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If you're shooting short scenes for uploading to your youtube account then this may well work, you should be able to get better audio than the on camera mic. You could even save more money and just ask all your actors to use a voice recording app on their phones, most accept cheap plug in mics...

What do you mean by RAW footage? As far as I know the Canon DSLR don't have that capability, or are you using a hack?

Hello from up over:cool:

tbh I was actually making a bit of a joke of the fact that no-one had posted in this section for a while rather than proclaiming SD dead, but glad this conversation is rolling along. Personally I sometimes find HD a bit difficult to watch. There are instances where there is camera movement and...

It is true that if connection is lost while flashing the camera you are the proud owner of a camera shaped paperweight. In reality though the process takes about a second and as long as your battery indicator is not flashing (always fully recharge for safety's sake) and you don't touch camera...

Seems to be :P

Enaver, have you installed Magic Lantern on your 550? If not give that a go first, turning the AGC off will make quite a difference and it's free. As I understand it you are just shooting for yourself to get ideas down and experiment but can't hack the terrible audio. If that is what you are...

Looking good sofar bruv.

was thinking about the monitor/hdmi outs but not all that up on them to comment Don't get me wrong, I'd take a 5d over a 550 anyday I just listed the one thing that is the rebel's favour. I just don't think the rebels are as far behind their more expensive stablemates as some people like to...

The rebels do actually have one fundamental advantage over the 5D in that their sensor size is closer to the frame size of 35mm film (cine cameras expose a 'vertical' frame remember). Some may find the flip out screen on the T3i handy but I'm guessing anyone who is in the 5D market probably...

The t2i and t3i have features better suited to video. First off you can turn off AGC on the t3i and you can install Magic Lantern on the T2i. The sensor on 7D and rebels is identical though better connected to the processor on the 7D though that only makes a difference in photo shooting. The...

At $50 a day you are fundamentally paying expenses. I have worked with many competent crew from all fields who are working on expenses. If it's a simple shoot you should be OK. I wouldn't expect a fresh sound recordist to have a battery of wireless mics and timecode hookups. You should be...

If you advertise for a boom op you may end up with a guy/girl with just a mic on a stick (though that might be OK if you are planning to take sound to camera) so worth clarifying whoever applies will need a recorder.

A quick google came across this: http://www.purewaveaudio.com/product/SPL-MP-DVERB/SPL-MicroPlugs-De-Verb-Analog-Code-Plug-in-Model-2986.html D-verb for $50 Is this a different version or has price crashed on this. For $50 I think that is definately worth having even if it's effectiveness is...

One thing I learnt off a pro photographer (which should be very relevant to HDSLR shooters) is that information is recorded in such a way (logarythmic?) that there are far more data values in the lighter areas than the darker areas. As such he (and many pros) over expose as much as they can to...

I never suggested sound kit for less that $200. I suggested considering hiring a sound guy who will bring gear worth far more than $200 and expertise. From the many questions on this forum people's budgets often only stretch to rudimentary sound gear that will inevitably lead to compromises in...

If your budget is short you may find a sound guy with a Radioshack mic and cassette recorder will pay YOU to be involved. And if you have already bought your sound kit you may even be able to hit him up for equipment rental. You've got to be creative when it comes to raising finances in this...

still take guide audio on your DSLR and use pluraleyes to auto synch would be the easiest. Other than that go through the clips and line up the sound of the clapper with the picture or your guide audio. I like to use guide audio because even a frame out will give a phasing effect. When taking...

So, even though shotties may pick up less reverb the reverb they do pick up is the worst and most noticable reverb giving a skewed impression of the room making it actually seem more echoey?? A shade more technical, instead of getting a smooth overall ambience you are capturing only reverb with...

Don't think you can get magic lantern on a 7d anyway. One of the reasons I have never understood the snobbery against the 550d considering it is in some ways better suited to shooting video than the 7d and even to a degree the 5d.