 | Canon DM-XL2 Professional MiniDV Camcorder (20x Optical Zoom, XL 5.4-108mm L IS Lens)
Buy new: £3,899.99 / Used from: £2,500.00 All the advantages of the XL1 plus it has progressive scan.
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| Konig Heavy Duty Professional Video Camera Tripod with Pro Fluid Head
Buy new: £112.99 A sturdy tripod with smooth head motion is essential, Manfrotto make a good range aswell.
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 | Tripod Dolly for Professional Camera/Video/Lighting Very High Quality
Buy new: £23.60 A simple Dolly but it will give you more options
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 | 3x wide angle zoom lens for Canon XL-1/XL-1S
Buy new: £711.95 / Used from: £550.00 Wide angle, gives you more options and helps you out of tight angles.
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 | Canon BP945 Battery Pack for XL1, XL1S, XM1, XM2
Buy new: £99.87 Heavy duty battery, having a couple charged up with mean you always have a backup on location.
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 | Canon FS72U 72mm Filter Set for XL1 and XL1S
Buy new: £118.29 Filters are great for improving the look of your film or just protecting your lens from damage.
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 | LINDY 6m XLR Cable - Male to Female Black
Buy new: £6.54 a decent length of XLR Cable.
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 | RODE NTG2 MICROPHONE KIT WITH BOOMPOLE
Buy new: £284.00 Rode NTG2 mic is the best around in the prosumer field, and the shockmount and deadcat are essentials
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 | IANIRO REDHEAD VARIBEAM LIGHT KIT1 (DRIVE)
Buy new: £976.35 3 Point lighting is essential.
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 | Ex-Pro 5 -in- 1 Photographic Light Reflector - 23" (58cm) Silver, Gold, Black, White & Translucent, Collapsible.
Buy new: £15.97 reflector boards are great way to light people, particularly on location
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 | ABC Products Canon Firewire CV250F 4-6pin 4-6 pin DV IFC-200D4 iLink Cable Lead for ZR, ZR10, ZR20, ZR40, ZR60, ZR25MC, ZR30MC, ZR40MC, ZR45MC, ZR50MC, ZR60MC, ZR65MC, ZR70MC, Elura Series, Elura 2, Elura 10, Elura 50, Elura 2MC, Elura 20MC, Elura 40MC, Optura Series, Optura Pi, Optura 100MC, Optura 200MC, XL Series, XL1S, XL1, XL2, GL Series, GL1, GL2, Ultura, Vistura, XM1, XM2 Camcorder etc
Buy new: £0.99 Firewire is the best means of getting footage off DV, i'd recommend getting a cheap camera to digitise from thus saving the heads of your man camera.
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 | BNC PLUG TO BNC PLUG CABLE 5M
Buy new: £4.99 BNC the best cable, essential so you can stream footage out to a monitor
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 | Adaptor BNC socket to RCA plug
Buy new: £3.44 BNC to Phono
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 | USB VIDEO/AUDIO CAPTURE DEVICE
Buy new: £16.99 This simple bit of kit allows you to stream live to a laptop, so you can use it as a monitor or as a live feed.
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 | Acer Aspire 7720G 17-inch Laptop, Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 2.0GHz, 2GB RAM, 320GB HDD, GeForce 8400M Graphics
Buy used from: £515.99 Any good quality PC will do, but a laptop gives you portability
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 | Western Digital My Book Essential Edition 1TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive
Buy new: £172.30 / Used from: £93.99 A large external HDD is a must not only does it allow you to store large quantities of footage, but also to move them easily between computers.
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 | Adobe CS4 Master Collection (PC)
Buy new: £2,409.97 This is a bit of a cheat on my part, You absolutely need Premiere. After Effects, Audition Encore and Photoshop are also extremely useful
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 | UKayed Dry Erase Mini White Board With Pen
Buy new: £2.99 The modern Clapper board, just writing up the scene and shot can save the editor alot of time.
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 | Sony MZRH1B.EU8 Hi-MD Digital Audio Player and Recorder
Buy new: £198.87 Not essential but if you need to record sound seperate from your video a good choice.
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 | Sony 10 Pack 60 min DVM Premium
Buy new: £14.02 Tapes to record on
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 | Sennheiser HD201 Closed Back Headphones
Buy new: £14.06 a decent pair of sound cancelling headphones is essential to check your sound on location and when editing.
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 | ULTRATAPE UT1008RHINO 50mm 10MTR MULTIPURPOSE GAFFER TAPE BLACK
Buy new: £6.32 Tape the hallowed quick fix of many a problem. Also good for Marks.
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 | LEATHERMAN SKELETOOL
this tool is the solution to ever problem
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