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Hi Indietalk, The past half year I've been saving money to buy new camera equipment. I've saved about ~1700 USD (in danish krones), and now I am not entirely sure what to spend it on. I pretty much only have a tiny starting kit. What I have: Canon 550D Canon 50mm f1.8 Samyang 14mm f2.8...

Really? The only solution is an item that costs $2,299.00? :huh:

I have been practicing a bit with my Glidecam since I started this thread using A.D's technique, and it has indeed improved my skills. But now I'm using a Samyang 14mm lens for Glidecam shots instead of the 50mm prime, which looks much better, but is also a lot heavier. I must admit, I'm not a...

So you're telling me it's better to buy glass etc. rather than a new camera? The people that I know that are into film have suggested me to get a fullframe camera (instead of t2i), which is why I want to get 5D Mark II. Also - besides this fact, none of you answered to the question about buying...

I'm sorry I didn't get to reply to this thread a little earlier, but your questions kind of answered what I was looking for! I'm guessing it was the background that was the problem.

Hey guys. I'd like to know, if anyone of you have experience with buying used camera gear such as lenses and bodies? I'm a 20 year old living by myself, so money is kind of rough. I'd love to ugrade from t2i to canon 5D mark II (I personally think mark III is unrealistic right now, and as far...

Maybe I should have a mod move this to the "Newbie" section.

Hello everyone I'm making my first music video, where I've shot a few clips that were meant to be in slow-motion using "Twixtor", but to my dissapointment they're full of warping. I was wondering which settings you're meant to shoot in? I know that the highest possible fps is recommended...

Prisoners 6.5/10 A decent story with decent acting. However, it has quite a few plot holes that I couldn't stop thinking of, which quite annoyed me.

It is for a documentary. It is very quiet, so people would need to turn up their volume completely in order to hear it, which saddens me. I'm trying to reach the standard volume of a YouTube video/documentary. You can hear the volume here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA1S2nU8VfI&hd=1

It might be my last choice, considering I don't know any composers and my project was done no-budget, so I'd prefer to find a royalty free song. But perhaps it's too hard to find one, I'm not sure.

Hi guys, I'm making a short documentary about an old woman who lives life to the fullest by staying happy. As a transition where she tells about how it is getting old (with the hair getting grey etc.) she eventually smiles at the end, transitioning to a car driving over the camera in great...

I'm using Sony Vegas as post-production editor. The music and the extra sounds don't become squeaky and noisy, because as I said, I made them -dB to balance them with the dialogue. I didn't turn them up. Isn't it possible to increase volume without increasing the dB? Because I'm guessing that's...

I'm talking about upping the dB in post, that's where I get the noise. I need to put it +10 dB in order to become normal. When I was recording it was only green on the sound bar, and just reaching the yellow sometimes. That's why I find it weird - shouldn't it supposedly be normal volume?

Hey IndieTalk So, I've finished up my first short documentary. I recorded my sound, using a wireless Sony microphone, Canon 550D t2i & Magic Lantern. I used 26 dB because that's where the sound would start going yellow in the sound bar (and I didn't want it to be squeaky). However, the sound is...

Reading the latest answers a little too late. As well as IndiePaul I just want to say thanks for sharing the information about the technique! I definitely didn't try to walk that smooth, might do the whole difference. Can't wait to try practicing the technique! :)

Nice little short. I liked it. As oppose to shushmike I'd like to say it was the girl without glasses that was hot, lol! Great location as well. However, I thought the fall at the end was a little bit cheesy. It was a little bit too slow for the wooden stick to be able to get through him imo :P...

Thanks for the advice. I did watch a few tutorials by now, and I haven't managed to do much better. I was trying with a wireless mic body on the t2i for more weight, but it sure takes some practice. I can't seem to get any smooth shots at all, however, it works great as a steadicam for...

Thanks for the replies. Actually, I was just worried about whether or not it would affect the post (like, if sound quality would be more quite or just less good by simply panning it). But it seems it doesn't matter whatsoever. So it's all good! :)

Only problem is that if I put any weights at the bottom I wont have The 3 sec fly. It will be like 0,5 sec.