I've decided to purchase most of the equipment I will need to do my short. Simply because I intend on filming my feature with this equipment in the future. With that, I've spent quite a bit (audio equipment, lighting, etc.). The only reason I wanted to do this, was because when I would call up for costs on rental equipment, it was just as much as I've already spent purchasing. My philosophy was that at the end of the day, at least I would have the equipment that I could either sell, rent (which I'm considering), or use for another production. The only things I'm renting are the things that are way out of my cost, like lens. That's really the only cost I've found that's just crazy money. Other than that, renting the equipment, I got quotes of just renting tripods for $30 to $50 a day. With adding up the cost for the time I was shooting, it made more sense just to purchase a second-hand tripod, which I did. And got a really nice one.
The cost I didn't realize would take up a lot of my money, were things like purchasing cases for the equipment. People don't generally think about purchasing a tripod case for their tripod. They just put it in a bag, or sometimes not even that. Believe me, you want to spend the money and put it in a hard case. Especially if your tripod is expensive. I've had people simply drop a tripod, there by damaging it. After that, I decided to suck it up and purchase the hard case.
I'm pretty set with purchasing the equipment, but wanted to at the very least get some feedback from you guys regarding Purchasing vs. Renting equipment. As I really value the opinions I've gotten thus far from this great site (Indietalk.com).
Thanks!
The cost I didn't realize would take up a lot of my money, were things like purchasing cases for the equipment. People don't generally think about purchasing a tripod case for their tripod. They just put it in a bag, or sometimes not even that. Believe me, you want to spend the money and put it in a hard case. Especially if your tripod is expensive. I've had people simply drop a tripod, there by damaging it. After that, I decided to suck it up and purchase the hard case.
I'm pretty set with purchasing the equipment, but wanted to at the very least get some feedback from you guys regarding Purchasing vs. Renting equipment. As I really value the opinions I've gotten thus far from this great site (Indietalk.com).
Thanks!