Recent content by sdog

Thanks, Beatlefan1225. Agreed. It's fairly difficult to justify $100 for a piece of plastic with sticks. Having said that, I did go ahead and splurge for the Don Earl slate. I was easily chunking up $100 worth of my time shopping for the dang thing. And Hey: it's for my sweetie. Gotta treat...

I guess a related question would be: Is a $100 slate really built that much better than a $30 slate? I know that in many areas of life, you get what you pay for, but the prices for most filmmaking equipment are still jacked so out of proportion to cost that I'm not convinced that there's that...

Yes, Cheeseandachallenge. That is the rough budget range. I am first and foremost interested in build quality. If I'm going to spend $30, $60, $100 on a piece of plastic glued or bolted to a couple of sticks, it d**n well better hold up on a typical set. I've seen quite a few that are...

Thanks, Jax Rox. I'll check out the Don Earl also.

Thanks, AcousticAl Yeah the apps are kind of cool - I've previously tried some on my android phone. But she really needs something that makes a loud enough whack for sync, and is big enough to be seen, and doesn't display cracked glass if you stand a tripod leg on it. I'll take a look at...

Greetings, Want to get my wife (a script supervisor) a new slate for her birthday. I know a lot of slates are cheapies that crumble after a day on the set. Willing to pay a little extra for a slate that will take a little punishment. Prefer simple whiteboard/dry-erase style, non-TC. Anyone...

I'm bumping this thread because I have the same question. I may be doing sound cross country next week. If it happens, it will be ultra low budget and I doubt the production company will have insurance that will cover my equipment. I'm not so much worried about my kit while I'm shooting, but...

In addition to the great advice given so far: 1. Use your ears!!!! (You NEVER boom without headphones, right??) The earlier comments about the effects of mic-to-source distance and reflective surfaces are dead on. Add to that the level and direction of ambient noise and you have plenty to be...

As others have indicated, there are a bunch of different ways to capture dialog depending on your existing equipment and budget. If you can post back with more specific details about what you have so far (camera model, mic model, personnel) and how much additional you might be willing to put...

On the H4n, are you planning on recording line level signals from a mixer or using the H4n to preamp your mics? Everyone will laugh, but I use the H2 with great results. The pre-amps on the H2 are as crappy and hissy as the pre-amps on the H4, but there is nothing wrong with the line level...

Good choice on the NTG-3. Have one. Like it. A lot. My equipment budget philosophy is buy fewer pieces of higher quality equipment whenever you can get away with it. For that reason, I would get the 702 rather than the R-44. (Not that I think there's anything wrong with the Edirol - just that I...