Equipment

SVS has been going since 1998 as a company and is located in Harlow in the county of Essex UK. My background is an Electronics Engineer mainly from the Radar Installation & Commissioning side. I have been taking photographs, Filming and Videoing since 1978. Not convinced see what previous clients say...
Like most things, this all started as something for friends and relatives and grew into things much bigger. This was in the early 80's, a small cottage industry, getting ready to mushroom into a much bigger market for anyone with a video camera. A lot of very poor videos were produced, as have a go people thought it was a way to make some quick money, without any really thought to the production values and quality for the client. This gave the industry a bad name and the cost varied immensely with no link to quality. However in in about the mid 90's the market settled, people realised it was not the quick earner they thought, and left the field to the true professionals. In the last few years the industry has moved on and the production tools available to the videographer has improved no end. There are however, still some poor quality out there so it always worth seeing their work before parting with your money. When I started cameras and recorders were two separate units that were heavy and used a lot of battery power. They also required a fair bit of light to see what was happening in the church, as then and now they don't let you use lights in churches (well not where I live anyway).
The equipment used at present is Digital for camera work and editing, while the finished DVD is supplied in a handsome case for home viewing. There is a lot of other editing equipment as well, like Minidisks, audio mixers, vision mixers, graphic equaliser, compact disk player, monitors, S-VHS players / recorders and various other units, that all in go into making a high quality wedding video.
Some of the equipment that is used to capture and edit the footage.







History... (Awards) September 2007 Sony HVR-1AE HD Second camcorder and spare September 2007 additional two pairs of Sennhieser radio microphones EW100 September 2008 Sony Vegas 8 Pro May 2007 Nikon D40X April 2005 JVC GY DV5000 Digital Camera April 2005 Vegas 6 Upgrade editing software April 2005 Remote zoom Libec ZC-9 PRO April 2005 Manfrotto Tripod 503/525 April 2005 Microphone Rode NTG-2 April 2005 Camera JVC GY DV5000 January 2005 S-Media additional MP3 HD recorder. November 2004 4 Mega Pixel Camera September 2004 2 x 17inch LCD monitors May 2004 Upgrade to Vegas 5 and DVD-A September 2003 use Xclef MT500 mp3 Recorder May 2003 Start to use Vegas 4 NLE. June 2003 Passed IOV assessment can now have letters after my name. M.M.inst V. (www.iov.co.uk) June 2001 Avio added as spare machine and for commercial work. April 2001 Panasonic DV10000B Digital VCR (retired April 2006) February 2001 Sony Trv20 added as second and backup camera. January 2001 DVD option added September 2000Software for the Casablanca upgraded to V3.10 September 2000 purchased Radio Microphones. April 2000 Sennheiser MKE300 directional microphone purchased Oct 29th 1999 NLE Casablanca acquired. Manfrotto Tripod added to my collection, 501 head 31st July 1999, Sony VX9000EDigital Camera now purchased ready for use next year in weddings. (Tapes are £30 each ouch!!)


I also give a couple of lessons a year on camcorders for the beginner and more advanced stuff for students at the Adult Education classes. Next course's, check this site for availability. http://www.nweacc.ac.uk/