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Posted by William Davis on 10/26/08 11:53
In article <1153540254.454280.278110@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
riclanders@gmail.com wrote:
> William Davis wrote:
> > In article <1153494875.009621.146160@s13g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
> > riclanders@gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > > I've got $1500 to spend on sound and lights and would like some advice.
> > > I now own a brand new Canon GL-2 (waiting for it to be delivered this
> > > morning)
> > >
> > > for a mike I'm thinking --RODE NT3-HYPER CARDIOID
> > >
> > > What fish pole boom would work well?
> > >
> > > Canon has it's own recommend xlr box for the GL2 that sells for $170.
> > > Should I get it or opt for a beachtek?
> > >
> > > As to lighting, I want a lighting kit that sets up easy, comes with a
> > > rolling case, and renders professional results.
> > >
> > > I'll be using my equipment for events, weddings, interviews and
> > > whatever.
> > >
> > > All advice appreciated.
> > >
> > > Also, would like to squeeze in a wide angle lens and a high capacity
> > > battery.
> > >
> > > ric
> >
> >
> > Not to be excessively grumpy but
> >
> > There's no lighting kit on the planet that renders professional
> > results."
> >
> > PEOPLE render professional results. Or not.
> >
> > Give someone who truly understands lighting a few hundred bucks and send
> > them into any large home center and they'll light the socks off any
> > scene you like.
> >
> > Give someone who doesn't understand lighting - access to a 5 ton grip
> > truck and you'll get a disaster.
> >
> > That said, ANYTHING you can read about the craft, including Graff's book
> > will start you on the road to getting what you need. (a brain that
> > thinks good lighting)
> >
> > So it's good advice to buy whatever you can afford and then get out and
> > start lighting stuff ASAP - which is exactly what your post indicates
> > you want to do.
> >
> > Excellent plan.
>
>
> I feared someone would not be able to resist the words, "render
> professional results," but it had been a long day and I didn't have
> the energy to not leave myself open to that old chestnut -- "It's the
> photographer, not the equipment!"
>
> Rest assured, I'll take pains to parse my prose in the future.
>
> ric
A) they become chestnuts precisely because they have lasting truth to
impart.
B) I occasionally post them, not so I can read them, or even so YOU can
read them. But so that the 14 year old r.v.p. lurker who isn't yet jaded
will read them. Of course, that kid, in just a few decades will be
pushing you and me BOTH out of work - and hopefully doing something
incredible that knocks everyone visual socks off.
FWIW.
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