My HDSLR travel gear.

When traveling by airplane I always had problems checking my big shoulder-mount XDCAM and my big Miller tripod. With the arrival of small and lightweight HDSLR camcorders, that even deliver better images, I no longer need have these kind of concerns. I can fit everything you see here in a single Burton Zoom backpack.

My travel-by-plane-gear. Click on the image to view in higher resolution.

Of course this kit doesn’t include a professional tripod, my slider, audio-equipment and lighting. But for quick jobs when you are bound to fly somewhere it is perfect in my opinion. When on set our setup looks like this:

Our set rig with the 5D, 7D, Zoom, NTG-3 boom, Miller tripod and two Kinoflo 4Banks.

I don’t have a picture to prove that I fit everything you see on the first picture into my backpack – including the Vocas mattebox and the D-Focus follow focus I got after taking this picture. Just believe me, it works!