing an entire wedding? That vid card is supposed to edit H.264 without converting it first. Is that true?
thanks Marko,
Mark
ps….I’d love to hook up with ya’ll after church some time, or whenever. Are ya’ll going to Guatemala next month?
November 11th, 2010 at 3:18 pm
Mark,
I’ve been able to do some light editing on the MacBook Pro as I have one as well but it’s a 2.4Ghz so if it’s newer, I’m not going to be much help with that. I’d just ask the guys at Apple, they should know.
Yes, in fact I’m leaving tomorrow. Shoot me an email and we can get together sometime soon! Thanks.