Students, professionals and visiting filmmakers to the Philippines can now avail of Okara Video’s production equipment. We offer only the best in standard definition NTSC camera equipment. In all instances, a production-knowledgeable caretaker will accompany this equipment to production locations. Post-production services include video and audio editing, optical output to DVD, and videotape output to DV, SVHS or regular VHS. Minimum charge per day is 1,500 PHP. Tel. 63-2-567-4351 Cell 63-918-925-1507 See package deals below.
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Production Gear Description Day Rates Weekly Rates (7-days) Canon XL-1S DV camcorder (NTSC): Features three 1/3” CCDs, manual audio recording levels, manual or auto exposures, time-lapse photography, interchangeable lenses, can synchronize with computer screens (no roll bars), 16X standard lens, attached stereo microphone. This camera records only standard definition video. For HDV or full HD video, look for other vendors here in Metro Manila. Php 3,000 15,000 Canon 3X wide-angle zoom lens for the XL-1S DV camera. Provides the widest angle coverage among DV cameras, and is still prized by videographers working in the standard definition format. 1,000 5,000 We have a specialized camera filter called a circular polarizer. This 72 mm filter will darken blue skies and eliminate reflections from glass and water surfaces, to name just a few. Use circular polarizers for auto-focus cameras, as recommended by the camera manufacturers. No charge with camera rental, otherwise, 460 No charge with camera rental, otherwise, 2000 Canon Optura Mini DV Camera: The Optura, Canon’s first-ever mini DV camera, is a good B-Roll unit if you need an extra DV camera to capture matching action from two different angles. It has both a pop-up LCD screen and a traditional optical viewfinder that saves on battery consumption. Amazingly, this unique cam boasts of an amazing 14:1 optical zoom range. Comes with a small, sturdy complimentary Bogen tripod with a non-fluid head. 1,500 (1,000 if rented with the XL-1S) 7,500 (5,000 if rented with the XL-1S) Manfrotto tripod and a Bogen 501 fluid head with detachable camera plate. The tripod legs have spiked feet for rough terrains, rubber boots for interiors and tripod leg spreaders. Fluid head has a gimbaled base to allow leveling camera in any environment. Adjustable aluminum tripod legs lock rock-solid. Last but not least are the silky panning and tilting movements only fluid heads can provide. 500 2,500 Birns and Sawyer production slate, otherwise referred to as a “clapper”. Features eraseable board for shot information. A must-have item even in this digital age. This a no-frills slate that is extremely legible, and boasts of a color scale clapper for evaluation of the color fidelity your camera is recording. This slate is also important for sync’ing up multiple cameras on a shoot. Dry-erase markers supplied. 250 1,250 JVC-TM910SU Color Field Monitor: This  CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) monitor is 9” inches diagonally, and boasts of many professional features such as 4:3 or 16:9 display, calibration tools such as blue check, pulse cross and color off, plus underscan, composite and S-Video (Y/C) inputs and outputs, plus 12 volt DC operation. One caveat: It’s a 120 v AC only device and requires a small step-down transformer for use in the Philippines. 600 3,000 Omnicron 12 volt, 14 amp lead-acid battery belt that is rechargeable without memory effects. This battery is powerful enough to power several devices simultaneously, like the XL-1S camera and the ATW-U101 wireless receiver (see below). The belt employs both CIG and XLR4 type jacks. It has a shoulder harness that makes wearing the belt comfortable. Although it’s a behemoth belt, nothing beats a long-lasting battery for your production when time and money are in short supply. Charger uses 120 v AC power. Step-down transformer supplied. 750 3,750 Audio-Technica AT 4073a Short Condenser Shotgun microphone: This mic requires 48-volt phantom powering (supplied with the mic). The advantage of this microphone is its long-reach of 1-2 meters over actors’ heads. Best for use attached to a micrphone boom for interior locations, but it will work well outdoors with a windscreen attached (supplied). 400 2,000 K-Tek KE-79 Mic Boom Pole: A total of 6 aluminum sections telescope between 1.8 - 6.7 ft. (0.54 - 2.04 m) and will easily store in any standard equipment case. As an aluminum pole, it is significantly more quiet compared with carbon fiber poles that can conduct handling noises. Metal poles also don’t bend as much as carbon fiber poles due the weight of the microphone. 500 2,500 Audio-Technica’s AT 8415 Universal Shockmount is the most popular shockmount in use today. It holds any shotgun mic securely without generating unnecessary noise. Available with or without the mic boom described above. 250 (Free with Mic Boom rental) 1,250 Sign Video XLR-PRO adapter box features switchable XLR mic/line level inputs. This device connects to the camcorder via a mini stereo plug since most camcorders do not have XLR connectors except broadcast quality gear. In stereo mode, this interface can record two separate XLR mic inputs to two camcorder tracks or in mono mode it can record one XLR input onto both camcorder tracks. Device also boasts of a ground adjust switch to eliminate ground noise that sometimes occurs with different cameras. 250 (Free with any camera rental) 1,250 Sony MDR-500 Headphones: Designed for DJs and general audio production, these phones are equivalent in performance to the famed MDR 7506 motion picture production phones, and somewhat less expensive. Either ear phone is able to swival 90 degrees horizontally in order to free up the other ear so you can hear what your director is telling you. Their frequency response is from 10 Hz to 20KHz. These are the best phones you’re likely to use on any production. 200 (Free with any camera rental) 1,000 ATW-U101 Professional UHF diversity wireless mic system: Features a body pack transmitter (left) and a receiver. This great mic system offers 100 user-selectable channels. Supplied with this system is a lavalier microphone, and if you want to patch your transmitter into a mixing board, we supply mic and line level XLR adapters. For the receiver, we also can supply you with 220 volt AC powering, 9-volt rechargeables or powering via the Omnicron battery belt described above. 1,250 6,250 Sennheiser E-825 dynamic microphone: Using a wider cardiod pick up pattern (as opposed to that of shotguns), this mic is great for hand-held uses such as announcing and singing. It also requires no batteries for use. 150 750 Motorola Walkie-Talkies: With up to a 2-mile (3.2 Km) range under unobstructed conditions, and 14-channels to choose from, this pair of devices is indispensible for production communications. Supplied with 3 AA batteries each unit. 500 2,500 StatPower PW 150 Voltage Inverter: This device can be handy if you need to power a 120 volt AC device (drawing a maximum of 150 watts) from a 12 volt DC power source such as the above-mentioned battery belt. Of course, the higher the amperage of the 12 volt DC source, the better the inverter will perform. 300 1,500 Denon DRM555P audio cassette deck: Great for post-production when you have to digitize audio material recorded on cassettes. Also good for creating audio CDs as well. 500 / hour N/A JVC HR-S4800 SVHS Recorder: Surprisingly, there is still a lot of important material around on VHS cassettes. This material can be easily digitized from this deck, and we can output high-quality SVHS video if necessary. 500 / Hour N/A Rosco Cinegels: Okara Video has a collection of lighting gels for almost every need of the videographer from light conversion (converting from Daylight to Tungsten or vice-versa), neutral density gels to reduce light intensity, and diffusion media to soften hard light or specular light sources.  200 1,000 Luminaires: Open-face Quartz-Halogens: Two 500 watt and one 1,000 watt units from Ace or Handyman hardware stores. One collapsible, two-sided shadow-filling reflector, silver and gold textured surfaces. Although these hardware store-quality luminaires are primitive compared with professional tungsten-halogen lamps, these cheap lights are more than adequate for small productions. Their color temperature is around 3200° Kelvin and is compatible with the “tungsten” settings of most camcorders. If the filmmaker desires luminaires of a professional grade, they can be rented from other vendors.   RATE UPDATE: Php 1,500 for all three units, otherwise Php 750 per the 500-watt units and Php 1,000 for 1,000 watt unit. 7,500 Miscellaneous Supplies: Professional gaffers tape, AC extension cords, black wrap, wooden clothes pins for diffusion media, camera head-cleaning tapes, rechargeable 9-volt batteries for wireless gear, extra pairs of headphones and cables. We supply professional gaffers tape free of charge. This is not the cheap, plastic stuff usually found in hardware stores. Aside from this, we have thought deeply about all the things filmmakers need while on the set and have done our best to anticipate most requirements of video production. No Charge with 1-day’s rental or greater. No Charge with a weekly rental or greater. Utility vehicle: Mitsubishi Pajero 4-wheel drive available for rentals. We can go virtually anywhere within Luzon, the Visayas, and some parts of Mindanao on a case-by-case basis. 1,000 5,000

NOTE on reserving dates for your equipment rentals: No reservations can be confirmed without a 20% cash deposit. In the event a customer cancels their reservation, the 20% deposit will be forfeited. Customers must also pay a 30% additional amount to start the rental, with the balance made payable upon completion of the rental period.

Package Deals

#1 Production Camera Package    8,000/Day, 40,000/week

• XL-1S Camera,  Sign Video XLR-PRO adapter box & Sony Headphones
• 3X Wide Angle Lens
• Manfrotto tripod and a Bogen 501 fluid head
• Slate
• JVC-TM910SU Color Field Monitor
• Omnicron 12 volt, 14 amp lead-acid battery belt
• Audio-Technica AT 4073a Short Condenser Shotgun microphone
• K-Tek KE-79 Mic Boom Pole & Audio-Technica’s AT 8415 Universal Shockmount
• ATW-U101 Professional UHF diversity wireless mic system
• Rosco Cinegels
• Luminaires set
• Miscellaneous Supplies

#2 Production Camera Package    6,000/Day, 30,000/week

• XL-1S Camera,  Sign Video XLR-PRO adapter box & Sony Headphones
• 3X Wide Angle Lens
• Manfrotto tripod and a Bogen 501 fluid head
• Slate
• JVC-TM910SU Color Field Monitor
• Omnicron 12 volt, 14 amp lead-acid battery belt
• StatPower PW 150 Voltage Inverter
• Rosco Cinegels
• Miscellaneous Supplies

#3 Production Audio-only Package  3,200 /Day, 16,200 /week

• Sign Video XLR-PRO adapter box & Sony Headphones
• Omnicron 12 volt, 14 amp lead-acid battery belt
• Audio-Technica AT 4073a Short Condenser Shotgun microphone
• K-Tek KE-79 Mic Boom Pole & Audio-Technica’s AT 8415 Universal Shockmount
• ATW-U101 Professional UHF diversity wireless mic system, includes lavalier microphone
• Sennheiser E-825 dynamic microphone
• 2nd Lavalier Microphone plus powering module (wired)
• Miscellaneous Supplies

Editing Rates utilizing Macintosh-based Final Cut Pro editing software

• Digitizing MiniDV video tapes  500/hour
• Editing (labor charge) 930/hour

#1 Editing Package   50 Hours (includes 8 hrs digitizting + 40 hrs editing) Php 40,000

#2 Editing Package   75 Hours (includes 12 hrs digitizing + 63 hrs editing)  55,000

#3 Editing Package   100 Hours (includes 16 hrs digitizing + 84 hrs editing) 75,000

DVD Design & Output Rates utilizing DVD Studio Pro (DVD-5 single layer only)

• Menu & Interactivity design  930/hour
• DVD Output (includes 8-10 hour encoding and burn)  300/hour for first DVD disc
• Additional discs at 1/2 hour each at 150 /disc
• DVD label Desgn and printing 1,000 for the first disc, 200 each for additional discs with a label

#1 Single-Level Menu Package (includes 3-hrs for menu & label design)  6,000

#2 Two-level Menu Package (includes 6-hours for menu & label design) 9,000