Initial unpacking… wow, we were like kids in a candy store!

All of these boxes came today.. and this isn’t everything.

The camera.. the fabled Panasonic HMC150.. we’ve spotted it…

Untouched.

It’s so unexpectedly lightweight – I can feel the power!

Bogen/Manfrotto tripod (sticks) with 503HDV fluid head

Yay, K-Tek 110CCR boompole! (This is what the Sennheiser will be mounted onto so it’ll look like one of those microphones you notoriously know the image of from Hollywood sets, with that grey blimp on top and the sound guy with the headphones on.)

LaCie hard drives to store our footage; Trascend 16GB SDHC 6 Class flash memory to record onto from camera (goodbye tapes, hello solid-state!)

Sennheiser 416 Short Shotgun Mic; AKG CK93 Hypercardiod Mic plus SE300B power; some XLRs cables for good measure!

Wow… this is incredible. This whole weekend will be dedicated to getting used to the equipment and workflow.

More later! (And more equipment tomorrow!)

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