Rainforest Filmmaking Gear - What to Bring
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- Опубліковано 22 лип 2014
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If you're going to film in the rainforest, it's hot and humid, and you can't get everything you need at the local Best Buy. Here is what I bring when I go to the rainforest.
Audio Gear:
My On-camera Shure Lenshopper mic:
www.amazon.com/Shure-VP83F-Len...
My Sony Lav UWPV1:
www.amazon.com/Sony-UWPV1-Micr...
Zoom H4n
Backup Lav
Earbuds
Lenses:
Canon 16-35mm Lens
Canon 24-105 Lens
Canon 15mm
Canon 50mm macro
Fancy Stuff:
xcam steadycam
Slider
Manfrotto Tripod Legs with 501 head
9 Batteries
Lots of AA batteries
AAA batteries for my headlamps
Rain covers
Rain Poncho/Jackets
A nice bag
A backup Camera if you can.
2 chargers / extension cords
Night LED light
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Amen to the simple things, i.e. the two prong extension cord & the ear buds. Might be helpful to bring an extra ear bud. They have a tendency to develop an intermittent connection at the jack.
Yeah. I do actually bring two ear buds. I probably didn't mention that. They're so light, you may as well have two with you.
Cool video! Do you use weather sealed camera ? Do I need weather sealed camera for the trip lenght of 1 or 2 months in rainforest ?
Hi man. Thanks for the helpful tips. I wanna go to the rainforest to make a little documentary. So that's perfect. You talk about the rain. But how about the moisture in general? Do you need specially protected cameras and lenses for that?
Hi! We are following your channel some time ago. This time we are going to Laos and Kamboga plus indonesia and some more locations. I need to bring with me all my gear. My portable workstation, Gh4 few lenses g7 for backup and few gopros.
I wondering how to protect all my gear when we will be going by boats or hiking around rain forest. I have to use 85Liters TNF hiking backpack to have all my stuff with me. Do you recoment any special waterproof case for laptop and gear?
Sorry for the slow reply. I have a bunch of tough waterproof bags - things you might have on a rafting trip for my gear. Stuff like this usually amzn.to/2iffVd2 . Other than that, I make sure I have small bags to slip over the gear if it gets wet.
What jacket do you have? I'm trying to figure out what jacket to get for the rainforest
Awesome video! I really picked up on your advice on lenses! Thanks!
I'm glad you got something out of it Mark! BTW. I laughed at your Costa Rica episode because I had a similar experience my first time. I also was like "What! This place is hella dangerous." This is not what I was expecting. Anyhow, nice job on your updates. Not sure why I'm craving some nice b-roll of everything you talk about in each of your updates!
Thanks for the compliment Rob! I grow from each and every one of your videos! Costa Rica WAS hella dangerous! I'm glad you took the time to watch a few of the videos!
Thanks!!
MarksBucket I'm not sure if you've ever been to Kenya, but that was the next stage in my realization of the danger of 3rd world countries. I mean, it's not really as bad as most places in Africa, but unlike Costa Rica where they tell you to go to your hotel and stay there, in Kenya they drive you to your hotel, tell you to stay there and then put guards out front with machine guns to make sure you're safe... :)
Holy crap Sport Science I never had guards with machine guns in front of my hostel. That is NUTS! I was sealed in with a security guard and a 12 foot tall steel gate. Still got nothing on Kenya. haha
Rob & Jonas' Filmmaking Tips could you tell me exact name of that xcam steadycam? Is it good? It looks like it could work as a tripod as well, am i right?
What stabilizer do you use at 2:03?
Another informative tutorial, I doubt I will get to the rainforest anytime soon but still good information.
Thanks Bill!
Your video was helpful.And fun to see. I wonder what kind of camera you are using. do you have experience with the BMPCC 4k in rain forest environment.
I don't have experience with that one. I'm a Canon guy.
We are going to a shoot in the Amazon we are shooting for 5 days. Two camera people. We are shooting 4k. How many hard drives do you recommend? How big, meaning 4t or 8t? Any particular brand? How many SD cards? How large 32 or 64? THANKS!!!
Would be cool to see a video on the complications faced during shoots in an environment like the amazon and how to prepare for them. Not just camera and shooting issues, but cultural, environmental, safety issues, etc.
+Jo Rich Interesting. I never thought of that. I suppose I take it for granted sometimes. I'll do that next time I go to the tropics.
If you come to Peru, I would love to meet you guys.
+Jo Rich :) Sweet. I'm not coming this year, but maybe next yer again!
Great advice! I've been on a couple research trips now to remote parts of Mexico and Costa Rica. Next one up this December is Peru. I'm a one "woman" band so always a little more challenging without a crew. One thing I struggle with is actually packing and transport on flights. I'd love to bring the fun stuff (steady rig, slider) but that becomes extra for checked bags. How do you pack and travel with everything??
+Samantha Lloyd - It's not so bad actually. I bring all the gear on my back as carry ons and I have one checked bag which includes the slider, tripod and a bunch of clothes packed around it. You can get around it though. Have you seen the new DJI OSMO. That might be a better investment than a big slider for your setup! :) Thanks for the comment. Good luck in Peru. Let us know how it went when you return!
+Rob & Jonas' Filmmaking Tips Well that is just the coolest little new toy on the market! I'll have to add that to my department's wishlist!
Hey Rob, I'm going to northern Equador this January and it will be rainy season. I was hoping to get some great macro shots of the epiphytes of the cloud forests. What would you suggest to bring for rain protection (I will be a lot in the forest) ?
I suggest bringing at minimum a rain jacket and a rain cover for your camera. Cover the camera in your jacket if it starts pouring rain. Also, it might not be bad to get one of those waterproof bags that kayakers use. You can drop it in their if it really starts pouring and you're not near a covered area. Other than that, there isn't a lot of fancy gear you're going to bring. Just try to shoot your macro shots near the lodge!
Ok, thanks a lot for the advice! I didn't thought of the waterproof bag ;-)
Hey! I'm headed to India this summer to shoot my first documentary. Would you recommend bringing a slider or can similar things be done with just a steady cam? Thanks!
A steady cam or gyro-stabilized device like the osmo may be your best bet. Tech changes fast. I love my slider but it is heavy!
Really impressive, the things that you can efficiently pack in your bag. I was wondering what kind of bag you use to carry these equipment and if you carry a tripod what kind of tripod it is.
Hey Soumya, I do actually bring a tripod. I use manfrotto wilderness legs (the lightest ones I've found lately. I also have the Manfrotto 701HDV head on top. It is fairly inexpensive, as far as tripods go and I've been pretty happy with it. The backpack is the Canon Deluxe Photo Backpack 200EG. It's cheap and while some of photographer friends carry much bigger bags, I like this small size because it keeps my weight down and also makes sure I'm staying efficient by only carrying what I really need for each shoot. So many of my friends have GIANT camera bags and they carry everything with them all the time. They don't use most of it, but they carry it because the bag is big. That's my two cents.
Rob Nelson Films You are so right about the bag, I shoot mostly landscape and the most important lens I carry is my 16-35 and 24-120 along with batteries and a set of filters. I am trying to find a bag that is small and efficient so that I can easily take it for a hike and still have most of the essential stuffs with me. Thanks a lot for the suggestion and an excellent video.
Soumya Ganguly no problem.
Good Stuff. is this Shure shotgun microphone good for recording the rain forest ambiance? or should i go with a stereo mic instead? thanks!
No this works great. It gives a slightly different sound than a full stereo microphone, but it's pretty hard to tell which one is "better."
Rob Nelson Films Thanks for your quick response! do you have any sound samples of this mic published?
Sid Lama unfortunately no - I don't have sample clips anywhere. I bet Shure does, somewhere.
Great video! I really enjoy your videos. They are always very entertaining and interesting. I do have a question for you...
I live in Peru and one of my big concerns here with the high humidity and often dirty conditions of field work is fungus attacking the gear. I have heard horror stories of fungus attacking lenses and camera bodies and ruining gear. I understand that this is not a problem if you are not in the environment for much time, but living in it, you are definitely bound to run into trouble. Do you have any tips for protecting gear from fungus?
Again, great videos!
+Jo Rich I suggest putting your camera next to a hot light occasionally. Often filmmakers will build a little box and put the light inside it to dry out the camera. Also, if you happen to have an air conditioner, that'll help dry out the air. You just need to keep it dry every so often. Fungus won't grow in dry conditions.
Heading to Indonesia and every single time something has gone wrong so I bring a backup for everything! This video helped a lot :) Also do you use magic lantern on your dslr??
No, I don't actually use it.
I use Magic Lantern on my 5D Mkii and it's awesome! It adds an intervalometer, powerful bracketing and focus stacking features, handy exposure/composition info on live view, audio/motion triggered shooting and all!
I'm impressed you can carry all that stuff! I just take my compact when travelling (although, it's not my job to get beautiful shots, so...) because in the time it would take me to set up my DSLR, the animal would probably have gone, plus it means I don't have to worry about damaging it/getting mugged.
What do you do when there isn't mains electricity?
Goal Zero! They make great solar chargers that I take with me all the time on outdoor shoots
Well, when they don't have electricity I take a LOT more batteries. Actually, on the Grand Canyon trip we did, the deep canyons don't really allow for solar charging and there definitely isn't any way to charge things up so we brought 26 batteries - all borrowed from +Neil Losin!
MindSponge How long would they take to charge a battery, on average?
tallaganda83 Depends on the battery and how many solar units you have hooked up, but I usually charge a batter in about an hour
Really, thats awesome, im thinking about an A7 series camera, and they have terrible battery life, so plenty of spares + one of those bad boys, all good.
Hello ...greetings & salutations from Belgium..my name is M and planning to make a long trip of 6 months to Thailand and surrounding countries. I want to buy my first dslr for taking pics into the jungle. Wildlife macro photography. All kind of animals and plants. All sort kind of questions are running thru my mind...which camera body to buy?(good secondhand also an option)..want to buy a very good macro lens and macro flash. A lens for shooting snakes from a save distance of course (tele?) and a fish eye. Could you help me with your advice so I will make a good choice for my starter kit? And what is your experience with a bridge camera? Instead of taking 5kg of equipment just one camera. Love your work and it inspires me to learn as much as I can. Thank you
Hey John Doe ... :) I have a few of my items in this kit: kit.com/UntamedScience
Now Im hoping I can go to the rainforest so I can use all this advice
:) Also bring super glue. I totally forgot that piece of advice, but it saved me a when my mic broke.
Rob Nelson Films Super glue also works great for cuts, so its multi-useful
MindSponge I think you need a video on superglue!
Rob Nelson Films I'll start working on that
Id love to get into it a bit, but bloody hell that much gear would sure stuff your trip, if i was a pro it would be okay, but i just want to make videos while i travel that are above average, but without having to carry 100kgs, i need to find the ballance between enough gear to get what i want done, while, not so much that it becomes a burden.
tallaganda83 - I 100 believe with you. Take one camera and make the best out of what you have. I'll make some videos on that in the future.
In saying all this though id really love to get a drone to film with lol, maybe you could make a video about improvised sliders etc, or some lightweight folding ones or something.
Hi ! I will be in the jungle next month for one year, in the pacaya samiria reserve in peru. I have to make a documentary for my NGO, but I am not a proffessionnal. Could you tell us if our staff is Ok or if we absolutely need something else :
- Panasonic lumix G80 + 14-140 mm 3.5-5.6 + Leica 25mm 1.4 + 5 batteries + solar charger + 3 charger + Manfrotto live video tripode + filters Nd/ CPL / graduated ND + raincover.
- turnspro timelapse.
- 300Go memory cards.
- DJI Mavic pro drone combo.
- Microphone one go + windcover and a Zoom H4n + windcover
We are thinking about microphone for interwiew (micro cravate) but we don't have a lot of money left.
Then do you have
Yeah, that sounds great. Do you have ability to charge batteries? If not, bring more! That's probably the only thing that's different as you're filmming in remote places!
Hey! Looks like your message got cut short there. The equipment you are bringing will take you far. Now, as long as you can charge your batteries when you need to, it is all a matter of how you use it. One thing we could recommend bringing if you have some funding left is a wireless microphone. Couldn't figure out if had that already. I Zoom or shotgun microphone will be great for many/most instances but if you want to follow someone around in the rainforest and they are turning away a lot to show things it could be good to always have a microphone on them. there are of course a whole bunch of gear you can bring but it all comes down to budget, how much you CAN bring, what you think you will be able to use, what shots you are hoping to get, etc. Also remember that it can be pretty dark in the rainforest so make sure you have some ok lights. Good luck, I am really jealous you will get to spend all that time there! - Jonas
holy f***ing shit ! did you just put brazilian wandering spider on your palm 0:20 ???? that's like world's most venomous spider... !!
Yeah. But in the grand scheme it's not terrible. Only has a 10% mortality rate if untreated. ;)
you sir have giant balls