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The Sony Gear Behind Our Cairns Video and Photo Team

Close-up of a Sony FE 14mm f1.8 GM lens with more of the Bang Media camera kit behind it
Laraya Biermann
Lead Content Specialist

Search for a videographer in Cairns who shoots Sony and it is hard to tell who actually runs a professional kit and who is winging it on a kit lens. So here is the honest answer, laid out in full.

Bang Media is a Cairns video and photography team, and we shoot the Sony ecosystem end to end: cinema-line and full-frame bodies, fast Tamron and Sony G Master glass, Zeiss primes and a full Aputure lighting setup. This is the exact gear our crew takes on location around Cairns and Far North Queensland, and into the studio.

Everything is shot in 4K, 4:2:2 10-bit, S-Log3

Every frame we capture is recorded in 4K at 4:2:2 10-bit in S-Log3. In plain English, that is far more colour information and dynamic range than the 8-bit footage most cameras and phones produce. It means skin tones stay natural, bright Far North skies do not blow out, and the footage holds together when we grade it. It also future-proofs your content, because a 4K master can be reframed, cropped and repurposed for social for years without falling apart.

The Sony cameras we shoot on

Two cinema-line bodies for the bigger productions, and a set of full-frame hybrids for run-and-gun, documentary and stills work:

  • Sony FX6
  • Sony FX3
  • Sony a7S III
  • Sony a7 IV
  • Sony a7R IV

Running one system from top to bottom means our colour matches across every camera on a shoot, whether it is an FX6 on a gimbal or an a7 IV grabbing cutaways. It is also why, when someone asks for a Cairns videographer who shoots Sony, we can bring the right body for the job rather than forcing one camera to do everything.

The lenses

From wide interiors and landscapes through to compressed portrait work and a probe lens for extreme macro, we carry glass for every kind of shot:

  • Tamron 28-75mm f2.8
  • Tamron 35-150mm f2.0
  • Tamron 50-300mm f4
  • Tamron 70-180mm f2.8
  • Sony 70-200mm f2.8
  • Sony 24-105mm f4
  • Sony 16-35mm f2.8
  • Zeiss 85mm f1.8
  • Zeiss 55mm f1.8
  • Zeiss 35mm f1.8
  • Laowa Probe macro lens

The lighting

Aputure across the board, so we can light anything from a single-person corporate interview to a full product set or a moving on-location scene:

  • Aputure 600D Mk II
  • Aputure 300D Mk II
  • Aputure 120D Mk II
  • Aputure RGBW lights
  • Aputure light sticks

Work with a Cairns Sony video and photo team

Gear does not make the film, the people do. But a proper kit means we can walk onto any job, in any light, and capture it the way it deserves to be captured, then finish it in a grade that a 10-bit S-Log3 workflow actually supports.

If you are looking for a Cairns videographer or photographer who shoots Sony, take a look at our video production and photography work, or get in touch to talk through your project.

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