Posted by reqluq on 10/13/05 17:35

"Richard Crowley" <rcrowley@xpr7t.net> wrote in message
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> "reqluq" wrote ...
>> folks...folks... *take my money* is in asterics with a smile...
>> meaning I'm seeing them fo who they are.but am interested in what it
>> takes to get off to a good start.
>
> Maybe the simplest way to answer that is that if you have to ask that
> question, perhaps you shouldn't spend your money
> on all that stuff starting out. Absolutely no disrespect meant
> to you. We all started somewhere/sometime. And you show
> promising wisdom in questioning the advertising message.
>
> A great deal of it depends on what/how you think you will
> be shooting. For example, you probably need a decent
> tripod/head (unless you are shooting exclusively hand-held.)
> You likely need a good microphone and headphones to
> monitor what you are picking up (unless you are just shooting
> nature footage or "B-roll" or something.) You likely need
> a filter or two (at minimum an IR filter to protect the lens,
> etc.) but not sure if you need all those filters (especially the square
> ones) unless you are shooting very carefully staged film-style scenes.
>
> And then there is the matter of lighting. Of course this
> depends *greatly* on what/how you are shooting, but
> decent lighting (vs. inadequate) makes a much bigger
> difference between good video and lousy video than
> almost anything on that list. Again *depending on what
> you are shooting* you may be better off buying a decent
> lighting kit. Or even assembling your own. One of my
> sources on lighting...
> http://www.bluesky-web.com/new-page6.html
>
Thanks for the reply richard,Iwant to do my own band videos,music video,and
just general promotional recording of the band at gigs,also would eventually
like to do branch off into weddings,documentaries etc..
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