I have been poking around on your site for a while and find it most interesting. I shall think of buying you that beer sometime soon

I am based in India and have been looking high and low for – no surprises here – cheap gear. Well, at least until I get obscenely rich and don’t mind paying out in the 1000s for similar gear. In fact, that is how I found filmsensei.com.

I just thought I’ll add a bit on interesting info on your Cine City posts. They will ship anywhere but to India! I did manage to call one of their numbers and speak to someone, who politely said that they wouldn’t take any orders from India. I thought I’d be clever and offered to order outside India and request the items to be shipped to India. That too was a no-no. No orders from or to India.

I guess I’ll have to order and get it shipped to the US and then back to India if I really really need the gear. Of course, this is what we smartasses (actually not that smart, just desperate) usually do – get one of those innumerable techie friends in the US to buy and then bring it over in person.

So, to sum for anyone else reading this:
No orders from or to India. If you’re in India, it is a no go.

Thanks again and lovely stuff by way of information, Mat!

Excellent review of the filmmaking equipments. I’m an aspiring filmmaker myself. I recently bought a SONY HDR SR-10 camcorder. So am looking for the accessories and part that I can add on the camera to get ready for my ametuer shooting. I liked the matte box that you ordered from India. What is the model and specification of that matte box? And how did you contact them. Can you give me their email or phone number? I want to contact them directly.

Thanks for all the information that you post online for FREE. You’re great.

Khampa

Thanks

I’m looking for a reasonable way to rig up our new HDV camcorders but prices of the big names are just way up there!

Have you tried their DOF adapter?

Thanks.

Ervz