Directorik...I'm sorry I didn't mean to seem like I thought you were inplying anything...just that I had probably gotten my wires crossed as to the type of mic that goes on the end of the pole. lol
sorry I've been trying to get caught up today on some screen writing that i'm doing for someone who has already pitched the idea, and well it now all rests on my shoulders to proove that I can turn out a script that's as good as their idea and better than whatever they pitched. lol so i'm a little stressed tonight. haha
anyway...I believe you when you say that the mic will be an investment that will certainly last longer than the camera so I have a couple other questions...
do you think that the longer life span of a mic would warrent going with something higher end? If so, what's your best suggestion?
two more questions...where would I find a good boot (is that the correct term for the area on a cam for attachments?) attachment that can give a camera that has only the little sterio type jack an xlr jack?
and the last question...we ave the ability to come by lights, so....
if we so for a nice mic and an xlr attachment, we're going to need a new camera as the one that they have now does not have one...
now we want HD and we want widescreen...could you please tell me if you've by any chance handled a Sony HDR-SR12 (i'll have to upgrade my vegas for this as I was the one eected to do editing)? or if not can you take a look at it and tell me if it looks like something that could turn out very good quality footage in HD widescreen mode? Or do you know of a camera in the same price range that at least has some form of mic jack so that an XLR attachment can be added that also shoots HD widescreen?
This is for a very low budget web series, but as many of us have taken a look at some of the better web series out there we want our quality of picture and sound to stand up well to the others...because even the absolute best ones would not stand up as well if their picture was crappy or sound awful.
It would be nice to go with something a bit higher end...more prosumer than handycam but at this point I suspect I can pitch something in the $3000 or so (hopefully less) range much better than the $6000 range. lol especially when i'm pitching this to unpaid cast and crew, who i'm hoping might be able to caugh up a little per person (since we're all excited about the epi. scripts, etc) to get this done.
All information you have given (and I hope you'll continue to help me out with) is very greatly appreciated! I'm swimming in stress (day job, writing, life and lack of money) right now and we have a production meeting tomorrow night. lol