Humping Gear at the Consumer Electronics Show

By Geek News Central | December 7, 2006

This year I have been taking inventory of all the stuff I am going to have to hump at CES and I am trying to figure out a way to minimize my load. My HD Video Camera is on the small side in regards to size but it still has a shotgun microphone and a wireless received mounted on it along with an arm for a light I am debating if I should take a mono-pod or a regular tripod. The weight is about the same. Knowing how crowded it is I am leaning towards a mono pod.

For audio interviews I will have a Marantz PMD-660 running in a single microphone configuration. I will have some of those long and narrow reporters notebooks those really proved essential last year as they can go in a back pocket. My thoughts were that I would buy one of those Photographers vest to stash all the batteries, tapes and essentials. Including stashing the audio recorder. I really don’t want to have to carry a camera bag but I don’t think I will want to just have the camcorder hanging on my arm all day.

I have a nice Kata bag now and I see they have some little trolleys that you can use. This would allow me to roll the camera around pull it when needed to just keep from killing myself. If you have any ideas on how to minimize the wear and tear would love to here it.

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