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With NVD, you never pay for more than what you need. Choose your crew size, time required and shooting format. And yes, we do 1-man band shoots all the time. Call Chicago’s video production pros, and get the right camera crew for you!

Betacam SP
Full-Day / 2-Man ................................................................................. $1350
Full-Day / 1-Man ................................................................................. $1000
Half-Day / 2-Man ................................................................................. $1000
Half-Day / 1-Man ................................................................................. $ 750
Sony PVW-D30WS Betacam SP camcorder (Sony DXC-30WS camera & Sony PVV-3 back) with Clear Scan, skin detail, custom file settings & Fujinon 20x1 lens. Switchable to 16:9 aspect ratio for wide screen recording. Sony color playback adapter. Prices include everything at bottom of page.
 
DVCAM
Full-Day / 2-Man ................................................................................. $1350
Full-Day / 1-Man ................................................................................. $1000
Half-Day / 2-Man ................................................................................. $1000
Half-Day / 1-Man ................................................................................. $ 750
Sony DSR-130WS DVCAM digital camcorder (Sony DXC-30WS camera & Sony DSR-1 back) with Clear Scan, skin detail, "Cliplink" function, custom file settings & Fujinon 20x1 lens.  Accepts full-size DVCAM tapes (up to 184 minutes of continuous recording).  Switchable to 16:9 aspect ratio for wide screen recording. Prices include everything at bottom of page.
 
HDV
Full-Day / 2-Man ................................................................................. $1250
Full-Day / 1-Man ................................................................................. $ 900
Half-Day / 2-Man ................................................................................. $ 900
Half-Day / 1-Man ................................................................................. $ 650
Sony HVR-Z1U High Definition 3CCD digital video camcorder with variable frame rates (60i, 50i, 30, 25 and 24), built-in HD to SD down-conversion playback and 12x1 Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T lens. Switchable between HDV, DVCAM and mini-DV in 16:9 or 4:3 aspect ratios. Prices include everything at bottom of page.

New HD camera coming soon!

All camera packages include...
Sony 8" color monitor, Sachtler 18II tripod, 3 light kits including 2 Arri 650 fresnels, 2 Arri 300 fresnels, 2 Arri 150 fresnels, 3 Strand Century 1K "redheads", 2 Lowel Totalights, Anton Bauer Ultralight, Dedolight pattern projection system with focusing lens & wide assortment of gobos, 2 Chimera video pro lightbanks with Lighworks grids, Lowel 1K dimmer with 4 memories and flicker control, 2 10' x 22' muslin backdops, TubeTape 9' x 12' & Wolcott 6' x 7' blue screens, 2 HKS 6' x 9' green screens, Tiffen Series 9 filter set, Anton Bauer & IDX batteries and chargers, Sanken COS-11 and Sony ECM-77B lavalier mics, Shure SM-58 and Beyer M-58 handheld mics, Crown PZM-6D contact mics, Sanken CS-3 shotgun mic, AT 815 & 835 shotgun mics, 2 Lectrosonics frequency-agile diversity wireless systems, K-Tek fishpole, Shure FP33 stereo field mixer, Zoom H2 portable SD audio recorder, Motorola 2-way radio set, full grip kit with C-stands, sandbags, clamps, gels, flags, nets & diffusion.
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