The Red One camera goes beyond just being innovative.

It’s revolutionary in its ability to match unrivalled high-definition picture quality and resolution with a fast, tapeless workflow, flexibility and superb value for money. Recording at up to 4 times the resolution of comparable high-definition (HD) camera technology, the Red One camera offers compelling picture quality at a highly affordable cost.

With a 35mm motion picture-sized imaging sensor and utilizing PL mount prime & zoom lenses, it offers the ability to create a high-end ‘film’ look– think optically crisp, vivid colour & tonally rich images, with a cine style ‘depth of field’ and exposure latitude, unknown in conventional video cameras. Putting it perhaps more simply, it produces pictures that just look stunning.

We offer highly comprehensive RED Camera kits, including a wide range of third-party accessories, lenses, grip and support equipment. And with extensive, proven experience across features, commercials, promos & broadcast projects, we are the reliable choice for your RED Camera hire requirements.

The EX3 takes low-cost, high definition production one step further from existing lightweight HD camcorders, such as the Z1 and EX1.

Featuring an ½” interchangeable lense mount, the EX3 permits the use of a range of high-end broadcast lenses, ranging from wide-angle zooms to large ‘box’ type lenses – it’s no longer limited by the use of a fixed, built in lens. What’s more, it records onto solid-state media in XDCAM HD format, providing the benefits of faster post-production workflows and offering far-superior picture quality than the HDV format.

Other great features include variable frame rate recording (great for time-lapse & slow-motion), the ability to record in 720 & 1080 HD formats as well as an integrated shoulder mount, making it perfect for handheld shooting. All in all the EX3 provides a great all-rounder, making it the ideal, cost-effective solution for your day-to-day production needs.

We offer highly comprehensive Sony EX3 camera kits, including a wide range of accessories, lenses, grip and support equipment. And with extensive, proven experience across broadcast television, commercials,
promos & corporate projects, we are the reliable choice for your XDCAM camera hire requirements.

A word if we may…

When we quietly launched Shoot Blue in 2008, as the UK’s first all tapeless and fully HD camera hire facility, we were keenly aware that the landscape of production technology was fast changing, as the areas of film, video and photography were set on a collision course.

Today, as that convergence continues at even greater pace, we continue to invest in the latest and most practical solutions, giving you an ever greater choice of tools to work with. Whether you are looking to hire equipment for feature production, broadcast television, commercials, corporate or music videos, you’ll find that we offer a complete, all round service to suit your production requirements.

But besides having the most up-to-date and highly maintained hire equipment, our key investment is in providing an excellent, bespoke service for our clients. Complex logistics, last-minute, late-night hires, workflow advice… that one-of-a-kind macro lens…? The word ‘no’ is something avoid using.

Thanks for taking the time to look at our site. And please do get in touch to discuss your next project, however big, small or seemingly difficult. We like the challenge.

We look forward to hearing from you.

The Shoot Blue Team