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New equipment arrives

Sony has finally brought us the product weve all been waiting for. These cameras record onto memory based SxS cards and are capable of recording 59.94i, 50i, and native 23.98P, as well being 1080i/720P switchable. They also carry the legendary CineAlta 24P brand.

We will supplying the following as a kit.

  • Sony PMW EX1
  • Sony wide angle lens
  • Sennheiser ME66 mic
  • Vinten Pro 6 tripod
  • Headphones
  • Raincover
  • 2 x 16GB SxS cards

Some of the benefits of this camcorder are. 

  • No time lost to tape loading
  • Small, high capacity recording media offering over 2 hours of continuous HD content across 2 x 16GB cards.
  • Thumbnail images representing key scenes can be browsed and instantly accessed using on-camera colour screen
  • Large ½ inch sensors for excellent sensitivity and depth of field characteristics
  • Full 1080 x 1920 effective pixels  
  • 14x Fujinon Professional HD lens
  • Unique focus operation offering full manual focus with absolute focus operation similar to the lens focus on an interchangeable lens or manual/auto focus operation as per standard handheld cameras
  • AutoFocus Assist ensuring focus position can be altered
  • Manual Focus Assist to ensure optimum focus at all times  
  • Slow and Quick motion offers a range of frame rates produced within the camera and available for instant review in the field
  • New shutter setting emulates filmic operation
  • Cine Gamma curves offer further filmic options for production
  • Frame and Interval recording offers further creative scope for animation and extremely quick motion effects
  • Slow Shutter for clear images in low-light environments

 

Call us today to book it for your next shoot.

 
Posted on Thursday, 10 April 2008

Credit where credit's due I stumbled across a really usefull document on a suppliers website the other day...
Posted on Monday, 16 June 2008
We have been asked recently what the flight restrictions are for flying with Lithium Ion batteries, particularly to the US.
Posted on Monday, 16 June 2008


Well you cant fight it, Sony aren't manufacturing CRT monitors anymore so we have brought the new Sony LMD 2050's.
The new LMD-2050W is an elegant 20-inch widescreen LCD monitor designed for demanding broadcast and professional applications.

Posted on Wednesday, 28 May 2008


We have just got in the new Panasonic BT-LH80WE 7.9inch Multi-Format HD / SD monitor with integral waveform display and focus assist

Posted on Friday, 23 May 2008

We have a position available for a delivery driver based out of our London office. click the link for more information.

Posted on Friday, 23 May 2008

We have just received our first batch of the eagerly awaited Sony PDW 700 tape-less camcorders. 

Some of the features it has are:

2/3" B4 lens mount
3 x 2.2MP CCD Sensors
4:2:2 Colour sampling
50Mb/s MPEG HD Codec
Full HD 1920 x 1080 recording
HD / SD Switchable
Low cost, archivable 50GB media

 

Posted on Thursday, 15 May 2008

A few weeks back Andy at our Brighton office supplied XDCAM HD kit for an exciting video production company called Bright Media.

Posted on Tuesday, 15 April 2008
We received our first batch of EX1's today bit of a milestone I suppose being the first solid state camera's available to hire from us!
Posted on Thursday, 10 April 2008

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Posted on Wednesday, 9 April 2008
We wanted to be able to talk more freely about our passion for the broadcast equipment industry and Promotion Hire's plans so this is our forum. We hope you find it interesting...
Posted on Saturday, 5 April 2008

Pro Motion Hire is a leading broadcast hire company based in London & Brighton in the UK. We specialise in supplying dry hire equipment from manufacturers such as Sony, Panasonic, Sacthler, Arri & Film Gear. Our customer base stretches far afield from broadcasters through to production company's. Should you require high definition camera kits then we are the right hire company for you. We have the following formats readily available at extremely competitive rates, XDCAM, XDCAM HD, HDCAM, HDV. We also have a huge range of standard definition equipment including Digibeta & DVCAM.

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