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Posted by riclanders on 10/26/20 11:53
William Davis wrote:
> 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 ³renders 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
> > > ³thinks 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 ³chestnuts 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.
So true.
By the way, what's the trick to getting your questions answered around
here?
ric
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