Fieldwork hardware

Audio

Hardware: ordinary point/shoot camera, or smart phone will record some audio (badly). A Zoom or equivalent solid state recorder is advisable. Recording direct to laptop is sometimes workable. You can also borrow a Minidisc recorder from the CCE. Consider also: microphones of various types, binaural recording, wireless, mixer, boom, stands, windscreen/dead cat....

Recorders

Types:

• Zoom
• Lavelier
• Sound Devices 722
• Tascam
• Smartphone

Mics

• Shotgun
• Wide
• Lavelier
• Audio Technica AT-825 stereo mic.

Image

Hardware: ordinary point/shoot camera, or smart phone. Or: SLR, DSLR. Video cameras will typically take pictures too. You can also borrow my mechanical Pentax to explore all the parameters of still photography. Consider also: 3D photography, 360 degree photography,

• DSLR
• Point and shoot
• 360 camera
• Light field
• Wearable
• Throwable
• Drone-borne
• 3D
• Smartphone

Video

Hardware: ordinary point/shoot camera, or smart phone; Zoom or equivalent; consumer-level video camera. You can also borrow a Hi8 camera from the CCE. Most still cameras now take decent video, though the audio may suffer; a DSLR will shoot very sharp images. But length may be limited as compared to a dedicated video camera. Consider also: go pro, drone, tripod, monopod, microphone, steadicam, extra flash memory and batteries, lens cleaning, bag

Recorders

• Camcorder
• DSLR
• Wearable (Go pro, e.g.)
• 360
  • https://virb.garmin.com/en-US/
• Livestreaming
  • https://getmevo.com
• 3D (double lens)
• High speed video (good for understanding musical technique!)
• Drone-borne
• Smartphone

Text

• Smartpen

GPS

• Garmin
• Smartphone

Computers

• Traditional laptop
• Surface
• iPad
• Smartphone

Communications

• Smartphone
• Satellite phone (can be bundled with GPS)