Equipment & Facilities

Barrett Media prefers to utilise quality equipment in order to have the most reliable tools for the job at hand. Below is a list of what we currently use in our productions.

Video Camera Equipment:
Canon XL1s MiniDV SD Digital Video Camera
XL Standard 16X Zoom Lens
XL 3X Wide Angle Lens
6" Widescreen LCD Preview Screen
Sony MiniDV and DVCAM stock

Still Camera Equipment:
Olympus E-300 Digital SLR
18-55mm Olympus Wide Angle Lens
Compact Flash cards

Audio Equipment:
Sony Wireless Lapel Microphone
Sony MiniDisc Recorder
Articulated Mic Boom Pole
Rifle Mic in shock mount
XLR Audio Adapter (suits XL1s)
MiniDisc Stock
Sony Professional Production Headphones

Lighting & Support:
Miller DS10-828 Two Stage Tripod
Manfrotto Basic Camera Dolly
800w Red-Head Lights
2.5m Light Stands
110cm 5 in 1 Reflector Discs
3m High Backdrop Stand
3 x 6m Green Screen Chroma key Backdrop
3 x 6m White Infinity screen backdrop
Numerous lighting gels

Editing Equipment:
Sony DSR-11 DVCAM VTR Deck
Custom Built editing PC with approximately 77 hours of full res DV storage
RAID Mirror backup on project drives
2 x 20" Samsung LCD Computer Displays
Rack mounted removable/swappable hard drive storage
Canon Scanner and Printer with DVD printing facility
Bulk Laser Printer
Adobe Creative Suite Production Studio Premium Software

Reference Library:
Over 1,500 DVD discs including Films, TV Shows, Shorts and Documentaries spanning multiple genres and time periods. Numerous Australian trade magazines and international publications as well as several books on the various components of film and video production and new media design.