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== Renting equipment == | == Renting equipment == | ||
It might be worth thinking about covering the costs of renting equipment for specific activities - for example, [http://calumetrental.co.uk/ Calumet] offer a lot of photography equipment to rent. I suspect it's better to do this via microgrants rather than having a standard offer, though - particularly as the costs mean that this is mostly best suited to bespoke equipment that won't have regular usage (e.g. Calumet quote £66/day for use of a Canon 60D, which is only cost-effective if it doesn't need to be used for more than ~10 days). I'm suggesting this because I noticed {{w|Wikipedia:WikiProject London/Wiki takes the Tube}} where WMUK's SLR was booked relatively quickly. Thanks. [[User:Mike Peel|Mike Peel]] ([[User talk:Mike Peel|talk]]) 19:53, 8 November 2013 (UTC) | It might be worth thinking about covering the costs of renting equipment for specific activities - for example, [http://calumetrental.co.uk/ Calumet] offer a lot of photography equipment to rent. I suspect it's better to do this via microgrants rather than having a standard offer, though - particularly as the costs mean that this is mostly best suited to bespoke equipment that won't have regular usage (e.g. Calumet quote £66/day for use of a Canon 60D, which is only cost-effective if it doesn't need to be used for more than ~10 days). I'm suggesting this because I noticed {{w|Wikipedia:WikiProject London/Wiki takes the Tube}} where WMUK's SLR was booked relatively quickly. Thanks. [[User:Mike Peel|Mike Peel]] ([[User talk:Mike Peel|talk]]) 19:53, 8 November 2013 (UTC) | ||
==New Equipment?== | |||
We are looking for input on volunteer equipment. Specifically photography and AV equipment. | |||
Here is a list of current equipment we have: | |||
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Equipment_Loan_Procedure#Multimedia | |||
We’d ideally strive for some kind of balance between quality and quantity, but are not averse to a big ticket item if it will facilitate a specific piece of work. | |||
But ideas suggested to me by volunteers and other Wikimedians so far have been: | |||
More lapel microphones (to record panel events etc) | |||
Shoulder rig | |||
Video light box. | |||
Filters. | |||
Extra batteries and memory cards. | |||
A bigger telephoto lens | |||
A handy audio recorder | |||
A camera drone | |||
A selfie stick | |||
We have a budget of £1000. If as part of the suggestions, people could also look at prices and possible good value vendors, that would be helpful too. | |||
Thanks [[User:Stuart Prior (WMUK)|Stuart Prior (WMUK)]] ([[User talk:Stuart Prior (WMUK)|talk]]) 13:33, 21 July 2016 (BST) | |||
Revision as of 13:33, 21 July 2016
Renting equipment
It might be worth thinking about covering the costs of renting equipment for specific activities - for example, Calumet offer a lot of photography equipment to rent. I suspect it's better to do this via microgrants rather than having a standard offer, though - particularly as the costs mean that this is mostly best suited to bespoke equipment that won't have regular usage (e.g. Calumet quote £66/day for use of a Canon 60D, which is only cost-effective if it doesn't need to be used for more than ~10 days). I'm suggesting this because I noticed Wikipedia:WikiProject London/Wiki takes the Tube where WMUK's SLR was booked relatively quickly. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 19:53, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
New Equipment?
We are looking for input on volunteer equipment. Specifically photography and AV equipment.
Here is a list of current equipment we have:
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Equipment_Loan_Procedure#Multimedia
We’d ideally strive for some kind of balance between quality and quantity, but are not averse to a big ticket item if it will facilitate a specific piece of work. But ideas suggested to me by volunteers and other Wikimedians so far have been:
More lapel microphones (to record panel events etc) Shoulder rig Video light box. Filters. Extra batteries and memory cards. A bigger telephoto lens A handy audio recorder A camera drone A selfie stick
We have a budget of £1000. If as part of the suggestions, people could also look at prices and possible good value vendors, that would be helpful too.
Thanks Stuart Prior (WMUK) (talk) 13:33, 21 July 2016 (BST)