Type of Camera and Mic used in documentary

For this post I thought I would discuss the camera I used to shoot La Quinceañera. When I first considered creating a documentary on Ana Maria's Quince Años celebration in 2003, my dream camera was the Sony PD 150. It was out of may price range so instead I bought the Sony PDx10 from Denver film/video. It had the ability to shoot DVCAM and 16:9 (although the CCDs are not true 16:9) which I liked. It also had XLR audio inputs so I was able to use a Sennheiser ME-66 shotgun mic for sound. That was it! I shot the story over the course of 2 months with 1 camera, 1 mic and about 70 tapes. I was shooting DVCAM so I got 42 minutes per tape. I really liked the little camera. It's tough! It is 4 years old and has never needed a repair despite months in TJ, the dominican republic and use as my deck. The image is good and it is small and mobile enough to shoot in a lot of places without standing out to people. Actually the shotgun mic mounted is what makes the camera stand out to people. I was also happy with the sound considering I only had one camera mounted mic. I am currently preparing to go to the Domincan Republic for preproduction on another documentary and will take the PDx10 with me during the initial trip. Best wishes shooting stories!