Equipment budget

The full studio kit for ADR-0037-shaped shoot days, priced as low / typical / high street estimates. Tick what the studio already owns and the shopping-list totals move live.

Still to buy (typical)

$32,870

low $26,400 · typical $32,870 · high $40,410

Owned — replacement value (typical)

0 of 34 items · the number an insurance schedule wants

Price basis

These checkboxes are a planning scratchpad, stored in this browser only. The durable record of what the studio owns is the checked-in OWNED_EQUIPMENT set in packages/crew — update it there and every derivation in the repo moves. Prices are street estimates as of 2026-08-15; verify on the day a card is charged.

Camera

still to buy: $5,700

Sony a7 IV (A-cam, hybrid stills/video)$2,500primary stills + 4K video body
Sony FX30 (B-cam, video)$1,800locked-off second angle for dance/driving clips
Sony a6700 (backup body)$1,400a shoot day must not die with one body

Lens

still to buy: $5,350

24-70mm f/2.8 GM II$2,300the workhorse zoom — most of the dataset's framing targets
85mm f/1.8$600face/close-up requirement rows
35mm f/1.8$750full-body + environment rows in tight spaces
70-200mm f/4$1,700compression looks, candid distance work

Audio

still to buy: $1,250

Rode Wireless Pro 2-ch kit$400voice capture for @loralicious/voice sessions (32-bit float safety)
Rode NTG5 shotgun + boom$550room/interview capture; backup to wireless
Zoom H6 Essential recorder$300independent audio track — camera audio is never the only copy

Workstation

still to buy: $5,160

Editing/ingest workstation$4,200on-site ingest, culling, dataset prep (sd ingest/rank at the shoot)
27" color-accurate monitor$800review at the shoot — ADR-0050's gates are judged on this screen
Tether kit (cables + table)$160stills land on the workstation as they are shot

Media

still to buy: $1,300

CFexpress/SD card set$600two days of dual-slot recording without reuse
4TB portable SSD×2$700same-day offload copies — the 3-2-1 rule's second copy

NAS

still to buy: $3,500

8-bay NAS (Synology-class)$1,100the studio system of record until B2 sync; workspace masters live here
16TB NAS drive×8$2,400RAID-6 pool for masters + payloads

Light

still to buy: $4,000

600W COB key light (Aputure 600d class)$1,600key — daylight-punch through modifiers
300W COB (fill/rim)×2$1,500fill and hair/rim for the light-variety rows
Softbox/umbrella modifier set$500the soft looks; hard/soft variety is a dataset axis
RGB tube pair (PavoTube class)$400neon/party looks — the low-light `enhancing` rows

Backdrop

still to buy: $750

Seamless paper (4 colors) + stand$450clean studio rows; recoverable plates for compositing
Muslin/fabric backdrop set$300texture variety without location moves

Grip

still to buy: $1,310

C-stand with arm×4$600lights, flags, and everything else that must not fall on talent
Sandbag set (8)$180every stand gets one; insurance is cheaper by the bag
Flag/scrim/clamp kit$350negative fill and spill control
Apple box set$180posing heights, camera risers, a hundred uses

Support

still to buy: $2,900

Video tripod + fluid head$700locked and panning video rows
Stills tripod + ball head$400tethered framing-consistency work
Motorized slider / mini-dolly$900parallax moves for the video variety rows
Gimbal (DJI RS4 Pro class)$900walking/following shots — the dance capture rig

Power & misc

still to buy: $1,650

V-mount batteries + camera battery fleet$800a day of untethered light and camera power
Gaffer/consumables restock$150tape, clips, ties — per-shoot burn
Cases + equipment cart$700hotel-to-location moves without damage