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Posted by Bob Ford on 10/05/09 11:53
On 21 Jul 2006 22:27:00 -0700, riclanders@gmail.com wrote:
>
>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?
>
I think your question just got answered by myself and Bill Davis in
your other thread.
Just curious
1. How old are you?
2. Have you done any pro work or are you just planning to start with
your new list of equipment?
>ric
Bob Ford
Images In Motion
www.imagesinmotion.com
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