Multimedia Loans
Equipment Borrowing Policies
We have five CANON ZR800 CAMCORDERS available for general use by anyone who is working on a video project.
- borrowing period: 3 days
- late fee: $5/day
Our six
SONY HVR-A1U HDV CAMCORDERS and our
MERLIN STEADICAM are professional video production tools that circulate for three days only to patrons on our access list. They are reserved for special projects; anyone interested in borrowing one of them should contact Mark Dellelo (
dellelo@brandeis.edu) to arrange for a training session and to be placed on our access list.
- borrowing period: 3 days
- late fee: $5/day
Our six TRIPODS can be used with either of our camcorder models and are available for general use.
- borrowing period: 3 days
- late fee: $5/day
Our five DIGITAL STILL CAMERAS are available for general use.
- borrowing period: 3 days
- late fee: $5/day
Our four LAPEL MICROPHONES are available for general use; they have a mini-jack that plugs into our Canon camcorders. (Ask at the desk for an XLR adapter if you need to connect them to our Sonys.)
- borrowing period: 3 days
- late fee: $5/day
Our HEADPHONES (for listening) and MICROPHONE HEADSETS (for vocal recording projects) are available for general use.
- borrowing period: 4 hours
- late fee: $0.25/hour
Our iPODS and iTALK audio recorders are available for general use; they can be used together for sound recording projects.
- borrowing period: 7 days
- late fee: $2/day
Our
M-AUDIO DIGITAL RECORDER is available for special projects where high-fidelity sound is needed (contact
dellelo@brandeis.edu to reserve it).
- borrowing period: 1 day
- late fee: $2/day
Our five portable EXTERNAL HARD DRIVES can be checked out for special projects. Please contact dellelo@brandeis.edu to arrange for a loan. Generally, we encourage use of the desktop hard drives in the lab for media storage.
Our two desktop and two full-size MIDI KEYBOARDS are available for use within the lab.
Our four
MOTU ULTRALITES can be used to interface with a MIDI instrument or for analog-digital conversion. They are available for use within the lab or for overnight checkout by arrangement (
dellelo@brandeis.edu).
We have several XLR MICROPHONES (two dynamic and one condenser) available for special projects. Please contact dellelo@brandeis.edu to arrange for a loan.