what to get?

[dvdguy]

Hi everyone,

Since I gathered some cash for a short of mine, I was wondering which one of the following things might be most useful to get? I know this question might depend on many factors, but try to look at it from a general point of view. (I already have a lot of stuff I bought, these are some of the things Id like to buy.)

1. Slider
2. Follow focus
3. Shoulder Rig
4. Daylight kit (light kit)
5. A wide angle lens such as a Canon EF-S 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 IS (I already have a EF-S 18-135 mm IS) any other lens?
6. Any other advice?

I got about 150 dollars to spend at the moment.

 

[chilipie]

With $150, I'd probably go for a shoulder rig or cheap lighting kit. You won't get fantastic value for money from a slider or follow focus that costs less than $150, and there's no point in getting the 18-55mm because it doesn't do anything new - it's just as wide as the 18-135mm and nothing like as telephoto.

 

[Tinalera]

I too think shoulder or lighting-leaning towards lighting, just because it can make such a difference in how your film will look. If there's some way you could get both, do so-a shoulder rig is so much better than a "free held" camera-just too much bouncing for my taste (I guess if everyone has their personal film peeve that's mine-lack of tripod/camera stability )

 

[Alcove Audio]

It would probably be more of a help to everyone if you listed what you already have so we could make suggestions that are a fit to your current gear.

My suggestion, as always, would be to add to your sound kit, but having no idea what you currently own I am not able to make a suggestion.

That said, $150 will buy a very nice pair of headphones and some extra XLR cabling, or a real boom-pole if you have a DIY boom-pole.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/49510-REG/Sony_MDR_7506_MDR_7506_Headphone.html

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...0_000_55_23770_Carbon_Fiber_Four_Section.html

 

[dvdguy]

It would probably be more of a help to everyone if you listed what you already have so we could make suggestions that are a fit to your current gear.

My suggestion, as always, would be to add to your sound kit, but having no idea what you currently own I am not able to make a suggestion.

That said, $150 will buy a very nice pair of headphones and some extra XLR cabling, or a real boom-pole if you have a DIY boom-pole.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/49510-REG/Sony_MDR_7506_MDR_7506_Headphone.html

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...0_000_55_23770_Carbon_Fiber_Four_Section.html

Youre right. I have:

LIGHTING:

ARRI fresnel 650w, a Redhead open-faced light 800w, 2 light structures (one with stand, one without) with CFL's (4 sockets on each) 3200k & 5500k, 2 2700k worklights (one with stand, one without) but I dont use them because of the bad color matching. I just bought a 5 in 1 collapsible bounceboard kit (white, translucent, black, golden, diffusion), a stand that supports bounceboards and cookies, only one gel (orange for sunsets)...just one home-made softbox that really isnt useful cause of the bad structure.

SOUND:

Oktava mk 102 (hypercardioid cap), XLR cable that I bought for around 20 bucks, a DIY boompole, a Zoom h4n recorder, a 10 dollar headset lol.

CAMERA:

Canon 550d, EF-S 18-135 mm lens (just one lens), 5 filters (CPL, ND 8, ND 4, 8 Macro close-up, Gradual grey), viewfinder screen protector.

Thats about it, unless Im missing something. I was also thinking about buying an external monitor, but firstly I would need a shoulder rig like this one. What do you think?

Follow this link: http://cgi.ebay.com/DSLR-Rig-Movie-...547?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a11208dc3