Nice Lady Productions

The production gear I use is completely dependent on the situation, but the list below outlines what I use most often, prefer and in most cases and consider to be my gear.

Links will take you to B&H Photo NY, where I shop (best selection and prices). If you find something helpful on my site and you use the links to shop at BH, they will send me a couple bucks. Thanks in advance.

PICTURE

Panasonic Lumix LX5

a little point and shoot beast, offering full manual video control, a fast 24mm Leica lens and silky smooth 720p video.

Nikon D7000

my weapon of choice for shooting DSLR
video. Nikon has an excellent range of lenses, including vintage lenses.

Panasonic AG-HMC150

Panasonic camcorder sensors produce beautiful colour and this little dude does just that with a Leica lens.

Canon XH-A1s

an excellent 3CCD prosumer HDV video camera offering delicious optics &
professional capabilities.

SOUND

Zoom H4n Audio Recorder

for field recorders, the Zoom H4n is my audio recorder of choice.

Sennheiser EW112-p G3 Lavalier Mics

I use these Sennheiser lav mics whenever I need realistic sounding, crystal clear audio.

Sennheiser MKE 400 - On Camera Mic

this little shotgun mic lives on my DSLR for shooting video and is surprisingly good, considering how small it is. This is my preferred mic over Rode mics.
 

Sennheiser Sennheiser ME66/K6
Shotgun Mic

a fantastic, professional sounding
microphone for its price point.

LIGHTING

Lowel Rifa-Lite 1000 Watts

softbox lighting is a must for lighting skin and lowel makes the best.

Litepanels On Camera Light

little, dimmable and unlike on-camera fresnels, he doesn’t get hot.

SUPPORT

ACCESSORIES

Black Rapid Camera Strap
the best, most comfortable and secure camera strap I’ve ever used.

Zacuto Z-Finder Pro
an optical viewfinder for DSLRs: a must-have in bright light situations for framing and focusing.
 
Zacuto EVF Pro
a made an entire video series on EVFs and for good reason: I think everyone who shoots with a DSLR should use one.

Zacuto Striker

this is the super light, sturdy, well constructed run and gun stabilizer I use for hand-held work.

Zacuto Zwiss Cage

the Zwiss Cage features a big cheese
plate on top for adding gear to your rig,
as well as rod holes to add quick release 15mm rods, comfortable handles on
the sides and top and a baseplate that
fits DSLRs with or without a battery grip.
the Zwiss Cage is the ultimate universal
DSLR cage.

BAGS

Lowepro Classified 250 Bag

This bag fits everything my Kata handle bags fit, but is a comfortable shoulder bag. Fits an EVF, lenses, light, camera, filters.

Lowepro Passport Sling Bag

This is a incredible bag for the run
and gun shooter. Fantastic design
that even accomodates a coffee cup!