All about the accessories!
 

Ok,

Lets see what everybody has in terms of accessories for their cameras.

I will start.

BW circular polarizer
Petrol bag
Manfrotto 503hdv/351mvb2k
Waiting on getting an ipad teleprompter from prompter people

PagLight C6 on-camera hot-shoe mounted light with accompanying battery pack. Super handy and don't regret having bought it.

There's a few other things including my Century Optics matte box worth about $2k which I picked up ex-demo for about $350. Must get around to purchasing some filters for it one day.

Andrew

Living in Ireland, when I got my V1, the first purchase was a Kata CRC-14 rain cover!

Plus B+W UV filter for protection and ND filters for bright sunny days.

opteka fisheye and a porta brace bag. I plan to buy a tripod soon

If it helps, I'm still using my $300ish Manfrotto photography tripod from many years ago. One day I'll stump up the cash for a "proper" video tripod.

Andrew

Century 2X converter, with self-made rail support and Manfrotto sliding plate to balance out on tripod;
Sony LCD sunshade;
Sennheiser K6/ME67 microphone, with Rycote hot shoe mount;
Manfrotto 525/503 tripod/head with SPUD mid-height support;
Hoya circular polariser & UV filters;
Portabrace bag.

How would you guys rate the stock mic that comes with the camera. I use it for some run and gun stuff and it seems a bit hot but other than that it works pretty well in my opinion.

I've used it to record people across a table 1 to 2 metres away and only speaking at their regular conversational volume. Really struggled for decent levels.

It's kinda okay, but otherwise disappointing. I've since gone on to purchase a Rode NTG3 mic as well as a Sony wireless lapel mic system.

If I am shooting with a second camera, I'll still put the stock mic on as visually matching the waveform in the editing software is an easy way of synching a number of isolated camera recordings.

Andrew

In support of my two Sony V1U's I have;

Satchler FSB6 Tripod / Head
Manfrotto / Bogen 503HDV head & telescoping tripod (forgot the model)
Spider mount (best $60 ever spent for the camera!!!!!)
Flycam 5000 arm and vest flown with Glidecam 4000HD sled
Kessler 8' Crane with KPod system and Hercules head
Manhatten 10" HD LCD for crane use
LitePanels Micro LED light (mysteriously missing)
126 LED light off ebay
Z96 96 LED light with magnetic diffuser and color correcting gel
Azen 325 dual UHF wireless lapel microphone sys
Rode NTG2 Shotgun microphone
Rode Videomic (for use with Canon HV20 backup cam)
Petrol bags that I can't remember the model of
2 four light fluruescant lighting fixtures (80 watt 550k lamps) with softboxes
1 16 light Fotodiox flurescant lighting fixture
Various lightstands
5 way reflector (mysteriously missing)

What is a spider mount?

I think D.J. is talking about the spider brace shoulder mount - and I agree, best shoulder rig for the money!

Sony video light is the one thing I can't live without on this camera when shooting wedding receptions or other events. Other than that just all the standard stuff - a few Rode Mics, Sony wireless kit, and a Libec TH-650 tripod.

I stopped using WA/tele convertors when I switched HD because the HD quality lenses are just so damn expensive.