Graduate Student Equipment


The equipment listed on this page represents an overview of FDM graduate production equipment. FDM equipment is continually being updated. Currently enrolled FDM graduate students can log into Web Checkout to see a more detailed list of the equipment currently available to them. The Social Documentation (SocDoc) and PhD programs share some equipment while maintaining priority use of other equipment.

Priority use of equipment is denoted in the following manner: * = PhD Student Equipment **= SocDoc


Audio Production Equipment

  • Field Audio Recorders
    • Roland R-26
    • Sound Devices 702 Portable Digital Audio Recorder *
    • Tascam DR-100 Audio Recorder **
    • Tascam DR-40 Audio Recorder **
    • Tascam DR-60D
    • Tascam DR-70D Audio Recorder

Camera Production Equipment

  • DSLR and Mirrorless Cameras
    • Nikon D610 Digital SLR Camera
    • Nikon D800 Digital SLR Camera
    • Sony A711 Mirrorless Camera and Audio Recorder Kit **
    • Sony A7R11 Mirrorless Camera and Audio Recorder Kit *
  • Video Cameras
    • Sony EA50UH Video Camcorder
    • Sony NEX-FS100U Video Camcorder
    • Sony PMW F3 Video Camcorder *
    • Sony PXW FS5 Video Camera **

Lighting Production Equipment

  • Compact-Fluorescent (CF) Lighting Equipment
    • Kino Flo Diva Light 200
    • Kino Flo Diva Lite 200
  • LED Lighting Equipment
    • CN-1200 LED Light Panel
    • Flolight Micro Beam 512 LED Light
    • Genaray 7100T Portable LED
    • Ikan 508AS 3 Light Kit
  • Tungsten Quartz-Halogen Lighting Equipment
    • Arri 3 Light Softbank Kit
    • Lowel 2 Pro Light Kit
    • Lowell Rifa Lite

Microphone Production Equipment

  • Super-Directional “Shotgun” Microphones
    • Neumann KMR81 IMT Super Cardioid Michrophone
    • Rode Blimp w/ Sennheiser K6 ME-66 Super-Directional “Shotgun” Condenser Microphone w/ Gitzo boom pole
    • Sennheiser K6 ME-66 Super-Directional “Shotgun” Condenser Microphone
  • Wireless Microphone/XLR Systems
    • Sennheiser AVX Wireless System
    • Sennheiser EW 100-ENG G3 Wireless System

Support Audio Production Equipment

  • Field Mixers and Adaptors
    • Wendt X4 4-Channel Powered Mixer
  • Microphone-Placement Equipment
    • Boom Poles
    • Microphone Stands

Support Camera Production Equipment

  • External Camera Lenses
    • F3 Lens Kit with 35, 55 & 85mm prime lenses *
    • Nikon -14-24mm 2.8, 35mm 1.4, 50mm 1.270-200mm 2.8
    • Sigma – 17-50mm 2.8
    • Sony – 18-50mm 4.0, 18-200mm 3.5-6.3, 90mm macro 2.8
    • Tokina – 11-20mm 2.8
  • Fluid-Head Tripods
    • Manfrotto 190x Tripod
    • Sachtler Ace Tripod
    • Sachtler FSB4 Tripod
  • Monopods
    • Manfrotto Monopad
  • Photo-Head Tripods
    • Bogen 3001 Tripod
  • Portable Field Monitors (LCD)
    • Marshall 5″ HD LCD Monitor
    • Marshall 7″ HD LCD Monitor

Support Lighting Production Equipment

  • Lighting Control Accessories
    • Wescott “6 in 1” reflectors (1- 30 inch, 2- 42 inch, 1- 52 inch)
Last modified: Sep 10, 2024