Our Capabilities

We realize the following list may be more information than you'd ever want to know, and maybe even a bit nerdy, but every so often we come across a client who is truly interested in what equipment and software we use — and we admit, it feels good to brag. After all, we have invested mucho dinero in our equipment to give our clients the best possible product, so what's the harm in showing it off?

Equipment

The following is a list of the equipment we use to film and design.

Professional DSLR Still Cameras

  • Two Canon EOS 5D Mark II 21 MP professional DSLRs
  • Canon EOS 5D 12.8 MP professional DSLR

Studio Equipment

  • Two Wireless Light Kits with 42" umbrella diffusers for studio/location shoots
  • 580EX and 580EX II Flash Units with diffusers for on location shoots
  • StroboFrame Flash Bracket for more natural (off-camera) lighting
  • Ring Light
  • Reflectors
  • Tripods

Camera Lenses

  • Canon EF 70-200 f/2.8L IS USM
    (Incredible range and depth of field. Creates very dreamy looking portraits and beautiful landscapes.)
  • Canon EF 50mm f/1.2 L USM
    (Extremely fast lens. We can shoot with this bad boy in nearly total darkness.)
  • Tamron AF28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di LD
    (Very nice soft look for close up portraits. A real work horse.)
  • Tamron AF17-50mm f/2.8 XR Di II
    (Great wide angle lens.)

Professional Audio/Video

  • Two Sony NXCAM HXR-NX5U 3CMOS professional HD camcorders
  • Sony HDR-CX150 HD handycam
  • Sennheiser professional wireless microphone system
  • Two Heavy Duty Manfrotto Tripods with fluid head for smooth movements
  • Two Tripod LANC controllers for easy and professional zooming

Computers

  • PC 1
    • Intel i7 Quad Core
    • 6GB PC3200 DDR SDRAM
    • 6TB internal hard disk space
    • nVidia GeForce GTX-260 video
  • PC 2
    • Intel Core2 Duo
    • 2GB PC3200 DDR SDRAM
    • 3TB internal hard disk space
    • nVidia GeForce 8900GTS video

Software

The following is a list of all the applications we use, organized by category.

Print Design

  • Adobe Creative Suite 5.0:
    • Photoshop CS5
    • InDesign CS5
    • Illustrator CS5
    • ImageReady CS5
    • Adobe Acrobat CS5

Web Design

  • Adobe Creative Suite 5.0:
    • Dreamweaver CS5
    • Flash CS5
    • Photoshop CS5
    • Illustrator CS5
  • Technologies:
    • XHTML 1.x (W3C compliant)
    • CSS 3.x
    • PHP 4.x/5.x
    • MySQL/SQL
    • Apache Server
    • JavaScript (JQuery Framework)
  • Test Browsers:
    • Mozilla Firefox 3.x for PC and Mac OSX
    • MSIE 8.x for PC
    • MSIE 7.x for PC
    • MSIE 6.x for PC
    • MSIE 5.x for Mac OSX
    • Opera 9.x for PC
    • Safari for Mac OSX

Videography

  • Adobe Premiere Pro CS5
  • Adobe AfterEffects CS5
  • Adobe Soundbooth CS5

DVD Authoring

  • Adobe Encore CS5
  • Blu-Ray and Standard DVD discs

Animation

  • 3D Studio Max 9
  • Adobe Flash CS5